The Village of No Return 2017
健忘村
In a remote village, a con man disguised as a Taoist priest introduces a memory-erasing device to residents — but a dangerous plot looms.
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Vocabulary
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| 着 著 | to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in | Colloquialism |
| 老子 老子 | Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi | Proper Noun |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 等等 等等 | et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 真人 真人 | a real person; Daoist spiritual master | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 放开 放開 | to let go; to release | |
| 没了 沒了 | to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 开门 開門 | to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 想要 想要 | to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 放走 放走 | to release; to set free; to allow (a person or an animal) to go; to liberate | |
| 等一下 等一下 | to wait a moment; later; in awhile | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 昨晚 昨晚 | yesterday evening; last night | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 二十 二十 | twenty; 20 | |
| 要看 要看 | (it) depends on... | |
| 好日子 好日子 | auspicious day; good day; happy life | |
| 不在 不在 | not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased | |
| 怎么回事 怎麼回事 | what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? | |
| 中的 中的 | to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head | |
| 高人 高人 | very able person | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 不了 不了 | no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) | |
| 衙门 衙門 | yamen, government office in dynastic China | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 会不会 會不會 | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not | |
| 白痴 白痴 | idiocy; idiot | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 做菜 做菜 | to cook; cooking | |
| 老天 老天 | God; Heavens | |
| 上个 上個 | first (of two parts); last (week etc); previous; the above | |
| 不见了 不見了 | to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found | |
| 一种 一種 | one kind of; one type of | |
| 还给 還給 | to return sth to sb |