The Village of No Return

The Village of No Return 2017

jiànwàng cūn

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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3.95 Beginner Director Chen Yu-hsun IMDb 6.1

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zháo 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 HSK 1
Lǎo Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
ge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
ge 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 ∼HSK 1
zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
diǎn 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 ∼HSK 1
néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
(slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
děng děng et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! ∼HSK 1
ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
zhēn rén a real person; Daoist spiritual master ∼HSK 1
kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
fàng kāi to let go; to release ∼HSK 1
méi le to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist ∼HSK 1
dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business ∼HSK 1
měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
fàng zǒu to release; to set free; to allow (a person or an animal) to go; to liberate ∼HSK 1
děng xià to wait a moment; later; in awhile ∼HSK 1
hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
zuó wǎn yesterday evening; last night ∼HSK 1
rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
yào kàn (it) depends on... ∼HSK 1
hǎo zi auspicious day; good day; happy life ∼HSK 1
zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
zhòng to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 1
gāo rén very able person ∼HSK 1
jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
men yamen, government office in dynastic China ∼HSK 1
hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
huì huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not ∼HSK 1
bái chī idiocy; idiot ∼HSK 1
xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
zuò cài to cook; cooking ∼HSK 1
lǎo tiān God; Heavens ∼HSK 1
shàng ge first (of two parts); last (week etc); previous; the above ∼HSK 1
jiàn le to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found ∼HSK 1
zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1