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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yuán fēng - dòng lit. the original seal has not been disturbed (idiom); fig. left completely unchanged; untouched; intact Idiom ∼HSK 6
shā rén zhǎ yǎn to murder without blinking an eye (idiom); ruthless; cold-blooded Idiom ∼HSK 6
wén fēng sàng dǎn hear the wind and lose gall (idiom); terror-stricken at the news Idiom ∼HSK 6
qīng cháo ér chū the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength Idiom ∼HSK 6
fěn shēn - suì lit. torn body and crushed bones (idiom); fig. to die horribly; to sacrifice one's life Idiom ∼HSK 6
guī ér zi (coll.) bastard; son of a bitch Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
bāo to skin; to flay; to peel; (fig.) (coll.) to haul (sb) over the coals; also pr. [bo1pi2] Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
xiá knight; swordsman; noble warrior; chivalrous hero ∼HSK 6
sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
jìn to kill oneself; suicide ∼HSK 6
鴿 xìn homing pigeon; carrier pigeon ∼HSK 6
fěn cornflour; corn starch ∼HSK 6
wáng hegemon; overlord; despot ∼HSK 6
shǔ plague ∼HSK 6
miè kǒu to kill sb to prevent them from divulging a secret; to silence sb ∼HSK 6
zuì niè sin; crime; wrongdoing ∼HSK 6
tōu dào to steal ∼HSK 6
tóng qián copper coin (round with a square hole in the middle, used in former times in China) ∼HSK 6
guǎ lián xiǎn chǐ 寡: widowed; alone, friendless · 廉: upright, honorable, honest · 鲜: fresh; delicious; attractive · 耻: shame, humiliation; ashamed ∼HSK 6
gào rén to be kept secret; not to be divulged ∼HSK 6
jié to loot; to ransack; to pillage ∼HSK 6
liàn gōng to do tai chi; to practice kung-fu (or other martial art); to train (for dancing, acrobatics etc) ∼HSK 6
jiù qíng old affection ∼HSK 6
xié mén strange; unusual; evil ways; dishonest practices ∼HSK 6
cleaning rag; also pr. [mo3 bu4] ∼HSK 6
ēn ài loving affection (in a couple); conjugal love ∼HSK 6
niǎo lóng birdcage ∼HSK 6
rén my child ∼HSK 6
xiōng shā àn murder case ∼HSK 6
sāng shì funeral arrangements ∼HSK 6
highly toxic; extremely poisonous ∼HSK 6
pèi to betroth a girl (in arranged marriages) ∼HSK 6
jìn zhū lóng to drown sb in a wicker basket, a form of ∼HSK 6
huáng tóng brass (alloy of copper and zinc) ∼HSK 6
guì honored guest ∼HSK 6
xué duō wén 博: gamble, play games; wide, broad · 学: learning, knowledge; school · 多: much, many; more than, over · 闻: hear; smell; make known; news ∼HSK 6
wáng demon king ∼HSK 6
jiàn gōng to achieve or accomplish goals ∼HSK 6
to keep the law; to protect Buddha's teachings; protector of Buddhist law (i.e. temple donor) ∼HSK 6
yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
zéi thieves' lair ∼HSK 6
cǎn plaintive; mournful; miserable ∼HSK 6
zhēng kāi to open (one's eyes) ∼HSK 6
kān chá variant of ∼HSK 6
láo kào firm and solid; robust; reliable ∼HSK 6
yáng guǐ zi foreign devil; term of abuse for Westerners ∼HSK 6
fán common people; ordinary folk ∼HSK 6