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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bèi zi all one's life; lifetime ∼HSK 5
dāi hui wait a minute; stop a while ∼HSK 5
miē the bleating of sheep; (Cant.) an interrogative particle ∼HSK 5
jiǎn cocoon; callus, blister ∼HSK 5
lóng dǎn rough gentian; Japanese gentian (Gentiana scabra) ∼HSK 5
rèn to learn to read; able to read; literate ∼HSK 5
gǎo cuò mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken ∼HSK 5
yáng ocean; (old) silver dollar; (slang) Chinese yuan ∼HSK 5
zhēng stringed musical instrument; kite ∼HSK 5
reside ∼HSK 5
zhū shè pig shed ∼HSK 5
píng shén me (spoken) why?; for which reason? ∼HSK 5
yín obscene, licentious, lewd ∼HSK 5
rén mìng human life ∼HSK 5
suddenly, abruptly; neglect ∼HSK 5
zhēng zhào omen; sign (that sth is about to happen); warning sign ∼HSK 5
xiū liàn (of Taoists) to practice austerities; to practice asceticism ∼HSK 5
便 便 fāng biàn inconvenience; inconvenient ∼HSK 5
niàng brew, ferment ∼HSK 5
demon ∼HSK 5
hào lìng an order (esp. army); bugle call expressing military order; verbal command ∼HSK 5
lián luò variant of ∼HSK 5
xiōng huì fraternity ∼HSK 5
guǎn zěn yàng in any case; no matter what ∼HSK 5
exhale; blow out; deep sigh; hiss; praise ∼HSK 5
é tóu forehead ∼HSK 5
jiǎ first two of the ten Heavenly Stems ∼HSK 5
mián close eyes, sleep; hibernate ∼HSK 5
xiǎo dawn, daybreak; clear, explicit ∼HSK 5
duàn cháng heartbroken; to break one's heart ∼HSK 5
chāo shēng (Buddhism) to be reincarnated; (fig.) to be lenient; to spare sb; to have more children than allowed under family planning policy ∼HSK 5
hái r child (term of address) ∼HSK 5
xiào unfilial ∼HSK 5
shě to select; to make one's choice; to decide what to accept and what to reject ∼HSK 5
gōng to attack (the enemy) ∼HSK 5
shè chū emission; ejaculation ∼HSK 5
clam ∼HSK 5
(suffix) very; extremely ∼HSK 5
děng zhe qiáo wait and see (who is right) ∼HSK 5
do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
shān dòng cavern; cave ∼HSK 5
xiǎo (ironically) "secretary" (i.e. boss's mistress) ∼HSK 5
xīn selfishness; selfish motives ∼HSK 5
nián qián by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year HSK 5
zhú zi bamboo HSK 5
kǒu one breath; in one breath; at a stretch HSK 5
shuài lǐng to lead; to command; to head HSK 5
jiàn jiē indirect HSK 5
zi duck; male prostitute (slang) HSK 5
shí cháng often; frequently HSK 5