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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cāi to guess HSK 5
qiàn to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) HSK 5
táo to escape; to run away; to flee HSK 5
gǔn to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! HSK 5
it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately HSK 5
poison; to poison; poisonous; malicious; cruel; fierce; narcotics HSK 5
to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) HSK 5
lián pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on HSK 5
piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
to remember; to recall; memory HSK 5
tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
shè to shoot; to launch; to allude to; radio- (chemistry) HSK 5
hèn to hate; to regret HSK 5
diū to lose; to put aside; to throw HSK 5
zhī zhōng inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during HSK 5
guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
fēng insane; mad; wild HSK 5
tǎo yàn to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying HSK 5
huī to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate HSK 5
dāi to stay HSK 5
shǎ foolish HSK 5
péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
(prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
jìng - chóng yuán lit. the two halves of the broken mirror are rejoined (idiom); fig. long-separated lovers are reunited; a broken relationship is restored Idiom ∼HSK 4
ě xīn nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating; to embarrass (deliberately) Xiehouyu HSK 4
lǎo (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
xiàn chéng county seat; county town Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river; south of the lower reaches of Changjiang; often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces; a province during Qing times; in literature, refers to the sunny south; Gangnam (distri Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
yīng Daying county in Suining, Sichuan; Great Britain Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Qīng Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
gōng Wugong County in Xianyang, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
shā jìn to storm (a city etc); to raid Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
xiù cai a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); scholar; skillful writer; fine talent Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Guānyīn Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
鴿 Fēi Flying Pigeon (famous bicycle brand, made in Tianjin since 1936) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
dài Budai (the Laughing Buddha); Budai or Putai Town in Chiayi County, west Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
xióng male of species; hero; manly ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
bào guān (old) to report sth to the authorities ∼HSK 4
zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
bǎo blessed land; a place rich in beauty or natural resources etc; (term of respect) your place ∼HSK 4
fān qiáng lit. to climb over the wall; fig. to breach the Great Firewall of China ∼HSK 4
break wind; fart; buttocks ∼HSK 4