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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| 片甲不留 片甲不留 | lit. not a single piece of armor remains (idiom); fig. utterly defeated and wiped out; total annihilation | Idiom |
| 认祖归宗 認祖歸宗 | to acknowledge one's ancestors and return to one's clan (idiom); to recognize one's roots and lineage | Idiom |
| 天下无敌 天下無敵 | unmatched in the world; invincible; without rival (idiom) | Idiom |
| 指挥若定 指揮若定 | to direct operations with perfect composure (idiom); to command calmly and confidently in a crisis | Idiom |
| 嫂子 嫂子 | (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law | Colloquialism |
| 戳 戳 | to jab; to poke; to stab; (coll.) to sprain; to blunt; to fuck (vulgar); to stand; to stand (sth) upright; stamp; seal | Colloquialism |
| 撒 撒 | to scatter; to sprinkle; to spill | |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 啰唆 囉唆 | variant of 啰嗦 | |
| 搞鬼 搞鬼 | to make mischief; to play tricks | |
| 朝代 朝代 | dynasty; reign (of a king) | |
| 学堂 學堂 | college; school (old) | |
| 开垦 開墾 | to clear a wild area for cultivation; to put under the plow | |
| 喜事 喜事 | happy occasion; wedding | |
| 乡亲 鄉親 | fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home | |
| 名贵 名貴 | famous and valuable; rare; precious | |
| 疙瘩 疙瘩 | swelling or lump on skin; pimple; knot; lump; preoccupation; problem | |
| 标致 標致 | beautiful (of woman); pretty | |
| 俗话说 俗話說 | as the proverb says; as they say... | |
| 祸害 禍害 | disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck | |
| 甘心 甘心 | to be willing to; to resign oneself to | |
| 忧愁 憂愁 | to be worried | |
| 放肆 放肆 | wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent | |
| 官兵 官兵 | (military) officers and soldiers; officers and men; (old) government troops | |
| 次要 次要 | secondary | |
| 悔恨 悔恨 | remorse; repentance | |
| 稻草 稻草 | rice straw | |
| 英明 英明 | wise; brilliant | |
| 功力 功力 | merit; efficacy; competence; skill; power | |
| 风水 風水 | feng shui; geomancy | |
| 土匪 土匪 | bandit | |
| 费劲 費勁 | to require effort; strenuous | |
| 记性 記性 | memory (ability to retain information) | |
| 寡妇 寡婦 | widow | |
| 妥当 妥當 | appropriate; proper; ready | |
| 花瓣 花瓣 | petal | |
| 留恋 留戀 | reluctant to leave; to hate to have to go; to recall fondly | |
| 媳妇 媳婦 | daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman | |
| 一眼 一眼 | a glance; a quick look; a glimpse | |
| 凳子 凳子 | stool; small seat | |
| 坦然 坦然 | calm; undisturbed | |
| 妖怪 妖怪 | monster; devil | |
| 风雨 風雨 | wind and rain; the elements; (fig.) trials and hardships | |
| 坟 墳 | grave; tomb; embankment; mound; ancient book | |
| 葬 塟 | to bury (the dead); to inter | |
| 腐烂 腐爛 | to rot; to putrefy; (fig.) corrupt | |
| 埋伏 埋伏 | to ambush; to lie in wait for; to lie low; ambush | |
| 宝藏 寶藏 | precious mineral deposits; hidden treasure; (fig.) treasure; (Buddhism) the treasure of Buddha's law | |
| 钱财 錢財 | wealth; money | |
| 僵硬 僵硬 | stiff; rigid |