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HSK
movie; film / CL: , , , 場|场
HSK 1
good-looking; nice-looking / (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good / in an embarrassing situation
HSK 1
cinema; movie theater / CL: ,
HSK 1
a copy of a film / film; motion picture; movie / (Tw) video; video clip / CL:
HSK 2
camera lens / camera shot (in a movie etc) / scene
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *卷* | 卷* | *卷
to roll up / roll / classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)
HSK 4
role; part (in a play or movie etc) / also pr. [jiao3se4]
HSK 4
to take a photograph / photography / to shoot (a movie)
HSK 5
(of a nation) to join an alliance; (of an athlete) to join a sports team; (of an entrepreneur) to join a franchise; (of an actor) to join the cast of a movie; (of a recording artist) to sign with a label
HSK 6
to screen (a movie) / to stage (a play) / a screening / a staging
HSK 6
screen (TV, computer or movie)
HSK 6
optimum / optimal / peak / best (athlete, movie etc)
HSK 6
film enthusiast / movie fan / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
wide expanse / large area / vast stretch / extending widely / blockbuster movie
HSK 7-9
dialogue (in a movie or a play)
HSK 7-9
subtitles; captions (of a movie etc)
HSK 7-9
to show (a movie) / to screen
HSK 7-9
movie screen
HSK 7-9
to shoot a movie
HSK 7-9
to screen; to show (a movie)
HSK 7-9
film / movie / film reel / phonograph record / X-ray image
HSK 7-9
suspense in a movie, play etc / concern for sb's welfare
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *影* | 影* | *影
picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace
adult movie; pornography
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  *OS* | OS* | *OS
(in a soap opera or movie) voice-over that makes a character's unspoken thoughts audible to the audience
cartoons and comics / anime and manga / cartoon (animated movie) / anime
screen adaptation (TV series or movie based on an online novel or video game etc)
painted eggshell / Easter egg / (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc) / post-credits scene
photo taken during a theatrical production / a still (from a movie)
to create music for a movie or stage production / to dub music onto a soundtrack / incidental music / soundtrack music
to abridge (a text) / to edit out (of a movie) / to cut back (a budget, a curriculum)
(of a movie, novel etc) portraying a love affair; romantic; sentimental
highlight (of an event, movie etc)
sex scene (in a movie etc)
to take part in a performance; to appear in (a movie etc)
to make a photographic reproduction of an image or document etc; a reproduction / to remake a movie or TV series; a remake / to adapt (a novel etc) as a movie; an adaptation
cinema; movie theater
ghost movie
movie queen; best actress award winner
The End (appearing at the end of a movie etc)
to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc) / to start the bidding (auction) / to start a trading session (stock market)
(slang) cockroach ("Little Qiang" was originally the name given to a dead cockroach that had supposedly been a pet of the lead character in the 1993 Hong Kong comedy movie "Flirting Scholar". Subsequently, it came to be used as a name for any cockroach, and also for characters in film and television who are seemingly indestructible or repeatedly resurrected.)
to produce a film; to make a movie / assistant producer / (Tw) film producer
to direct a movie in which one also plays a major role as an actor / (fig.) to plan and execute a scheme all by oneself
(TV or movie) blooper / continuity error / (theater) to flub one's lines / unintended exposure of a body part / to be exposed (of a scheme or trick) / to reveal sth one intended to conceal through a slip of the tongue / to blow one's cover
public screening (of a movie)
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, movie by Ang Lee 李安
music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode
adult movie / pornographic movie
Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece) / House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋)
Rashomon, Japanese novel and movie / (fig.) situation where conflicting interpretations of the same event obscure the truth / unsolvable case
to premiere (a movie or TV show) / premiere (of a movie) / first-run (movie) / to greet (the eye) before anything else (e.g. when entering a room)
movie title
currently popular (of movie stars, singers etc)
preview (of a movie) / trial screening
remuneration for playing a role in a movie or television drama
Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾
to start a narrative at the end (or midway), then proceed chronologically from the beginning / to flash back / flashback (in a novel, movie etc)
large-scale Chinese opera / Beijing opera / major dramatic production (movie, TV series etc)
Charlie Chaplin (1899-1977), English movie actor and director
to play a major role in a creative endeavor (e.g. making a movie) / person who plays a key creative role (e.g. movie director)
(of a movie, show or restaurant) to attract customers / popular with the paying public; high-grossing / number of seats occupied (by moviegoers etc)
silent movie
the number of showings of a movie, play etc / screening; performance
Cui Wei (1912-1979), actor, dramatist and movie director
(of a play, movie etc) to begin
to make movies / to be a movie actor (or actress)
to check on sb at his workplace / to come to a movie set to visit one of the actors
script (of a play, movie, or television program)
to start showing a movie
horror (movie) / thriller
to watch a movie
scene (in a movie etc) / one's part in a movie or play / (archaic) actor's payment
to start shooting (a film) / to invest in (a movie) / to put (sth) up for auction
(movie genre) espionage thriller (typically involving Chinese agents opposing the Japanese in the 1930s and 40s)
dud movie
trailer (for a movie)
to sneak off; to slip away / (sports) to jump the gun; to make a false start / (fig.) to jump the gun; to start doing sth before it's allowed / (of a movie, game etc) to be leaked before the official release
Avatar (movie)
amateur pirated DVD, made e.g. by shooting a running movie
to watch a movie
third category movie (containing sexual or violent content)
Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director
action movie / CL:
The Sound of Music, Broadway musical (1959) and Academy Award-winning movie (1965)
an extra (in a movie) (abbr. for 臨時演員|临时演员)
(music) theme; principal melody / (fig.) central theme; main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view
kissing scene (in a movie etc)
to make a copy / to reproduce / to remake (a movie)
Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer
to direct a movie or play
action movie / kungfu movie
to cut (from a movie etc) / to censor
horror movie
Raise the Red Lantern (1991), movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋
science fiction movie
(Tw) to screen a movie
disaster movie
cast (of a movie etc); lineup of performers; troupe
Tsui Hark (1951-), Chinese movie director and producer

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