电 影 diàn yǐng movie / film / CL:部[bu4],片[pian4],幕[mu4],場|场[chang3] 影 片 yǐng piàn a copy of a film / film / motion picture / movie / (Tw) video / video clip / CL:部[bu4] 片 子 piān zi film / movie / film reel / phonograph record / X-ray image 影 picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace 最 佳 zuì jiā optimum / optimal / peak / best (athlete, movie etc) 角 色 jué sè role / part (in a play or movie etc) / also pr. [jiao3se4] 加 盟 jiā méng (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 字 幕 zì mù subtitles / captions (of a movie etc) 镜 头 jìng tóu camera lens / camera shot (in a movie etc) / scene 好 看 hǎo kàn good-looking / nice-looking / (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good / in an embarrassing situation 大 片 dà piàn wide expanse / large area / vast stretch / extending widely / blockbuster movie 影 院 yǐng yuàn cinema / movie theater 片 名 piān míng movie title 对 白 duì bái dialogue (in a movie or a play) 片 中 piàn zhōng in the movie 动 作 片 dòng zuò piàn action movie / CL:部[bu4] 电 影 院 diàn yǐng yuàn cinema / movie theater / CL:家[jia1],座[zuo4] 悬 念 xuán niàn suspense in a movie, play etc / concern for sb's welfare 插 曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode 影 迷 yǐng mí film enthusiast / movie fan / CL:個|个[ge4] 首 映 shǒu yìng 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) 恐 怖 片 kǒng bù piàn horror movie / CL:部[bu4] 配 乐 pèi yuè to create music for a movie or stage production / to dub music onto a soundtrack / incidental music / soundtrack music 银 幕 yín mù movie screen 三 级 片 sān jí piàn third category movie (containing sexual or violent content) 拍 戏 pāi xì to shoot a movie 当 红 dāng hóng currently popular (of movie stars, singers etc) 开 拍 kāi pāi to begin shooting (a movie, a scene of a movie etc) / to start the bidding (auction) / to start a trading session (stock market) 高 潮 迭 起 gāo cháo dié qǐ each new high point replaced by another / (of a movie etc) one climax after another 摄 影 机 shè yǐng jī (old) camera / movie camera / cine camera 制 片 zhì piàn to produce a film / to make a movie / assistant producer / (Tw) film producer 场 次 chǎng cì the number of showings of a movie, play etc / screening / performance 拍 电 影 pāi diàn yǐng to make a movie 最 佳 影 片 zuì jiā yǐng piàn best movie (in film awards) 卖 座 mài zuò (of a movie, show or restaurant) to attract customers / popular with the paying public / high-grossing / number of seats occupied (by moviegoers etc) 戏 份 xì fèn scene (in a movie etc) / one's part in a movie or play / (archaic) actor's payment 片 酬 piàn chóu remuneration for playing a role in a movie or television drama 电 影 演 员 diàn yǐng yǎn yuán movie actor / movie actress 彩 蛋 cǎi dàn painted eggshell / Easter egg / (media) Easter egg (hidden feature in software or a movie etc) / post-credits scene 恐 怖 电 影 kǒng bù diàn yǐng horror movie 音 乐 之 声 Yīn yuè zhī shēng The Sound of Music, Broadway musical (1959) and Academy Award-winning movie (1965) 床 戏 chuáng xì sex scene (in a movie etc) 首 映 式 shǒu yìng shì premiere of a movie 影 剧 院 yǐng jù yuàn cinema / movie theater 科 幻 电 影 kē huàn diàn yǐng science fiction movie 开 演 kāi yǎn (of a play, movie etc) to begin 片 约 piàn yuē movie contract 卓 别 林 Zhuó bié lín Charlie Chaplin (1899-1977), English movie actor and director 春 蚕 Chūn cán Silkworms in Spring (1933), Chinese silent movie in socialist realist style, based on novel by Mao Dun 茅盾[Mao2 Dun4] 封 禁 fēng jìn to ban (narcotics, a movie etc) / to block (a road etc) / (Internet) to block (a user) 黄 片 huáng piàn adult movie / pornographic movie 后 感 hòu gǎn afterthought / reflection after an event / a review (of a movie etc) 灾 难 片 zāi nàn piàn disaster movie 武 打 片 wǔ dǎ piàn action movie / kungfu movie 床 上 戏 chuáng shàng xì sex scene (in a movie etc) 剧 终 jù zhōng The End (appearing at the end of a movie etc) 倒 叙 dào xù to start a narrative at the end (or midway), then proceed chronologically from the beginning / to flash back / flashback (in a novel, movie etc) 科 教 片 kē jiào piàn science education film / popular science movie 夏 衍 Xià Yǎn Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer 默 片 mò piàn silent movie 邵 逸 夫 Shào Yì fū Run Run Shaw (1907-2014), Hong Kong movie and television tycoon 大 敌 当 前 dà dí dāng qián facing a powerful enemy (idiom) / fig. confronting grave difficulties / Enemy at the Gates, 1991 movie by Jean-Jacques Annaud 巴 山 夜 雨 Bā shān yè yǔ rain on Mt Ba (idiom) / lonely in a strange land / Evening Rain, 1980 movie about the Cultural Revolution 十 面 埋 伏 shí miàn mái fú Ambush from Ten Sides (pipa solo piece) / House of Flying Daggers (2004 movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[Zhang1 Yi4 mou2]) 卡 美 拉 Kǎ měi lā Gamera (Japanese ガメラ / Gamera), Japanese movie monster 小 强 Xiǎo Qiáng (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.) 陈 凯 歌 Chén Kǎi gē Chen Kaige (1952-), Chinese movie director 恰 吉 Qià jí Chucky, murderous villain of the 1988 US horror movie "Child's Play" 徐 克 Xú Kè Tsui Hark (1951-), Chinese movie director and producer 黑 泽 明 Hēi zé Míng Kurosawa Akira (1910-1998) Japanese movie director 姜 文 Jiāng Wén Jiang Wen (1963-), sixth generation Chinese movie director 外 国 电 影 wài guó diàn yǐng foreign film / foreign movie 宽 影 片 kuān yǐng piàn wide-screen movie 宽 银 幕 电 影 kuān yín mù diàn yǐng wide-screen movie 断 背 duàn bèi homosexual (a reference to Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山[Duan4 bei4 Shan1], a 2005 movie about a same-sex relationship) 枪 版 qiāng bǎn amateur pirated DVD, made e.g. by shooting a running movie 求 死 愿 望 qiú sǐ yuàn wàng death wish (translated from English) / Death wish, movie series with Charles Bronson is translated as 猛龍怪客|猛龙怪客[Meng3 long2 guai4 ke4] 派 拉 蒙 影 Pài lā měng yǐng Paramount pictures (US movie company) 满 城 尽 带 黄 金 甲 Mǎn chéng jìn dài huáng jīn jiǎ Curse of the Golden Flower (2007), period drama movie by Zhang Yimou 演 员 阵 容 yǎn yuán zhèn róng cast (of a movie etc) / lineup of performers / troupe 猛 龙 怪 客 Měng lóng guài kè Death wish, movie series with Charles Bronson 开 映 kāi yìng to start showing a movie 魔 宫 传 奇 Mó gōng Chuán qí The Name of the Rose, 1986 movie based on the novel by Umberto Eco Ａ 片 A piàn adult movie / pornography 摩 斯 拉 Mó sī lā Mothra (Japanese モスラ / Mosura), Japanese movie monster 罗 生 门 luó shēng mén Rashomon, Japanese novel and movie / (fig.) situation where conflicting interpretations of the same event obscure the truth / unsolvable case 大 红 灯 笼 高 高 挂 Dà hóng Dēng lóng Gāo gāo Guà Raise the Red Lantern (1991), movie by Zhang Yimou 張藝謀|张艺谋[Zhang1 Yi4 mou2] 拉 顿 Lā dùn Rodan (Japanese ラドン / Radon), Japanese movie monster 台 本 tái běn script (of a play, movie, or television program) A片 A piàn adult movie / pornography 下 片 xià piàn to stop screening a movie / to end the run of a movie 翻 拍 fān pāi 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 岛 国 动 作 片 dǎo guó dòng zuò piàn euphemism for Japanese porn movie 盗 录 dào lù to pirate (an audio recording, movie etc) / to bootleg 从 影 cóng yǐng to make movies / to be a movie actor (or actress) 派 拉 蒙 影 业 Pài lā méng Yǐng yè Paramount Pictures (US movie company) 探 班 tàn bān to check on sb at his workplace / to come to a movie set to visit one of the actors 烂 片 làn piàn dud movie 周 边 商 品 zhōu biān shāng pǐn merch / spin-off product (related to a pop-culture franchise such as a movie, game or band etc) 删 剪 shān jiǎn to cut (from a movie etc) / to censor
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