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HSK
a copy of a film / film; motion picture; movie / (Tw) video; video clip / CL:
HSK 2
shadow / reflection / (fig.) hint / indication / influence / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
movie; film / CL: , , 場|场
HSK 1
influence / effect / to influence / to affect (usually adversely) / to disturb / CL:
HSK 2
cinema; movie theater / CL: ,
HSK 1
movies and television
HSK 3
to take a photograph / photography / to shoot (a movie)
HSK 5
film enthusiast / movie fan / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
photographer; cinematographer; cameraman
HSK 5
image
HSK 7-9
silhouette / figure
HSK 7-9
inseparable (as form and shadow)
HSK 7-9
(lit. and fig.) shadow / CL:
HSK 6
theater (in a cinema)
group photo / to take a group photo
HSK 7-9
to project / a projection
gone without a trace
(idiom) lonely soul; solitary
phantom / mirage
HSK 7-9
light and shadow / sunlight and shade
film star
HSK 6
shadow
environmental impact
horror movie
lit. when a man stands straight, he doesn't worry that his shadow is slanting (saying) / fig. as long as one conducts oneself honorably, one need not worry about what people think; a clean hand wants no washing
Beijing Film Academy
paper-cut silhouette / outline / sketch
center of projection
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  *影* | 影* | *影
picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace
a photocopy
projector
slide used in a presentation (Tw)
DVD player
influence / impact
lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations / to act on hearsay evidence
(Buddhism) illusion / pipe dream
wide ranging influence
film studio / television studio
profile / silhouette
image processing
the shadow of a human figure / a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb)
lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions / overly fearful
cinema; movie theater
Naruto, manga and anime series
lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom) / fig. intense conflict
(lit.) froth and shadows / (fig.) illusion; mirage
phantom (esp. of Western fantasy)
(idiom) to come to nothing
beautiful image of a woman
influential
lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom) / fig. alone and dejected
time-lapse photography
home cinema; home theater
photographic reproduction / photocopying / photo-offset
film industry
time-lapse photography
hand shadow drama
shadow; umbra
photographer
flickering light and passing shadows (idiom) / blurred scenery / cursory / superficial
eye shadow (cosmetics)
film festival / photography exhibition
hatched lines / cross-hatched graphic pattern
miniature version of sth / microcosm / epitome / (Tw) to microfilm
HSK 7-9
cinema / movie theater
impact; effect
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
(slang) (usu. of a woman) sb who looks stunning from behind / sb who has a great figure but not necessarily an attractive face / abbr. to 背殺|背杀
unaffected / not inconvenienced
(idiom) to attack sb by innuendo; to make insinuations
(male) superstar of the silver screen; best actor award winner
perspective drawing
plane of projection (in perspective drawing)
science fiction movie
wedding photos (done in studio, kit and caboodle taken care of by the studio)
projector
to hide / latent image (in photography)
The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
inverted image / reversed image (e.g. upside down)
film review
(old) camera / movie camera; cine camera
time-lapse photography
lit. set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom) / fig. to get instant results
movie actor / movie actress
time-lapse photography
movie queen; best actress award winner
(Taiwan usage) child in need of help (orphaned, abandoned, abused etc)
video conference
projective geometry / same as 射影幾何|射影几何
to vanish / to be nowhere to be found / unfounded (story)
camcorder / video recorder / videocassette recorder (Tw) / CL: 臺|台
with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom) / extremely sad and lonely
to refer obliquely to / to insinuate / innuendo
(geometry) projection / see
screenplay
Tomb Raider (computer game)
computed tomography
lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company / to be all alone (idiom)
a projective transformation

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