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HSK
movies and television
HSK 3
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
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
photographer; cinematographer; cameraman
HSK 5
to take a photograph / photography / to shoot (a movie)
HSK 5
film enthusiast / movie fan / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
image
HSK 7-9
(lit. and fig.) shadow / CL:
HSK 6
silhouette / figure
HSK 7-9
theater (in a cinema)
Tomb Raider (computer game)
group photo / to take a group photo
HSK 7-9
to project / a projection
perspective drawing
phantom / mirage
HSK 7-9
light and shadow / sunlight and shade
(old) camera / movie camera; cine camera
film star
HSK 6
photography
horror movie
(idiom) to come to nothing
wedding photos (done in studio, kit and caboodle taken care of by the studio)
cinema / movie theater
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
paper-cut silhouette / outline / sketch
center of projection
to make a movie
film award
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picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace
science fiction movie
time-lapse photography
a photocopy
image processing
slide used in a presentation (Tw)
huge influence
to make movies / to be a movie actor (or actress)
inseparable (as form and shadow)
HSK 7-9
video conference
cinema ticket
profile / silhouette
lit. as the shadow follows the body (idiom) / fig. closely associated with each other; inseparable; to follow relentlessly
filmmaking
influence / impact
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
impact factor (of an academic journal)
film studio / television studio
cinema; movie theater
Naruto, manga and anime series
(Tw) photocopier
Beijing Film Academy
line of project / projection line
(lit.) froth and shadows / (fig.) illusion; mirage
The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
movie actor / movie actress
photo of a (married) couple
phantom (esp. of Western fantasy)
lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom) / fig. intense conflict
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
impact; effect
beautiful image of a woman
lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company / to be all alone (idiom)
influential
lit. set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom) / fig. to get instant results
(idiom) to come to nothing
filmmaking
image file
(Tw) videotape; video cassette / CL: 盤|盘
home cinema; home theater
photographic reproduction / photocopying / photo-offset
hand shadow drama
shadow; umbra
lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom) / fig. alone and dejected
flickering light and passing shadows (idiom) / blurred scenery / cursory / superficial
eye shadow (cosmetics)
film festival / photography exhibition
rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object)
photojournalist
environmental impact
gone without a trace
mammography
hatched lines / cross-hatched graphic pattern
shadow
moviedom / the world of movies / film circles
time-lapse photography
(idiom) (to disappear) without a trace
a projective transformation
computed tomography
photographer
miniature version of sth / microcosm / epitome / (Tw) to microfilm
HSK 7-9
movie camera
crane shot / boom shot (photography)
(idiom) to attack sb by innuendo; to make insinuations
(male) superstar of the silver screen; best actor award winner
plane of projection (in perspective drawing)
reach of influence / affected area
(radiography) the shadow of a peptic ulcer in a barium-swallow X-ray

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