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HSK
movie; film / CL: , , , 場|场
HSK 1
cinema; movie theater / CL: ,
HSK 1
a copy of a film / film; motion picture; movie / (Tw) video; video clip / CL:
HSK 2
influence / effect / to influence / to affect (usually adversely) / to disturb / CL:
HSK 2
movies and television
HSK 3
shadow / reflection / (fig.) hint / indication / influence / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
to take a photograph / photography / to shoot (a movie)
HSK 5
photographer; cinematographer; cameraman
HSK 5
(lit. and fig.) shadow
HSK 6
film enthusiast / movie fan / CL: 個|个
HSK 6
film star
HSK 6
image
HSK 7-9
silhouette / figure
HSK 7-9
phantom / mirage
HSK 7-9
miniature version of sth / microcosm / epitome / (Tw) to microfilm
HSK 7-9
group photo / to take a group photo
HSK 7-9
inseparable (as form and shadow)
HSK 7-9
(lit.) froth and shadows / (fig.) illusion; mirage
to refer obliquely to / to insinuate / innuendo
phantom (esp. of Western fantasy)
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picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace
video conference
film review
impact factor (of an academic journal)
horror movie
shadowy
to videotape / to videorecord
to take a photo as a souvenir / a souvenir photo
to project / a projection
projector
cult film
influence / impact
camcorder / video recorder / videocassette recorder (Tw) / CL: 臺|台
paper-cut silhouette / outline / sketch
cinema ticket
film festival / photography exhibition
movie queen; best actress award winner
photographic reproduction / photocopying / photo-offset
stereoscopic cinema / 3D cinema
image processing
to hide from public view / to conceal one's identity / to lay low
cinema; movie theater
film studio / television studio
(Tw) photocopier
(photographic processing) to develop
film industry
shadow / darkness / twilight
(Tw) videotape; video cassette / CL: 盤|盘
the shadow of a human figure / a trace of a person's presence (usu. combined with a negative verb)
angiography
trace / vestige / presence
DVD player
projector
(male) superstar of the silver screen; best actor award winner
lit. set up a pole and immediately see its shadow (idiom) / fig. to get instant results
(Buddhism) illusion / pipe dream
inverted image / reversed image (e.g. upside down)
lit. as the shadow follows the body (idiom) / fig. closely associated with each other; inseparable; to follow relentlessly
to vanish / to be nowhere to be found / unfounded (story)
(Tw) audio and video; audiovisual
trace / sign
moviedom / the world of movies / film circles
lit. chasing the wind and clutching at shadows (idiom); fig. groundless accusations / to act on hearsay evidence
beautiful image of a woman
profile / silhouette
developer (photographic processing) / contrast medium (medical imaging)
shadow
(idiom) to come to nothing
lit. looking at one's shadow and feeling sorry for oneself (idiom) / fig. alone and dejected
photo of a (married) couple
science fiction movie
rear view / figure seen from behind / view of the back (of a person or object)
projective geometry / same as 射影幾何學|射影几何学
cinema / movie theater
eye shadow (cosmetics)
with only body and shadow to comfort each other (idiom) / extremely sad and lonely
(idiom) to come to nothing
orthogonal projection
total shadow / umbra
shadow cabinet
(poetic depiction of plum blossom)
flickering light and passing shadows (idiom) / blurred scenery / cursory / superficial
a photocopy
slow shutter speed photography
(idiom) to attack sb by innuendo; to make insinuations
(idiom) lonely soul; solitary
lit. a lonely body with only a shadow for company / to be all alone (idiom)
umbra
(fig.) specter
lit. flash of knives and swords (idiom) / fig. intense conflict
to fix a photographic image
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
lit. body and shadow follow each other (idiom) / fig. inseparable
lit. to see a bow reflected in a cup as a snake (idiom); fig. unnecessary suspicions / overly fearful
spirit wall (screen wall used to shield an entrance in traditional Chinese architecture)
(geometry) projection / see
light and shadow / sunlight and shade
(radiography) the shadow of a peptic ulcer in a barium-swallow X-ray

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