电影 電影 diàn yǐng movie / film / CL:部[bu4],片[pian4],幕[mu4],場|场[chang3] syn 角色 jué sè role / part (in a play or movie etc) / also pr. [jiao3se4] 最佳 zuì jiā optimum / optimal / peak / best (athlete, movie etc) syn 好看 hǎo kàn good-looking / nice-looking / (of a movie, book, TV show etc) good / in an embarrassing situation syn 镜头 鏡頭 jìng tóu camera lens / camera shot (in a movie etc) / scene syn 影 yǐng picture / image / film / movie / photograph / reflection / shadow / trace syn 摄影 攝影 shè yǐng to take a photograph / photography / to shoot (a movie) syn 屏幕 píng mù screen (TV, computer or movie) 影片 yǐng piàn a copy of a film / film / motion picture / movie / (Tw) video / video clip / CL:部[bu4] syn 上演 shàng yǎn to screen (a movie) / to stage (a play) / a screening / a staging syn 开拍 開拍 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) syn 摄影机 攝影機 shè yǐng jī (old) camera / movie camera / cine camera syn 电影院 電影院 diàn yǐng yuàn cinema / movie theater / CL:家[jia1],座[zuo4] syn 配乐 配樂 pèi yuè to create music for a movie or stage production / to dub music onto a soundtrack / incidental music / soundtrack music 上映 shàng yìng to screen / to show (a movie) syn 影迷 yǐng mí film enthusiast / movie fan / CL:個|个[ge4] 放映 fàng yìng to show (a movie) / to screen syn 影院 yǐng yuàn cinema / movie theater syn 插曲 chā qǔ music played during a movie, play etc / incidental music / music played in a theatrical interlude / (fig.) incident / episode 字幕 zì mù subtitles / captions (of a movie etc) 大片 dà piàn wide expanse / large area / vast stretch / extending widely / blockbuster movie 悬念 懸念 xuán niàn suspense in a movie, play etc / concern for sb's welfare syn 恐怖片 kǒng bù piàn horror movie / CL:部[bu4] 银幕 銀幕 yín mù movie screen 首映式 shǒu yìng shì premiere of a movie 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) 开演 開演 kāi yǎn (of a play, movie etc) to begin syn 拍戏 拍戲 pāi xì to shoot a movie 片中 piàn zhōng in the movie 对白 對白 duì bái dialogue (in a movie or a play) 卓别林 卓別林 zhuó bié lín Charlie Chaplin (1899-1977), English movie actor and director 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 syn 卖座 賣座 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) 主旋律 zhǔ xuán lǜ (music) theme / principal melody / (fig.) central theme / main idea / (of a movie) created with the purpose of promoting Party values and point of view syn 片酬 piàn chóu remuneration for playing a role in a movie or television drama 公映 gōng yìng public screening (of a movie) syn 试映 試映 shì yìng preview (of a movie) / trial screening 高潮迭起 gāo cháo dié qǐ each new high point replaced by another / (of a movie etc) one climax after another syn 剧照 劇照 jù zhào photo taken during a theatrical production / a still (from a movie) 删减 刪減 shān jiǎn to abridge (a text) / to edit out (of a movie) / to cut back (a budget, a curriculum) syn 场次 場次 chǎng cì the number of showings of a movie, play etc / screening / performance 倒叙 倒敘 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 动漫 動漫 dòng màn cartoons and comics / anime and manga / cartoon (animated movie) / anime 片名 piān míng movie title 片子 piān zi film / movie / film reel / phonograph record / X-ray image syn 动作片 動作片 dòng zuò piàn action movie / CL:部[bu4] 三级片 三級片 sān jí piàn third category movie (containing sexual or violent content) 当红 當紅 dāng hóng currently popular (of movie stars, singers etc) 预告片 預告片 yù gào piàn trailer (for a movie) 制片 製片 zhì piàn to produce a film / to make a movie / assistant producer / (Tw) film producer 骇然 駭然 hài rán overwhelmed with shock, horror or amazement / dumbstruck / aghast syn 拍电影 拍電影 pāi diàn yǐng to make a movie 黑客帝国 黑客帝國 hēi kè dì guó The Matrix (1999 movie) 最佳影片 zuì jiā yǐng piàn best movie (in film awards) 穿帮 穿幫 chuān bāng (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 戏份 戲份 xì fèn scene (in a movie etc) / one's part in a movie or play / (archaic) actor's payment 电影演员 電影演員 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 片花 piàn huā trailer (for a movie) 恐怖电影 恐怖電影 kǒng bù diàn yǐng horror movie 音乐之声 音樂之聲 yīn yuè zhī shēng The Sound of Music, Broadway musical (1959) and Academy Award-winning movie (1965) 床戏 床戲 chuáng xì sex scene (in a movie etc) 影剧院 影劇院 yǐng jù yuàn cinema / movie theater syn 毛片 máo piàn pornographic film / rushes (of a movie) / (old) fur color 科幻电影 科幻電影 kē huàn diàn yǐng science fiction movie 片约 片約 piàn yuē movie contract 春蚕 春蠶 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 黃片 huáng piàn adult movie / pornographic movie 后感 後感 hòu gǎn afterthought / reflection after an event / a review (of a movie etc) 灾难片 災難片 zāi nàn piàn disaster movie 武打片 wǔ dǎ piàn action movie / kungfu movie 床上戏 床上戲 chuáng shàng xì sex scene (in a movie etc) 投拍 tóu pāi to start shooting (a film) / to invest in (a movie) / to put (sth) up for auction 剧终 劇終 jù zhōng The End (appearing at the end of a movie etc) syn 裸戏 裸戲 luǒ xì nude scene (in a movie) 夏衍 xià yǎn Xia Yan (1900-1995), Chinese writer, playwright, socialist critic and movie pioneer 默片 mò piàn silent movie syn 邵逸夫 shào yì fū Run Run Shaw (1907-2014), Hong Kong movie and television tycoon 卡美拉 kǎ měi lā Gamera (Japanese ガメラ Gamera), Japanese movie monster 大敌当前 大敵當前 dà dí dāng qián facing a powerful enemy (idiom) / fig. confronting grave difficulties / Enemy at the Gates, 1991 movie by Jean-Jacques Annaud syn 小强 小強 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.) 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]) 恰吉 qià jí Chucky, murderous villain of the 1988 US horror movie "Child's Play" 惊栗 驚慄 jīng lì horror (genre) / to tremble in fear A片 A piàn adult movie / pornography / 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 主创 主創 zhǔ chuàng 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) 布幕 bù mù screen (movie theater etc) 陈凯歌 陳凱歌 chén kǎi gē Chen Kaige (1952-), Chinese movie director 徐克 xú kè Tsui Hark (1951-), Chinese movie director and producer 黑泽明 黑澤明 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 外國電影 wài guó diàn yǐng foreign film / foreign movie 七武士 qī wǔ shì Seven Samurai (movie) 催泪大片 催淚大片 cuī lèi dà piàn tear-jerker (movie)