EP41 恐怖片 Horror Film

 Chinese 101: Talk about movie preference; How to say various kinds of movies

 

Language Tips: Stereotypical Horror Movie Characters

 

Story of The Day:

 

To bully others by flaunting one's powerful connections

 

狐假虎威 hú jiǎ hǔ wēi

 

 

Dialogue:

 

A：你喜欢看恐怖片吗？

 

nǐ xǐ huān kàn kǒng bù piān ma？

 

Do you like horror film? 

 

B：不喜欢，电影画面太吓人了，我看不下去。

 

bù xǐ huān ，diàn yǐng huà miàn tài xià rén le ，wǒ kàn bú xià qù 。

 

I don’t like it, the scene in horror films is too scaring, I can't keep watching it.

 

Words & expressions:

 

【喜欢】xǐ huān：like, prefer

 

【恐怖片】kǒng bù piān: horror film

 

【画面】huà miàn: picture; screen

 

【太】tài: too; so; really

 

【吓人】xià rén: scaring

 

【下去】xià qù: Going down; Result complement

 

Hosts: Niu Honglin & Sam Duckett & Lincoln

Programme Editor: Wang Xiaoyu

Producer: Lu Chang