Mad Fate 2023
命案
A fortune teller fails to help a prostitute who is facing a deadly calamity. When he meets a young boss of a tea restaurant, he predicts that his bloodthirsty tendencies will lead him to a prison sentence for murder.
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Vocabulary
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| 胶 膠 | glue, gum, resin, rubber; sound; shin bone | |
| 帘 簾 | flag-sign of a tavern | |
| 怎能 怎能 | how can | |
| 稽 稽 | examine, investigate; delay | |
| 奉 奉 | respectfully offer | |
| 惟 惟 | but, however, nevertheless; only | |
| 命案 命案 | homicide case; murder case | |
| 铁链 鐵鏈 | iron chain | |
| 骤雨 驟雨 | shower | |
| 怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 | How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? | |
| 厦 廈 | big building, mansion | |
| 杀生 殺生 | to take the life of a living creature | |
| 幼时 幼時 | childhood | |
| 横跨 橫跨 | to span; to stretch across; to travel across | |
| 廉 㢘 | upright, honorable, honest | |
| 贞 貞 | virtuous, chaste, pure; loyal | |
| 年幼 年幼 | young; underage | |
| 粉红色 粉紅色 | pink | |
| 召妓 召妓 | to hire a prostitute | |
| 申猴 申猴 | Year 9, year of the Monkey (e.g. 2004) | |
| 雀 雀 | sparrow | |
| 笼 籠 | cage; cage-like basket | |
| 咒 呪 | curse, damn, incantation | |
| 骸 骸 | skeleton, body; leg bone | |
| 巽 巽 | 5th of the 8 trigrams; south-east; mild, modest, obedient | |
| 棺 棺 | coffin | |
| 庭 庭 | courtyard; spacious hall or yard | |
| 痣 痣 | spots, moles; birthmark | |
| 加害 加害 | to injure | |
| 目击 目擊 | to see with one's own eyes; to witness | |
| 掌 掌 | palm of hand, sole of foot, paw | |
| 拼到底 拼到底 | to brave it out; to the bitter end | |
| 巳 巳 | the hours from 9 to 11; 6th terrestrial branch | |
| 违例 違例 | to break the rules | |
| 人命 人命 | human life | |
| 诚心 誠心 | sincerity | |
| 孽 孼 | evil; son of concubine; ghost | |
| 认输 認輸 | to concede; to admit defeat | |
| 恭喜发财 恭喜發財 | May you have a prosperous New Year! (New Year's greeting) | |
| 惩 懲 | punish, reprimand; warn | |
| 毙 斃 | kill; die violent death | |
| 剖 剖 | split in two, slice; dissect | |
| 财源 財源 | financial resources; source of revenue | |
| 运程 運程 | one's fortune (in astrology) | |
| 缘 緣 | karmic affinity | |
| 祸 禍 | misfortune, calamity, disaster | |
| 还不如 還不如 | to be better off...; might as well... | |
| 五鬼 五鬼 | five chief demons of folklore personifying pestilence; also written 五瘟神 | |
| 浸 浸 | soak, immerse, dip, percolate | |
| 磁场 磁場 | magnetic field |