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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| 符 符 | i.d. tag, tally, symbol, charm | |
| 脉 脈 | blood vessels, veins, arteries | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 屁 屁 | break wind; fart; buttocks | |
| 官非 官非 | lawsuit (from Cantonese) | |
| 赤 赤 | red; scarlet; bare; naked | |
| 男厕 男廁 | men's restroom; men's toilet | |
| 辛亥 辛亥 | forty-eighth year H12 of the 60 year cycle, e.g. 1971 or 2031; cf, Xinhai Revolution of 1911 | |
| 童子 童子 | boy | |
| 未完成 未完成 | imperfect; incomplete | |
| 报案 報案 | to report a case to the authorities | |
| 什么人 什麼人 | what kind of person | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 纹 紋 | line, streak, stripe; wrinkle | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 意 意 | meaning, intent | |
| 返 返 | return, revert to, restore | |
| 特为 特為 | for a specific purpose; specially | |
| 满盘 滿盤 | a plateful; comprehensive; the full works (e.g. a banquet); the full price | |
| 寒 寒 | cold, wintry, chilly | |
| 虫 蟲 | insects, worms; KangXi radical 142 | |
| 五方 五方 | the five regions: the east, south, west, north and center; all parts; China and the lands beyond its frontiers | |
| 执 執 | hold in hand; keep; carry out | |
| 接引 接引 | to greet and usher in (guests, newcomers etc); (Buddhism) to receive into the Pure Land | |
| 躺下 躺下 | to lie down | |
| 扫黄 掃黃 | campaign against pornography | |
| 没办法 沒辦法 | there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it | |
| 脱下 脫下 | to take off (clothing) | |
| 安安 安安 | (Tw) (Internet slang) Greetings! | |
| 拿你没办法 拿你沒辦法 | don't know what to do with you (used to express mild exasperation) | |
| 仔 仔 | small thing, child; young animal | |
| 病态 病態 | morbid or abnormal state | |
| 划破 劃破 | to cut open; to rip; to streak across (lightning, meteor etc); to pierce (scream, searchlight etc) | |
| 树根 樹根 | tree roots | |
| 怎么能 怎麼能 | how could one | |
| 洗牙 洗牙 | (dentistry) to perform or undergo scaling (removal of dental plaque and calculus) | |
| 署 署 | public office | |
| 上厕所 上廁所 | to go to the bathroom | |
| 安乐 安樂 | Anle District of Keelung City, Taiwan | |
| 好些 好些 | a good deal of; quite a lot | |
| 女厕 女廁 | women's restroom; women's toilet | |
| 翻身 翻身 | to turn over (when lying); (fig.) to free oneself; to emancipate oneself; to bring about a change of one's fortunes | |
| 警局 警局 | police department; police station; abbr. of 警察局 | |
| 自便 自便 | to do as one pleases; to not inconvenience oneself | |
| 励 勵 | strive; encourage | |
| 坪 坪 | level ground; Japanese measure | |
| 三宝 三寶 | the Three Precious Treasures of Buddhism, namely: the Buddha 佛, the Dharma 法 (his teaching), and the Sangha 僧 (his monastic order) | |
| 法会 法會 | (Buddhist) religious assembly | |
| 法医 法醫 | forensic pathologist; forensic doctor; medical examiner | |
| 福马林 福馬林 | (Tw) (loanword) formalin |