Out of the Dark 1995
回魂夜
After being haunted by evil spirits inside a residential building, a security guard seeks help from a mysterious exorcist, who turns out to be an escaped mental patient.
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Vocabulary
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| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 你等 你等 | (archaic) you all | |
| 一等 一等 | first class; grade A | |
| 喝茶 喝茶 | to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") | |
| 不可以 不可以 | may not | |
| 帮帮忙 幫幫忙 | to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! | |
| 哪一个 哪一個 | which | |
| 果 果 | fruit; result | |
| 等一等 等一等 | wait a moment | |
| 试试看 試試看 | to give it a try | |
| 体 體 | body; group, class, body, unit; inferior | |
| 你我 你我 | you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) | |
| 等一下 等一下 | to wait a moment; later; in awhile | |
| 有了 有了 | I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven | |
| 没电 沒電 | discharged; flat; dead (of batteries) | |
| 买东西 買東西 | to do one's shopping | |
| 在后 在後 | behind | |
| 上个 上個 | first (of two parts); last (week etc); previous; the above | |
| 不住 不住 | (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly | |
| 看笑话 看笑話 | to watch with amusement as sb makes a fool of himself | |
| 花钱 花錢 | to spend money | |
| 关门 關門 | to close a door; to lock a door; (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently) | |
| 第二天 第二天 | next day; the morrow | |
| 家小 家小 | wife and children; wife | |
| 找回 找回 | to retrieve | |
| 老爸 老爸 | father; dad | |
| 每个 每個 | each; every | |
| 怎么回事 怎麼回事 | what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? | |
| 在那儿 在那兒 | (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) | |
| 一口 一口 | readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite | |
| 第一次 第一次 | the first time; first; number one | |
| 慢走 慢走 | Stay a bit!; Wait a minute!; (to a departing guest) Take care! | |
| 那个人 那個人 | lit. that person; fig. the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams | |
| 他用 他用 | other use; other purpose | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 在下 在下 | under; myself (humble) | |
| 有电 有電 | electric (apparatus); electrified; having electricity supply (of a house) | |
| 高人 高人 | very able person | |
| 热忱 熱忱 | zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; enthusiastic; warmhearted | |
| 分给 分給 | to divide (and give to others) | |
| 有水 有水 | supplied with water (of a house) | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 不明 不明 | not clear; unknown; to fail to understand | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 友 友 | friend, companion; fraternity | |
| 昨晚 昨晚 | yesterday evening; last night | |
| 过多 過多 | too many; excessive | |
| 那天 那天 | that day; the other day | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 行好 行好 | to be charitable; to do a good deed |