Out of the Dark

Out of the Dark 1995

回魂夜 huí hún yè

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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4.09 Intermediate Director Jeffrey Lau Chun-Wai IMDb 6.8

Cast

Stephen Chow Stephen Chow Leon Karen Mok Man-Wai Karen Mok Man-Wai Kwan Lo Hung Lo Hung Captain Lu Wong Yat-Fei Wong Yat-Fei Ballsy Lee Kin-Yan Lee Kin-Yan Big Cat Lee Lik-Chi Lee Lik-Chi Little Cat Ben Wong Chi-Yin Ben Wong Chi-Yin Keung Bill Chan Wing-Biu Junkie Ming Heung Dip Chang / Beard Bruce Mang Lung Mung

Vocabulary

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窝囊废 窩囊廢 wō nang fèi (coll.) spineless coward; wimp; a good-for-nothing Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
发神经 發神經 fā shén jīng (coll.) to go crazy; to lose it; demented; unhinged Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
大姨妈 大姨媽 dà yí mā mother's eldest sister (older than one's mother); (coll.) (euphemism) Aunt Flo (i.e. menstrual period) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
宰了 宰了 zǎi le (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
擦屁股 擦屁股 cā pì gu to wipe one’s ass; (fig.) (coll.) to clean up sb else's mess Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
盲肠 盲腸 máng cháng appendix (anatomy); cecum ∼HSK 6
精神病院 精神病院 jīng shén bìng yuàn mental hospital; psychiatric hospital ∼HSK 6
砍死 砍死 kǎn sǐ to hack to death; to kill with an ax ∼HSK 6
附身 附身 fù shēn to enter a body; to possess ∼HSK 6
还魂 還魂 huán hún to return from the grave; (old) to recycle (waste products) ∼HSK 6
鬼魂 鬼魂 guǐ hún ghost ∼HSK 6
尿尿 尿尿 niào niào to pee ∼HSK 6
七孔 七孔 qī kǒng the seven apertures of the human head: 2 eyes, 2 ears, 2 nostrils, 1 mouth ∼HSK 6
鹰架 鷹架 yīng jià scaffolding ∼HSK 6
色狼 色狼 sè láng lecher; pervert; wolf ∼HSK 6
毒瘾 毒癮 dú yǐn drug addiction ∼HSK 6
娘的 孃的 niáng de same as ∼HSK 6
保鲜膜 保鮮膜 bǎo xiān mó plastic wrap; preservative film; cling film ∼HSK 6
老伯 老伯 lǎo bó uncle (polite form of address for older male) ∼HSK 6
一眨眼 一眨眼 yī zhǎ yǎn in a wink ∼HSK 6
神功 神功 shén gōng amazing powers; miraculous skill ∼HSK 6
刀枪不入 刀槍不入 dāo qiāng bù rù lit. impervious to sword or spear (idiom); fig. invulnerable; untouchable; thick-skinned; impervious to criticism ∼HSK 6
阿昌 阿昌 Ā chāng Achang also called Ngac'ang or Maingtha (ethnic group) ∼HSK 6
塌下 塌下 tā xià to collapse ∼HSK 6
大嫂 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
在天之灵 在天之靈 zài tiān zhī líng soul and spirit of the deceased ∼HSK 6
精品店 精品店 jīng pǐn diàn boutique ∼HSK 6
砸死 砸死 zá sǐ to crush to death ∼HSK 6
替天行道 替天行道 tì tiān xíng dào to enforce justice on Heaven's behalf (idiom); to right wrongs as Heaven's agent ∼HSK 6
伏特 伏特 fú tè (loanword) volt ∼HSK 6
蟑螂 蟑螂 zhāng láng cockroach ∼HSK 6
称霸 稱霸 chēng bà lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon; to take a leading role; to build a personal fiefdom ∼HSK 6
护发素 護髮素 hù fà sù hair conditioner ∼HSK 6
冤魂 冤魂 yuān hún ghost of one who died unjustly; departed spirit demanding vengeance for grievances ∼HSK 6
有道理 有道理 yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
开溜 開溜 kāi liū to leave in stealth; to slip away ∼HSK 6
探病 探病 tàn bìng to visit a sick person or patient ∼HSK 6
挨饿 挨餓 ái è to go hungry; to endure starvation; famished ∼HSK 6
幽浮 幽浮 yōu fú UFO (loanword); unidentified flying object; space ship ∼HSK 6
鸡同鸭讲 雞同鴨講 jī tóng yā jiǎng lit. chicken speaking with duck; fig. talking without communicating; people not understanding each other ∼HSK 6
有怪莫怪 有怪莫怪 yǒu guài mò guài please don't take offense; don't take it personally ∼HSK 6
鼻孔 鼻孔 bí kǒng nostril ∼HSK 6
伸冤 伸冤 shēn yuān to right wrongs; to redress an injustice ∼HSK 6
七级浮屠 七級浮屠 qī jí fú tú seven floor pagoda ∼HSK 6
挡箭牌 擋箭牌 dǎng jiàn pái shield; (fig.) excuse ∼HSK 6
血债血偿 血債血償 xuè zhài xuè cháng a debt of blood must be paid in blood; blood calls for blood; also pr. [xue4 zhai4 xie3 chang2] ∼HSK 6
半条命 半條命 bàn tiáo mìng half a life; only half alive; barely alive; (scared, beaten etc) half to death ∼HSK 6