Tales from the Dark 1

Tales from the Dark 1 2013

李碧华鬼魅系列：迷离夜 lǐ bì huá guǐmèi xìliè： mílí yè

In the first of a two-part film project, three short stories from acclaimed Hong Kong writer Lilian Lee are adapted for the big screen in this horror anthology.

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4.01 Intermediate Director Lee Chi-Ngai, Fruit Chan, Simon Yam IMDb 5.6

Cast

Simon Yam Simon Yam Kwan (segment "Stolen Goods") Yuen Qiu Yuen Qiu Restaurant Owner (segment "Stolen Goods") Maggie Shiu Mei-Kei Maggie Shiu Mei-Kei Nei (segment "Stolen Goods") Felix Lok Ying-Kwan Felix Lok Ying-Kwan Chu (segment "Stolen Goods") Lam Suet Lam Suet Boss Lee (segment "Stolen Goods") Jonathan Wong Chi-Hin Jonathan Wong Chi-Hin Police (segment "Stolen Goods") Ariel Chan Little Ghost Girl (segment "Stolen Goods") Audrey Chan Little Ghost Girl (segment "Stolen Goods") Ben Yuen Foo-Wah Ben Yuen Foo-Wah Police (segment "Stolen Goods") Ma Yu Ching Ghost (segment "Stolen Goods")

Vocabulary

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不肯 不肯 bù kěn Refuse HSK 7
团聚 團聚 tuán jù to reunite; to have a reunion HSK 7
棺材 棺材 guān cai coffin HSK 7
要紧 要緊 yào jǐn important; urgent HSK 7
叼 叼 diāo to hold with one's mouth (as a smoker with a cigarette or a dog with a bone) HSK 7
斩 斬 zhǎn to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop HSK 7
糊 䊀 hú muddled; paste; scorched HSK 7
关掉 關掉 guān diào to switch off; to shut off HSK 7
招牌 招牌 zhāo pai signboard; shop sign; reputation of a business HSK 7
保重 保重 bǎo zhòng to take care of oneself HSK 7
不堪 不堪 bù kān cannot bear; cannot stand; utterly; extremely HSK 7
位子 位子 wèi zi place; seat HSK 7
兼职 兼職 jiān zhí to hold concurrent posts; concurrent job; moonlighting HSK 7
偏偏 偏偏 piān piān (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people HSK 7
警车 警車 jǐng chē police car HSK 7
一手 一手 yī shǒu a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help HSK 7
浇 澆 jiāo to pour liquid; to irrigate (using waterwheel); to water; to cast (molten metal); to mold HSK 7
鹅 鵝 é goose HSK 7
怪不得 怪不得 guài bu de no wonder!; so that's why! HSK 7
安定 安定 Ān dìng Anting township in Tainan county 台南县, Taiwan HSK 7
诊所 診所 zhěn suǒ clinic HSK 7
介意 介意 jiè yì to care about; to take offense; to mind HSK 7
复合 復合 fù hé (of people who were estranged) to be reconciled; (of a couple) to get back together HSK 7
盛 盛 chéng to hold; to contain; to ladle; to pick up with a utensil HSK 7
润 潤 rùn moist; glossy; sleek; to moisten; to lubricate; to embellish; to enhance; profit; remuneration; (neologism c. 2021) (slang) (loanword from "run") to emigrate (in order to flee adverse conditions) HSK 7
手脚 手腳 shǒu jiǎo hand and foot; movement of limbs; action; trick; step in a procedure HSK 7
出自 出自 chū zì to come from HSK 7
害羞 害羞 hài xiū shy; embarrassed; bashful HSK 7
祭 祭 jì to offer a sacrifice to (gods or ancestors); memorial ceremony; (in classical novels) to recite an incantation to activate a magic weapon; (lit. and fig.) to wield HSK 7
以免 以免 yǐ miǎn in order to avoid; so as not to HSK 7
佩服 佩服 pèi fú to admire HSK 7
棍 棍 gùn stick; rod; truncheon HSK 7
一早 一早 yī zǎo early in the morning; at dawn HSK 7
骚扰 騷擾 sāo rǎo to disturb; to cause a commotion; to harass HSK 7
海滩 海灘 hǎi tān beach HSK 7
吓人 嚇人 xià rén to scare; scary; frightening HSK 7
良心 良心 liáng xīn conscience HSK 7
八卦 八卦 bā guà the eight divinatory trigrams of the Book of Changes 易经; gossip; gossipy HSK 7
废话 廢話 fèi huà nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) HSK 7
胎 胎 tāi fetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding); womb carrying a fetus; (fig.) origin; source; (loanword) tire HSK 7
水晶 水晶 shuǐ jīng crystal HSK 7
留意 留意 liú yì to be mindful; to pay attention to; to take note of HSK 7
审 審 shěn to examine; to investigate; carefully; to try (in court) HSK 7
故 故 gù happening; instance; reason; cause; intentional; former; old; friend; therefore; hence; (of people) to die, dead HSK 7
安心 安心 ān xīn at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth HSK 7
垫 墊 diàn pad; cushion; mat; to pad out; to fill a gap; to pay for sb; to advance (money) HSK 7
乃 乃 nǎi to be; thus; so; therefore; then; only; thereupon HSK 7
训 訓 xùn to teach; to train; to admonish; instruction (from superiors); teachings; rule HSK 7
幸好 幸好 xìng hǎo fortunately HSK 7
标记 標記 biāo jì sign; mark; symbol; to mark up; (computing) token HSK 7