Tales from the Dark 1 2013
李碧华鬼魅系列:迷离夜
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.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 一条心 一條心 | to be of one mind; to think or act alike | Xiehouyu |
| 照旧 照舊 | as before; as in the past | Xiehouyu |
| 乱来 亂來 | to act recklessly; to mess around | Xiehouyu |
| 死人 死人 | dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen | Colloquialism |
| 感冒 感冒 | to catch cold; (common) cold; (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative); (Tw) to detest; can't stand | Colloquialism |
| 整 整 | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 星期一 星期一 | Monday | Proper Noun |
| 星期六 星期六 | Saturday | Proper Noun |
| 九龙 九龍 | Kowloon district of Hong Kong | Proper Noun |
| 兰 蘭 | orchid; elegant, graceful | |
| 美瞳 美瞳 | cosmetic contact lens; big eye contact lens; circle contact lens | |
| 开光 開光 | eye-opening ceremony for a religious idol (Buddhism); to consecrate; to bless; transparent; translucent; haircut; shaving the head or face (humorous); a method of decoration; first light (astronomy) | |
| 看相 看相 | to tell fortune by reading the subject's facial features | |
| 朱 朱 | cinnabar, vermilion; surname | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 转世 轉世 | reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism) | |
| 楚 楚 | name of feudal state; clear | |
| 味 味 | taste, smell, odor; delicacy | |
| 手相 手相 | palmistry; features of a palm (in palmistry) | |
| 某某 某某 | so-and-so; such-and-such | |
| 手心 手心 | palm (of one's hand); control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand) | |
| 去死 去死 | go to hell!; drop dead! | |
| 梁 梁 | bridge; beam; rafters; surname | |
| 该死 該死 | Damn it!; damned; wretched | |
| 人高马大 人高馬大 | tall and strong | |
| 活着 活著 | alive | |
| 没多久 沒多久 | before long; soon after | |
| 食 食 | eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184 | |
| 活人 活人 | living person | |
| 费心 費心 | to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth); may I trouble you (to do sth) | |
| 空房间 空房間 | vacant room | |
| 财 財 | wealth, valuables, riches | |
| 恩 㤙 | kindness, mercy, charity | |
| 管他 管他 | no matter if; regardless of; don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter | |
| 说不准 說不準 | unable to say; can't say precisely | |
| 亲口 親口 | one's own mouth; fig. in one's own words; to say sth personally | |
| 般 般 | sort, manner, kind, category | |
| 有办法 有辦法 | can find methods; resourceful; creative | |
| 感觉到 感覺到 | to feel; to sense; to detect; to perceive; to become aware | |
| 转介 轉介 | to refer sb to an agency (or hospital etc); referral | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) | |
| 石 石 | stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 | |
| 心境 心境 | mood; mental state; frame of mind | |
| 电视节目 電視節目 | television program |