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

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Vocabulary

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之前 之前 zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
呀 呀 ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
无 無 wú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
担心 擔心 dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
一条心 一條心 yī tiáo xīn to be of one mind; to think or act alike Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
照旧 照舊 zhào jiù as before; as in the past Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
乱来 亂來 luàn lái to act recklessly; to mess around Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
死人 死人 sǐ rén dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
感冒 感冒 gǎn mào to catch cold; (common) cold; (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative); (Tw) to detest; can't stand Colloquialism HSK 3
整 整 zhěng 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 HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn 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 HSK 3
星期一 星期一 Xīng qī yī Monday Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
星期六 星期六 Xīng qī liù Saturday Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
九龙 九龍 Jiǔ lóng Kowloon district of Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
兰 蘭 Lán orchid; elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3
美瞳 美瞳 měi tóng cosmetic contact lens; big eye contact lens; circle contact lens ∼HSK 3
开光 開光 kāi guāng 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) ∼HSK 3
看相 看相 kàn xiàng to tell fortune by reading the subject's facial features ∼HSK 3
朱 朱 Zhū cinnabar, vermilion; surname ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
转世 轉世 zhuǎn shì reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism) ∼HSK 3
楚 楚 Chǔ name of feudal state; clear ∼HSK 3
味 味 wèi taste, smell, odor; delicacy ∼HSK 3
手相 手相 shǒu xiàng palmistry; features of a palm (in palmistry) ∼HSK 3
某某 某某 mǒu mǒu so-and-so; such-and-such ∼HSK 3
手心 手心 shǒu xīn palm (of one's hand); control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand) ∼HSK 3
去死 去死 qù sǐ go to hell!; drop dead! ∼HSK 3
梁 梁 Liáng bridge; beam; rafters; surname ∼HSK 3
该死 該死 gāi sǐ Damn it!; damned; wretched ∼HSK 3
人高马大 人高馬大 rén gāo mǎ dà tall and strong ∼HSK 3
活着 活著 huó zhe alive ∼HSK 3
没多久 沒多久 méi duō jiǔ before long; soon after ∼HSK 3
食 食 shí eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184 ∼HSK 3
活人 活人 huó rén living person ∼HSK 3
费心 費心 fèi xīn to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth); may I trouble you (to do sth) ∼HSK 3
空房间 空房間 kōng fáng jiān vacant room ∼HSK 3
财 財 cái wealth, valuables, riches ∼HSK 3
恩 㤙 ēn kindness, mercy, charity ∼HSK 3
管他 管他 guǎn tā no matter if; regardless of; don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter ∼HSK 3
说不准 說不準 shuō bù zhǔn unable to say; can't say precisely ∼HSK 3
亲口 親口 qīn kǒu one's own mouth; fig. in one's own words; to say sth personally ∼HSK 3
般 般 bān sort, manner, kind, category ∼HSK 3
有办法 有辦法 yǒu bàn fǎ can find methods; resourceful; creative ∼HSK 3
感觉到 感覺到 gǎn jué dào to feel; to sense; to detect; to perceive; to become aware ∼HSK 3
转介 轉介 zhuǎn jiè to refer sb to an agency (or hospital etc); referral ∼HSK 3
有空 有空 yǒu kòng to have time (to do sth) ∼HSK 3
石 石 Shí stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 ∼HSK 3
心境 心境 xīn jìng mood; mental state; frame of mind ∼HSK 3
电视节目 電視節目 diàn shì jié mù television program ∼HSK 3