Tales from the Dark 1

Tales from the Dark 1 2013

huá guǐmèi xìliè

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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zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
tiáo xīn to be of one mind; to think or act alike Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
zhào jiù as before; as in the past Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
luàn lái to act recklessly; to mess around Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
rén dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen Colloquialism ∼HSK 3
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
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
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
Xīng Monday Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Xīng liù Saturday Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Jiǔ lóng Kowloon district of Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Lán orchid; elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3
měi tóng cosmetic contact lens; big eye contact lens; circle contact lens ∼HSK 3
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
kàn xiàng to tell fortune by reading the subject's facial features ∼HSK 3
Zhū cinnabar, vermilion; surname ∼HSK 3
gàn what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
zhuǎn shì reincarnation or transmigration (Buddhism) ∼HSK 3
Chǔ name of feudal state; clear ∼HSK 3
wèi taste, smell, odor; delicacy ∼HSK 3
shǒu xiàng palmistry; features of a palm (in palmistry) ∼HSK 3
mǒu mǒu so-and-so; such-and-such ∼HSK 3
shǒu xīn palm (of one's hand); control (extended meaning from having something in the palm of one's hand) ∼HSK 3
go to hell!; drop dead! ∼HSK 3
Liáng bridge; beam; rafters; surname ∼HSK 3
gāi Damn it!; damned; wretched ∼HSK 3
rén gāo tall and strong ∼HSK 3
huó zhe alive ∼HSK 3
méi duō jiǔ before long; soon after ∼HSK 3
shí eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184 ∼HSK 3
huó rén living person ∼HSK 3
fèi xīn to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth); may I trouble you (to do sth) ∼HSK 3
kōng fáng jiān vacant room ∼HSK 3
cái wealth, valuables, riches ∼HSK 3
ēn kindness, mercy, charity ∼HSK 3
guǎn no matter if; regardless of; don’t worry about (it, him etc); doesn’t matter ∼HSK 3
shuō zhǔn unable to say; can't say precisely ∼HSK 3
qīn kǒu one's own mouth; fig. in one's own words; to say sth personally ∼HSK 3
bān sort, manner, kind, category ∼HSK 3
yǒu bàn can find methods; resourceful; creative ∼HSK 3
gǎn jué dào to feel; to sense; to detect; to perceive; to become aware ∼HSK 3
zhuǎn jiè to refer sb to an agency (or hospital etc); referral ∼HSK 3
yǒu kòng to have time (to do sth) ∼HSK 3
Shí stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 ∼HSK 3
xīn jìng mood; mental state; frame of mind ∼HSK 3
diàn shì jié television program ∼HSK 3