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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| 直到 直到 | until | |
| 上面 上面 | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] | |
| 图 圖 | diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek | |
| 救 捄 | to save; to assist; to rescue | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 老板 老闆 | boss; business proprietor | |
| 火 火 | fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 | |
| 照 炤 | according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before | |
| 产生 產生 | to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 警察 警察 | police; police officer | |
| 表演 表演 | play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate | |
| 反应 反應 | to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 跳 跳 | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate | |
| 经历 經歷 | experience; to experience; to go through | |
| 属于 屬於 | to be classified as; to belong to; to be part of | |
| 显示 顯示 | to show; to illustrate; to display; to demonstrate | |
| 母亲 母親 | mother; also pr. [mǔ qin] | |
| 报 報 | to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge | |
| 某 某 | some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 首先 首先 | first (of all); in the first place | |
| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss | |
| 记者 記者 | reporter; journalist | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 社会 社會 | society | |
| 光 光 | light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | |
| 约 約 | to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise | |
| 性 性 | nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 派 派 | clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie | |
| 坚持 堅持 | to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 简单 簡單 | simple; not complicated | |
| 曾经 曾經 | once; already; former; previously; ever; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 台 檯 | desk; table; counter | |
| 因此 因此 | thus; consequently; as a result | |
| 容易 容易 | easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to | |
| 里面 裡面 | inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] | |
| 双 雙 | two; double; pair; both; even (number) | |
| 下来 下來 | to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) | |
| 终于 終於 | at last; in the end; finally; eventually | |
| 比较 比較 | to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison | |
| 保证 保證 | guarantee; to guarantee; to ensure; to safeguard; to pledge | |
| 整个 整個 | whole; entire; total | |
| 拍 拍 | to pat; to clap; to slap; to swat; to take (a photo); to shoot (a film); racket (sports); beat (music) | |
| 转 轉 | see 转文 | |
| 解决 解決 | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) | |
| 部 部 | ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc |