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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| 陪伴 陪伴 | to accompany | |
| 拜托 拜託 | to request sb to do sth; please! | |
| 震 震 | to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 卦, symbolizing thunder; ☳ | |
| 消 消 | to diminish; to subside; to consume; to reduce; to idle away (the time); (after 不 or 只 or 何 etc) to need; to require; to take | |
| 缠 纏 | to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy | |
| 纯粹 純粹 | pure; unadulterated; purely; completely | |
| 正面 正面 | front; obverse side; right side; positive; direct; open | |
| 残忍 殘忍 | cruel; mean; merciless; ruthless | |
| 大厦 大廈 | (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc) | |
| 闷 悶 | stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly | |
| 开工 開工 | to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation); to start a construction job | |
| 磅 磅 | scale (instrument for weighing); to weigh; (loanword) pound (unit of weight, about 454 grams); (printing) point (unit used to measure the size of type) | |
| 无辜 無辜 | innocent; innocence; not guilty (law) | |
| 报复 報復 | to make reprisals; to retaliate; revenge; retaliation | |
| 哎呀 哎呀 | interjection of wonder, shock or admiration | |
| 保佑 保佑 | to bless and protect; blessing | |
| 天生 天生 | nature; disposition; innate; natural | |
| 羡慕 羨慕 | to envy; to admire | |
| 何时 何時 | when | |
| 兼 兼 | double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time | |
| 贱 賤 | inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my | |
| 趁 趁 | to avail oneself of; to take advantage of | |
| 亦 亦 | also | |
| 免 免 | to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited | |
| 不准 不准 | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 娶 娶 | to take a wife; to marry (a woman) | |
| 标 標 | mark; sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier for military units | |
| 依 依 | to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of | |
| 乖 乖 | (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal | |
| 甩 甩 | to throw; to fling; to swing; to leave behind; to throw off; to dump (sb) | |
| 抛 拋 | to throw; to toss; to fling; to cast; to abandon | |
| 皆 皆 | all; each and every; in all cases | |
| 钥匙 鑰匙 | key | |
| 一阵 一陣 | a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time) | |
| 怀孕 懷孕 | pregnant; to have conceived; gestation; pregnancy | |
| 屁股 屁股 | buttocks; bottom; butt; back part | |
| 惹 惹 | to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) | |
| 告 告 | to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue | |
| 耍 耍 | to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) | |
| 穿着 穿著 | attire; clothes; dress | |
| 灰 灰 | ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected | |
| 眼神 眼神 | expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect) | |
| 惊 驚 | to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm | |
| 真心 真心 | sincere; heartfelt | |
| 患 患 | to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry | |
| 唉 唉 | interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh | |
| 粉 粉 | powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 灵 靈 | quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin | |
| 格 格 | square; frame; rule; (legal) case; style; character; standard; pattern; (grammar) case; (classical) to obstruct; to hinder; (classical) to arrive; to come; (classical) to investigate; to study exhaustively |