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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| 可以 可以 | can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good | |
| 得 得 | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc | |
| 为 為 | as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) | |
| 自己 自己 | oneself; one's own | |
| 但 但 | but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just | |
| 让 讓 | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) | |
| 啊 啊 | interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! | |
| 多谢 多謝 | many thanks; thanks a lot | Xiehouyu |
| 多事 多事 | meddlesome; eventful | Xiehouyu |
| 没关系 沒關係 | it doesn't matter | Xiehouyu |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 打的 打的 | (coll.) to take a taxi; to go by taxi | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 小妹妹 小妹妹 | little sister; little girl; (coll.) vulva | Colloquialism |
| 这不 這不 | (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 吃的 吃的 | (coll.) food | Colloquialism |
| 小三 小三 | mistress; the other woman (coll.); grade 3 in elementary school | Colloquialism |
| 好不好 好不好 | (coll.) all right?; OK? | Colloquialism |
| 奶奶 奶奶 | (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts | Colloquialism |
| 菜 菜 | dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | Colloquialism |
| 块 塊 | lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 着 著 | (chess) move; trick; all right!; (dialect) to add | |
| 香港 香港 | Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC | Proper Noun |
| 日元 日元 | Japanese yen (unit of currency); also written | Proper Noun |
| 八月 八月 | August; eighth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 三月 三月 | March; third month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 东莞 東莞 | Dongguan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province | Proper Noun |
| 谁知道 誰知道 | God knows...; Who would have imagined...? | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 没了 沒了 | to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 不着 不著 | no need; need not | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 校 校 | school; military field officer | |
| 打小 打小 | (dialect) from childhood; from a young age | |
| 二奶 二奶 | mistress; second wife; lover | |
| 没事 沒事 | it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) | |
| 星 星 | a star, planet; any point of light | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia |