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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nán zuǒ yòu the left is for males, the right is for females (traditional saying) ∼HSK 1
yòu shǒu right hand; right-hand side ∼HSK 1
nián yuè months and year; time; days of one's life ∼HSK 1
shí sān thirteen; 13 ∼HSK 1
hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
jiè kǒu to use as an excuse; on the pretext; excuse; pretext; also written ∼HSK 1
cóng lái méi yǒu there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never ∼HSK 1
děng (archaic) you all ∼HSK 1
shí liù sixteen; 16 ∼HSK 1
shí eighteen; 18 ∼HSK 1
shì (formal) this day; that day ∼HSK 1
liù shí sixty; 60 ∼HSK 1
may not ∼HSK 1
jiào zuò to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 1
mén wài outside the door ∼HSK 1
zǎo diǎn breakfast ∼HSK 1
shou hired thug ∼HSK 1
cuò to err; to dial a wrong number; to make a typo ∼HSK 1
lái to bring; to fetch; to get ∼HSK 1
měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
zài (Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) ∼HSK 1
hǎo several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
lǎo dao experienced and careful ∼HSK 1
tài hǎo le very good ∼HSK 1
xiě xià to write down ∼HSK 1
xiǎo little brother; I, your little brother (humble) ∼HSK 1
chī zhāi to abstain from eating meat; to be a vegetarian ∼HSK 1
èr one or two; a few; a little; just a bit ∼HSK 1
dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
穿 穿 chuān huí to put on (clothes); to put (clothes) back on ∼HSK 1
fàng kāi to let go; to release ∼HSK 1
zǎo zài as early as ∼HSK 1
hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
zhòng to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 1
qǐng zuò please, have a seat HSK 1
zhōng xué shēng middle-school student; high school student HSK 1
yòng shuō needless to say; it goes without saying ∼HSK 1
xià to finish class; to get out of class; (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed; to be fired HSK 1
shǒu jiān toilet; lavatory; washroom HSK 1
hòu tiān the day after tomorrow; life after birth (the period in which one develops through experiences, contrasted with 天); acquired (not innate or congenital); a posteriori HSK 1
yǒu yòng useful HSK 1
shàng wǎng to go online; to connect to the Internet; (of a document etc) to be uploaded to the Internet; (tennis, volleyball etc) to move in close to the net HSK 1
zhōng xué middle school HSK 1
kāi wán xiào to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke HSK 1
zuò xia to sit down HSK 1
jiě older sister HSK 1
shū to read a book; to study; to attend school HSK 1