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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| 第 第 | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just | |
| 白 白 | white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera | |
| 说话 說話 | to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word | |
| 听到 聽到 | to hear | |
| 看见 看見 | to see; to catch sight of | |
| 十 十 | ten; 10 | |
| 忙 忙 | busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush | |
| 手机 手機 | cell phone; mobile phone | |
| 马上 馬上 | at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) | |
| 名字 名字 | name (of a person or thing) | |
| 病 病 | illness; disease; to fall ill; defect | |
| 六 六 | six; 6 | |
| 老师 老師 | teacher | |
| 下午 下午 | afternoon; p.m. | |
| 飞 飛 | to fly | |
| 介绍 介紹 | to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction | |
| 那里 那裏 | there; that place | |
| 楼 樓 | house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor | |
| 哪里 哪裏 | where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 | |
| 元 元 | currency unit (esp. Chinese yuan); first; original; primary; fundamental; constituent; part; era (of a reign); meta- (prefix); (math.) argument; variable; (Tw) (geology) eon | |
| 中国 中國 | China | |
| 半 半 | half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half | |
| 歌 歌 | song; to sing | |
| 记得 記得 | to remember | |
| 儿子 兒子 | son | |
| 二 二 | two; 2; (Beijing dialect) stupid | |
| 学生 學生 | student; schoolchild | |
| 口 口 | mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls | |
| 远 遠 | far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc) | |
| 子 子 | son; child; seed; egg; small thing; 1st earthly branch: 11 p.m.-1 a.m., midnight, 11th solar month (7th December to 5th January), year of the Rat; Viscount, fourth of five orders of nobility 位; ancient Chinese compass point: 0° (north); subsidiary; subordinate; sub- | |
| 真的 真的 | really, truly, indeed | |
| 动 動 | (of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 动词, verb | |
| 男 男 | male; Baron, lowest of five orders of nobility 位 | |
| 先生 先生 | teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor | |
| 五 五 | five; 5 | |
| 晚 晚 | evening; night; late | |
| 回家 回家 | to return home | |
| 哪 哪 | how; which | |
| 间 間 | between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms | |
| 难 難 | difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good | |
| 少 少 | few; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom | |
| 错 錯 | mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver | |
| 妈妈 媽媽 | mama; mommy; mother | |
| 第二 第二 | second; number two; next; secondary | |
| 学 學 | to learn; to study; to imitate; science; -ology | |
| 谢谢 謝謝 | to thank; thanks; thank you | |
| 妈 媽 | ma; mom; mother | |
| 晚上 晚上 | evening; night; in the evening | |
| 四 四 | four; 4 | |
| 回来 回來 | to return; to come back |