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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| 恐怖 恐怖 | terrible; frightful; frightening; terror; terrorist | |
| 所谓 所謂 | so-called; what is called | |
| 即 即 | namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 而已 而已 | that's all; nothing more | |
| 则 則 | (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 关门大吉 關門大吉 | to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom) | Idiom |
| 贱人 賤人 | slut; cheap person | Xiehouyu |
| 帮凶 幫兇 | variant of | Xiehouyu |
| 高手 高手 | expert; past master; dab hand | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 雷 雷 | thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 校服 校服 | school uniform | |
| 我儿 我兒 | my child | |
| 赎回 贖回 | to redeem | |
| 灵异 靈異 | deity; monster; strange; mysterious; supernatural | |
| 驱邪 驅邪 | to drive out devils; exorcism | |
| 消灾 消災 | to avoid calamities | |
| 灵位 靈位 | memorial tablet | |
| 骨灰龛 骨灰龕 | columbarium | |
| 拿主意 拿主意 | to make a decision; to make up one's mind | |
| 小夜曲 小夜曲 | serenade | |
| 惠顾 惠顧 | your patronage | |
| 生辰八字 生辰八字 | one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch | |
| 有料 有料 | impressive | |
| 靠谱 靠譜 | reliable; reasonable; probable | |
| 狐狸精 狐狸精 | fox-spirit; vixen; witch; enchantress | |
| 不吉利 不吉利 | ominous | |
| 不顺 不順 | unfavorable; adverse | |
| 多汁 多汁 | succulent; juicy | |
| 浴缸 浴缸 | bathtub | |
| 老板娘 老闆娘 | female proprietor; lady boss; boss's wife | |
| 大吉 大吉 | very auspicious; extremely lucky | |
| 利事 利事 | (Cantonese) same as | |
| 无端端 無端端 | for no reason | |
| 即付 即付 | to pay on demand | |
| 拜祭 拜祭 | to worship; to observe religious rites; to pay one's respects (to one's ancestors etc) | |
| 堂兄弟 堂兄弟 | father's brother's sons; paternal male cousin | |
| 以身相许 以身相許 | (of a woman) to give one's heart (to sb); (fig.) to devote oneself wholeheartedly to sb or sth | |
| 走偏 走偏 | to deviate from the correct course; (fig.) to go astray | |
| 化作 化作 | to change into; to turn into; to become | |
| 公仔 公仔 | doll; cuddly toy | |
| 悠扬 悠揚 | melodious; mellifluous | |
| 驱除 驅除 | to drive off; to dispel; to expel |