Tales from the Dark 1

Tales from the Dark 1 2013

李碧华鬼魅系列:迷离夜 lǐ bì huá guǐmèi xìliè: mílí yè

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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恐怖 恐怖 kǒng bù terrible; frightful; frightening; terror; terrorist HSK 7
所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
即 即 jí 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 HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
则 則 zé (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 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
关门大吉 關門大吉 guān mén dà jí to close down a business for good and put the best face on it (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
贱人 賤人 jiàn rén slut; cheap person Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
帮凶 幫兇 bāng xiōng variant of Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
雷 雷 léi 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 HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (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)? HSK 6
校服 校服 xiào fú school uniform ∼HSK 6
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6
赎回 贖回 shú huí to redeem ∼HSK 6
灵异 靈異 líng yì deity; monster; strange; mysterious; supernatural ∼HSK 6
驱邪 驅邪 qū xié to drive out devils; exorcism ∼HSK 6
消灾 消災 xiāo zāi to avoid calamities ∼HSK 6
灵位 靈位 líng wèi memorial tablet ∼HSK 6
骨灰龛 骨灰龕 gǔ huī kān columbarium ∼HSK 6
拿主意 拿主意 ná zhǔ yi to make a decision; to make up one's mind ∼HSK 6
小夜曲 小夜曲 xiǎo yè qǔ serenade ∼HSK 6
惠顾 惠顧 huì gù your patronage ∼HSK 6
生辰八字 生辰八字 shēng chén bā zì one's birth data for astrological purposes, combined from year, month, day, hour, heavenly trunk and earthly branch ∼HSK 6
有料 有料 yǒu liào impressive ∼HSK 6
靠谱 靠譜 kào pǔ reliable; reasonable; probable ∼HSK 6
狐狸精 狐狸精 hú li jīng fox-spirit; vixen; witch; enchantress ∼HSK 6
不吉利 不吉利 bù jí lì ominous ∼HSK 6
不顺 不順 bù shùn unfavorable; adverse ∼HSK 6
多汁 多汁 duō zhī succulent; juicy ∼HSK 6
浴缸 浴缸 yù gāng bathtub ∼HSK 6
老板娘 老闆娘 lǎo bǎn niáng female proprietor; lady boss; boss's wife ∼HSK 6
大吉 大吉 dà jí very auspicious; extremely lucky ∼HSK 6
利事 利事 lì shì (Cantonese) same as ∼HSK 6
无端端 無端端 wú duān duān for no reason ∼HSK 6
即付 即付 jí fù to pay on demand ∼HSK 6
拜祭 拜祭 bài jì to worship; to observe religious rites; to pay one's respects (to one's ancestors etc) ∼HSK 6
堂兄弟 堂兄弟 táng xiōng dì father's brother's sons; paternal male cousin ∼HSK 6
以身相许 以身相許 yǐ shēn - xiāng xǔ (of a woman) to give one's heart (to sb); (fig.) to devote oneself wholeheartedly to sb or sth ∼HSK 6
走偏 走偏 zǒu piān to deviate from the correct course; (fig.) to go astray ∼HSK 6
化作 化作 huà zuò to change into; to turn into; to become ∼HSK 6
公仔 公仔 gōng zǎi doll; cuddly toy ∼HSK 6
悠扬 悠揚 yōu yáng melodious; mellifluous ∼HSK 6
驱除 驅除 qū chú to drive off; to dispel; to expel ∼HSK 6