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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| 负离子 負離子 | negative ion; anion (physics) | |
| 邪气 邪氣 | evil influence; unhealthy trend; (a person's) evil air; aura of wickedness; (TCM) pathogenic energy (opposite:, vital energy) | |
| 算命 算命 | fortune-telling; to tell fortune | |
| 疑心生暗鬼 疑心生暗鬼 | 疑: doubt, question, suspect · 心: heart; mind, intelligence; soul · 生: life, living, lifetime; birth · 暗: dark; obscure; in secret, covert · 鬼: ghost; spirit of dead; devil | |
| 罗盘 羅盤 | compass | |
| 淹死 淹死 | to drown | |
| 爆出 爆出 | to burst out; to appear unexpectedly; to break (media story) | |
| 驳嘴 駁嘴 | (dialect) to argue; to quarrel | |
| 臂弯 臂彎 | crook of the arm | |
| 主修 主修 | (education) to major in; major | |
| 世界末日 世界末日 | end of the world | |
| 功德 功德 | achievements and virtue | |
| 结业 結業 | to finish school, esp. a short course; to complete a course; (of a company) to cease operations | |
| 不觉 不覺 | unconsciously | |
| 哀怨 哀怨 | grief; resentment; aggrieved; plaintive | |
| 混饭 混飯 | to work for a living | |
| 打爆 打爆 | to blow out; to blow off; (computer games) to zap; (phone) to ring off the hook; to be jammed; to max out (credit card etc) | |
| 不仁 不仁 | not benevolent; heartless; numb | |
| 今生今世 今生今世 | 今: now, today, modern era · 生: life, living, lifetime; birth · 今: now, today, modern era · 世: generation; world; era | |
| 香炉 香爐 | a censer (for burning incense); incense burner; thurible | |
| 不灵 不靈 | not work; be ineffective | |
| 偏要 偏要 | to insist on doing sth; must do it, despite everything | |
| 自古以来 自古以來 | since ancient times | |
| 同名同姓 同名同姓 | having same given name and family name | |
| 做功 做功 | (physics) to do work; non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera) | |
| 档口 檔口 | stall; booth | |
| 蛰伏 蟄伏 | hibernation; living in seclusion | |
| 宇宙观 宇宙觀 | world view; conception of the universe | |
| 游戏机 遊戲機 | video game machine; video game console | |
| 镇压 鎮壓 | suppression; repression; to suppress; to put down; to quell | |
| 仰 仰 | to face upward; to look up; to admire; to rely on | |
| 多半 多半 | most; mostly; most likely | |
| 网页 網頁 | web page | |
| 出面 出面 | to appear personally; to step in; to step forth; to show up | |
| 就是说 就是說 | in other words; that is | |
| 不怎么 不怎麼 | not very; not particularly | |
| 出入 出入 | to go out and come in; entrance and exit; expenditure and income; discrepancy; inconsistent | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 没收 沒收 | to confiscate; to seize | |
| 打断 打斷 | to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone) | |
| 杂 雜 | mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix | |
| 案例 案例 | case (of fraud, hepatitis, international cooperation etc); instance; example | |
| 长久 長久 | (for a) long time | |
| 大力 大力 | energetically; vigorously | |
| 牢 牢 | firm; sturdy; fold (for animals); sacrifice; prison | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 浮 浮 | to float; superficial; floating; unstable; movable; provisional; temporary; transient; impetuous; hollow; inflated; to exceed; superfluous; excessive; surplus | |
| 留言 留言 | to leave a message; to leave one's comments; message | |
| 企图 企圖 | to attempt; to try; attempt | |
| 放手 放手 | to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand |