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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| 同一 同一 | identical; the same | |
| 海洋 海洋 | ocean | |
| 惊人 驚人 | astonishing | |
| 沿着 沿著 | to go along; to follow | |
| 老鼠 老鼠 | rat; mouse | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 当成 當成 | to consider as; to take to be | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | |
| 一时 一時 | a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time | |
| 撑 撐 | to support; to prop up; to push or move with a pole; to maintain; to open or unfurl; to fill to bursting point; brace; stay; support | |
| 大师 大師 | great master; master | |
| 肯 肎 | to agree; to consent; to be willing to | |
| 主持人 主持人 | TV or radio presenter; host; anchor | |
| 餐 餐 | meal; to eat; classifier for meals | |
| 心脏 心臟 | heart | |
| 料 料 | material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess | |
| 绝 絕 | to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means | |
| 至于 至於 | as for; as to; to go so far as to | |
| 细胞 細胞 | cell (biology) | |
| 公 公 | public; collectively owned; common; international (e.g. high seas, metric system, calendar); make public; fair; just; Duke, highest of five orders of nobility 位; honorable (gentlemen); father-in-law; male (animal) | |
| 除 除 | to get rid of; to remove; to exclude; to eliminate; to wipe out; to divide; except; not including | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 胸 胷 | chest; bosom; heart; mind; thorax | |
| 爽 爽 | bright; clear; crisp; open; frank; straightforward; to feel well; fine; pleasurable; invigorating; to deviate | |
| 泡 泡 | puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces | |
| 炒 炒 | to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate; to hype; to fire (sb) | |
| 赚 賺 | to earn; to make a profit | |
| 时期 時期 | period; phase | |
| 混 混 | to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless | |
| 说实话 說實話 | to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly | |
| 错过 錯過 | to miss (train, opportunity etc) | |
| 招 招 | to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 之类 之類 | and so on; and such | |
| 副 副 | secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions | |
| 尽 儘 | to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to | |
| 便 便 | plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards | |
| 哇 哇 | Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting | |
| 超 超 | to exceed; to overtake; to surpass; to transcend; to pass; to cross; ultra-; super- | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 于 於 | (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 牛鬼蛇神 牛鬼蛇神 | evil monsters; (fig.) bad characters; (political) bad elements | Idiom |
| 迟了 遲了 | late | Xiehouyu |
| 臭美 臭美 | to show off one's good looks shamelessly | Xiehouyu |
| 臭 臭 | stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) | Xiehouyu |
| 撞鬼 撞鬼 | to encounter a ghost or supernatural being; (coll.) to experience sth strange, eerie or unlucky | Colloquialism |
| 吐血 吐血 | to cough up blood; (coll.) (used figuratively to indicate an extreme degree of anger or frustration etc) | Colloquialism |
| 慌 慌 | to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得) unbearably; terribly | Colloquialism |