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

Cast

Simon Yam Simon Yam Kwan (segment "Stolen Goods") Yuen Qiu Yuen Qiu Restaurant Owner (segment "Stolen Goods") Maggie Shiu Mei-Kei Maggie Shiu Mei-Kei Nei (segment "Stolen Goods") Felix Lok Ying-Kwan Felix Lok Ying-Kwan Chu (segment "Stolen Goods") Lam Suet Lam Suet Boss Lee (segment "Stolen Goods") Jonathan Wong Chi-Hin Jonathan Wong Chi-Hin Police (segment "Stolen Goods") Ariel Chan Little Ghost Girl (segment "Stolen Goods") Audrey Chan Little Ghost Girl (segment "Stolen Goods") Ben Yuen Foo-Wah Ben Yuen Foo-Wah Police (segment "Stolen Goods") Ma Yu Ching Ghost (segment "Stolen Goods")

Vocabulary

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慌 慌 huāng to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得) unbearably; terribly Colloquialism HSK 5
微博 微博 wēi bó microblogging; microblog HSK 5
婴 嬰 yīng baby, infant; bother ∼HSK 5
何 何 hé what (literary) ∼HSK 5
婷 婷 tíng pretty; attractive; graceful ∼HSK 5
综 綜 zèng arrange threads for weaving ∼HSK 5
援 援 yuán aid, assist; lead; cite ∼HSK 5
看清 看清 kàn qīng to see clearly ∼HSK 5
返工 返工 fǎn gōng to do poorly done work over again; (Guangdong dialect) to go to work ∼HSK 5
加价 加價 jiā jià to increase a price ∼HSK 5
叉烧 叉燒 chā shāo char siu; barbecued pork ∼HSK 5
豪宅 豪宅 háo zhái luxury home; mansion ∼HSK 5
霸 覇 bà tyrant, dominate ∼HSK 5
捱 捱 ái put off, procrastinate; endure ∼HSK 5
驱 驅 qū spur a horse on; expel, drive away ∼HSK 5
芳 芳 fāng fragrant; virtuous; beautiful ∼HSK 5
幽灵 幽靈 yōu líng specter; apparition; ghost ∼HSK 5
奈何 奈何 nài hé to do something to sb; to deal with; to cope; how?; to no avail ∼HSK 5
佬 佬 lǎo (Cant.) man, person; mature ∼HSK 5
咒语 咒語 zhòuyǔ incantation ∼HSK 5
颈 頸 gěng neck, throat ∼HSK 5
搞错 搞錯 gǎo cuò mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken ∼HSK 5
收声 收聲 shōu shēng (Cantonese) to stop talking; to shut up ∼HSK 5
有资格 有資格 yǒu zī gé to be entitled; to qualify; to be qualified ∼HSK 5
呐 吶 na modal particle ∼HSK 5
浸 浸 jìn soak, immerse, dip, percolate ∼HSK 5
潘 潘 Pān surname; water in which rice has been rinsed; a river that flows into the Han ∼HSK 5
不公 不公 bù gōng unjust; unfair ∼HSK 5
娇 嬌 jiāo seductive and loveable; tender ∼HSK 5
阿婆 阿婆 ā pó granny; mother-in-law ∼HSK 5
咏 詠 yǒng sing song or poem, hum, chant ∼HSK 5
妮 妮 nī maid, servant girl; cute girl ∼HSK 5
孝子 孝子 xiào zǐ filial son ∼HSK 5
嫂 嫂 sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law ∼HSK 5
钞 鈔 chāo paper money, bank notes; copy ∼HSK 5
覆 覆 fù cover; tip over; return; reply ∼HSK 5
碟 碟 dié small dish, plate ∼HSK 5
拢 攏 lǒng collect, bring together ∼HSK 5
楣 楣 méi crossbeam above or under gate ∼HSK 5
鬼屋 鬼屋 guǐ wū haunted house ∼HSK 5
心神 心神 xīn shén mind; state of mind; attention; (Chinese medicine) psychic constitution ∼HSK 5
浓烈 濃烈 nóng liè strong (taste, flavor, smell) ∼HSK 5
驱赶 驅趕 qūgǎn drive away ∼HSK 5
黑曜石 黑曜石 hēi yào shí obsidian (mining) ∼HSK 5
义气 義氣 yì qì spirit of loyalty and self-sacrifice; code of brotherhood; also pr. [yi4 qi5] ∼HSK 5
逐个 逐個 zhú gè one by one; one after another ∼HSK 5
尸 屍 shī corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; KangXi radical 44 ∼HSK 5
偷吃 偷吃 tōu chī to eat on the sly; to pilfer food; to be unfaithful ∼HSK 5
孟婆汤 孟婆湯 mèng pó tāng potion given to souls by the goddess Meng Po before they are reincarnated that makes them forget their previous existence ∼HSK 5
反锁 反鎖 fǎn suǒ locked in (with the door locked from the outside) ∼HSK 5