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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恶心 惡心 ě xīn nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating; to embarrass (deliberately) Xiehouyu HSK 4
轻松 輕鬆 qīng sōng light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously Xiehouyu HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
老公 老公 lǎo gōng (coll.) husband Colloquialism HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
白虎 白虎 Bái hǔ White Tiger (the seven mansions of the west sky); (slang) hairless female genitalia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
欧阳 歐陽 Ōu yáng two-character surname Ouyang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
萧邦 蕭邦 Xiāo bāng (Tw) Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Polish pianist and composer Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
布拉格 布拉格 Bù lā gé Prague, capital of Czech Republic Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
池上 池上 Chí shàng Chihshang or Chihshang township in Taitung County, southeast Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
佛山 佛山 Fó shān Foshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
观世音菩萨 觀世音菩薩 Guān shì yīn Pú sà Guanyin, the Bodhisattva of Compassion or Goddess of Mercy (Sanskrit Avalokiteśvara) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
湾仔 灣仔 Wān Zǎi Wan Chai district of Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
仔 仔 zǎi small thing, child; young animal ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
杰 傑 jié hero; heroic, outstanding ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
业主 業主 yè zhǔ owner; proprietor ∼HSK 4
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
永 永 yǒng long, perpetual, eternal, forever ∼HSK 4
火烧 火燒 huǒ shāo to set fire to; to burn down; burning hot; baked cake ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
雄 雄 xióng male of species; hero; manly ∼HSK 4
威 威 wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
南无 南無 nā mó Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit); Taiwan pr. [na2 mo2] ∼HSK 4
陌生人 陌生人 mò shēng rén stranger ∼HSK 4
厌 厭 yàn dislike, detest, reject; satiate ∼HSK 4
翻车 翻車 fān chē (of a vehicle) to flip over; (fig.) to go wrong; to flop ∼HSK 4
散工 散工 sǎn gōng day labor; piece-time work ∼HSK 4
落脚 落腳 luò jiǎo to stay for a time; to stop over; to lodge; to sink down (into soft ground); leftovers ∼HSK 4
冲凉 沖涼 chōng liáng (dialect) to take a shower ∼HSK 4
买单 買單 mǎi dān to pay the restaurant bill ∼HSK 4
盖楼 蓋樓 gài lóu to construct a building; (Internet slang) to reply to a thread ∼HSK 4
郭 郭 Guō outer part (of a city); surname ∼HSK 4
老家伙 老傢伙 lǎo jiā huo variant of ∼HSK 4
打工仔 打工仔 dǎ gōng zǎi young worker; employee; young male worker ∼HSK 4
寄居 寄居 jì jū to live away from home ∼HSK 4
交货 交貨 jiāo huò to deliver goods ∼HSK 4
主场 主場 zhǔ chǎng (sports) home ground; home field; (sports) home game; main venue (for a festival etc) ∼HSK 4
烧录 燒錄 shāo lù to burn (a CD or DVD) ∼HSK 4
马仔 馬仔 mǎ zǎi henchman; gang member ∼HSK 4
下厨 下廚 xià chú to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal); to cook ∼HSK 4
高烧 高燒 gāo shāo fever; high temperature ∼HSK 4
瓜葛 瓜葛 guā gé connection; association; involvement ∼HSK 4
指针 指針 zhǐ zhēn pointer on a gauge; clock hand; cursor; (computing) pointer ∼HSK 4
有关联 有關聯 yǒu guān lián related to; concerning; to be correlated ∼HSK 4