The Night

The Night 2021

良夜不能留 liáng yè bùnéng liú

In 2019, the night in Hong Kong was still in fascinating beauty and the landscape of everyday life was gradually changing. Travelling the streets, Tsai Ming-liang documented the city's rhythm and ambience, along with an overpass.

HSK 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
3.6 Beginner Director Tsai Ming-liang IMDb

Vocabulary

Filter the words you want to study before watching.

穿过 穿過 chuān guò to pass through HSK 7
角落 角落 jiǎo luò nook; corner HSK 7
实话 實話 shí huà truth HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
宇宙 宇宙 yǔ zhòu universe; cosmos HSK 7
司法 司法 sī fǎ judicial; (administration of) justice HSK 7
乖 乖 guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal HSK 7
夜晚 夜晚 yè wǎn night HSK 7
孤单 孤單 gū dān lone; lonely; loneliness HSK 7
钥匙 鑰匙 yào shi key HSK 7
怀孕 懷孕 huái yùn pregnant; to have conceived; gestation; pregnancy HSK 7
醒来 醒來 xǐng lái to waken HSK 7
跟踪 跟蹤 gēn zōng to follow sb's tracks; to tail; to shadow; tracking HSK 7
原本 原本 yuán běn originally; original HSK 7
耍 耍 shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
嘿 嘿 hēi hey HSK 7
凌晨 凌晨 líng chén very early in the morning; in the wee hours HSK 7
盯 盯 dīng to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at HSK 7
罗 羅 luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift 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
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
狼人 狼人 láng rén werewolf ∼HSK 6
有何 有何 yǒu hé what is there ∼HSK 6
漆黑 漆黑 qī hēi pitch-black ∼HSK 6
人间蒸发 人間蒸發 rén jiān zhēng fā to vanish; to disappear from the face of the earth ∼HSK 6
睁眼 睜眼 zhēng yǎn to open one's eyes ∼HSK 6
睁开 睜開 zhēng kāi to open (one's eyes) ∼HSK 6
解药 解藥 jiě yào antidote ∼HSK 6
鸡皮疙瘩 雞皮疙瘩 jī pí gē da goose pimples; goose bumps ∼HSK 6
监视器 監視器 jiān shì qì security camera; surveillance monitor ∼HSK 6
独生子 獨生子 dú shēng zǐ a son who is an only child ∼HSK 6
宠坏 寵壞 chǒng huài to spoil (a child etc) ∼HSK 6
消肿 消腫 xiāo zhǒng to reduce swelling; detumescence; (fig.) to streamline (a bloated bureaucracy etc) ∼HSK 6
气喘 氣喘 qì chuǎn to gasp for breath; asthma ∼HSK 6
针扎 針扎 zhēn zhā pincushion ∼HSK 6
灵异 靈異 líng yì deity; monster; strange; mysterious; supernatural ∼HSK 6
一个样 一個樣 yī ge yàng the same; of the same type ∼HSK 6
搞砸 搞砸 gǎo zá to mess (sth) up; to foul up; to spoil ∼HSK 6
啰嗦 囉嗦 luō suo variant of ∼HSK 6
不舒服 不舒服 bù shū fu unwell; feeling ill; to feel uncomfortable; uneasy ∼HSK 6
凡事 凡事 fán shì everything ∼HSK 6
别理 別理 bié lǐ don't get involved; ignore it!; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc); don't speak to ∼HSK 6
欢迎光临 歡迎光臨 huān yíng guāng lín welcome ∼HSK 6
请勿 請勿 qǐng wù please don't ∼HSK 6
手电筒 手電筒 shǒu diàn tǒng flashlight; electric hand torch ∼HSK 6
浮夸 浮誇 fú kuā to exaggerate; to be boastful; pompous; grandiose ∼HSK 6
跟踪狂 跟蹤狂 gēn zōng kuáng stalker ∼HSK 6
讶异 訝異 yà yì to be surprised; to be astonished ∼HSK 6