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.

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3.6 Beginner Director Tsai Ming-liang IMDb

Vocabulary

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打电话 打電話 dǎ diàn huà to make a telephone call HSK 1
回去 回去 huí qu to return; to go back HSK 1
关 關 guān mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve HSK 1
回答 回答 huí dá to reply; to answer; reply; answer HSK 1
冷 冷 lěng cold HSK 1
认真 認真 rèn zhēn conscientious; earnest; serious; to take seriously; to take to heart HSK 1
忘 忘 wàng to forget; to overlook; to neglect HSK 1
不用 不用 bù yòng need not HSK 1
教 教 jiào religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell HSK 1
差 差 chā difference; discrepancy; (math.) difference (amount remaining after a subtraction); (literary) a little; somewhat; slightly HSK 1
床 床 chuáng bed; couch; classifier for beds HSK 1
睡觉 睡覺 shuì jiào to go to bed; to sleep HSK 1
来到 來到 lái dào to arrive; to come HSK 1
说话 說話 shuō huà to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word HSK 1
女儿 女兒 nǚ ér daughter HSK 1
听到 聽到 tīng dào to hear HSK 1
手机 手機 shǒu jī cell phone; mobile phone HSK 1
马上 馬上 mǎ shàng at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) HSK 1
医生 醫生 yī shēng doctor HSK 1
那里 那裏 nà li there; that place HSK 1
楼 樓 lóu house with more than 1 story; storied building; floor HSK 1
哪里 哪裏 nǎ lǐ where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 HSK 1
身体 身體 shēn tǐ the body; one's health; in person HSK 1
记得 記得 jì de to remember HSK 1
杯 杯 bēi cup; trophy cup; classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup HSK 1
儿子 兒子 ér zi son HSK 1
口 口 kǒu mouth; classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc); classifier for bites or mouthfuls HSK 1
真的 真的 zhēn de really, truly, indeed HSK 1
先生 先生 xiān sheng teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor HSK 1
五 五 wǔ five; 5 HSK 1
书 書 Shū abbr. for 书经 HSK 1
晚 晚 wǎn evening; night; late HSK 1
跑 跑 páo (of an animal) to paw (the ground) HSK 1
哪 哪 nǎ how; which HSK 1
间 間 jiān between; among; within a definite time or space; room; section of a room or lateral space between two pairs of pillars; classifier for rooms HSK 1
难 難 nán difficult (to...); problem; difficulty; difficult; not good HSK 1
错 錯 cuò mistake; wrong; bad; interlocking; complex; to grind; to polish; to alternate; to stagger; to miss; to let slip; to evade; to inlay with gold or silver HSK 1
妈妈 媽媽 mā ma mama; mommy; mother HSK 1
第二 第二 dì èr second; number two; next; secondary HSK 1
谢谢 謝謝 xiè xie to thank; thanks; thank you HSK 1
晚上 晚上 wǎn shang evening; night; in the evening HSK 1
四 四 sì four; 4 HSK 1
回来 回來 huí lai to return; to come back HSK 1
睡 睡 shuì to sleep; to lie down HSK 1
认识 認識 rèn shi to know; to recognize; to be familiar with; to get acquainted with sb; knowledge; understanding; awareness; cognition HSK 1
身上 身上 shēn shang on the body; at hand; among HSK 1
们 們 men plural marker for pronouns, and nouns referring to individuals HSK 1
坐 坐 Zuò surname Zuo HSK 1
喝 喝 hè to shout HSK 1
门 門 mén gate; door; gateway; doorway; opening; valve; switch; way to do something; knack; family; house; (religious) sect; school (of thought); class; category; phylum or division (taxonomy); classifier for large guns; classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology; (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) HSK 1