The Night 2021
良夜不能留
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.
Vocabulary
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| 看得见 看得見 | can see; visible | |
| 好不容易 好不容易 | with great difficulty; very difficult | |
| 再生 再生 | to be reborn; to regenerate; to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person); recycling; regeneration | |
| 热水 熱水 | hot water | |
| 有事 有事 | to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter | |
| 外出 外出 | to go out; to go away (on a trip etc) | |
| 搭档 搭檔 | to cooperate; partner | |
| 抱歉 抱歉 | to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry! | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 磨 磨 | to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist | |
| 仓库 倉庫 | depot; storehouse; warehouse | |
| 成分 成分 | composition; ingredient; element; component; one's social status | |
| 关联 關聯 | to be related; to be connected; relationship; connection | |
| 查看 查看 | to look over; to examine; to check up; to ferret out | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 电力 電力 | electrical power; electricity | |
| 判 判 | to judge; to sentence; to discriminate; to discern; clearly distinguishable | |
| 气氛 氣氛 | atmosphere; mood | |
| 炸 炸 | to deep fry; Taiwan pr. [zhà] | |
| 嗨 嗨 | oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword) | |
| 闭 閉 | to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct | |
| 挖 挖 | to dig; to excavate; to scoop out | |
| 不见 不見 | not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 母 母 | mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 泡 泡 | puffed; swollen; spongy; small lake (esp. in place names); classifier for urine or feces | |
| 搭 搭 | to put up; to build (scaffolding); to hang (clothes on a pole); to connect; to join; to arrange in pairs; to match; to add; to throw in (resources); to take (boat, train); variant of 褡 | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 觉 覺 | a nap; a sleep | |
| 为何 為何 | why | |
| 遗憾 遺憾 | regret; to regret; to be sorry that | |
| 学会 學會 | to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association | |
| 投票 投票 | to vote; vote | |
| 死亡 死亡 | to die; death | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 胡言乱语 胡言亂語 | babbling nonsense (idiom); crazy and unfounded ravings; double Dutch | Idiom |
| 回天乏术 回天乏術 | (idiom) nothing can be done to remedy the situation; beyond recovery | Idiom |
| 礼拜 禮拜 | to attend a religious service; (coll.) week; (coll.) Sunday | Colloquialism |
| 神经 神經 | nerve; mental state; (coll.) unhinged; nutjob | Colloquialism |
| 无路可逃 無路可逃 | no way out; nowhere to go; trapped beyond hope of rescue; painted into a corner | |
| 莫 莫 | do not (literary) | |
| 喝醉 喝醉 | to get drunk | |
| 刺青 刺青 | to tattoo; a tattoo | |
| 丢下 丟下 | to abandon | |
| 遗言 遺言 | words of the deceased; last words of the dying; wisdom of past sages | |
| 急诊室 急診室 | emergency room | |
| 入住 入住 | to check in (at a hotel etc) | |
| 等着瞧 等著瞧 | wait and see (who is right) | |
| 莉 莉 | white jasmine |