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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另一半 另一半 lìng yī bàn other half; (fig.) spouse; one's better half ∼HSK 5
髦 髦 máo flowing hair of young child ∼HSK 5
病患 病患 bìng huàn illness; disease; patient; sufferer ∼HSK 5
诡 詭 guǐ deceive, cheat, defraud; sly ∼HSK 5
锁门 鎖門 suǒ mén to lock the door ∼HSK 5
夺走 奪走 duó zǒu to snatch away ∼HSK 5
人命 人命 rén mìng human life ∼HSK 5
撞死 撞死 zhuàng sǐ to knock down and kill (with a car, train etc) ∼HSK 5
胡说八道 胡說八道 hú shuō bā dào to talk rubbish ∼HSK 5
门锁 門鎖 mén suǒ door lock ∼HSK 5
年前 年前 nián qián by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year HSK 5
单一 單一 dān yī single; only; sole HSK 5
驾照 駕照 jià zhào driver's license HSK 5
烤肉 烤肉 kǎo ròu barbecue (lit. roast meat) HSK 5
叉 叉 chā fork; pitchfork; prong; pick; cross; intersect; "X" HSK 5
清晨 清晨 qīng chén early morning HSK 5
指甲 指甲 zhǐ jia fingernail HSK 5
从中 從中 cóng zhōng from within; therefrom HSK 5
差别 差別 chā bié difference; distinction; disparity HSK 5
师傅 師傅 shī fu master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men HSK 5
干脆 乾脆 gān cuì candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well HSK 5
倒是 倒是 dào shi contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you HSK 5
蔬菜 蔬菜 shū cài vegetables HSK 5
敲 敲 qiāo to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge HSK 5
大厅 大廳 dà tīng hall; lounge HSK 5
靠近 靠近 kào jìn to be close to; to approach; to draw near HSK 5
敏感 敏感 mǐn gǎn sensitive; susceptible HSK 5
签名 簽名 qiān míng to sign (one's name with a pen etc); to autograph; signature HSK 5
瞧 瞧 qiáo to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit HSK 5
报警 報警 bào jǐng to sound an alarm; to report sth to the police HSK 5
到来 到來 dào lái to arrive; arrival; advent HSK 5
回头 回頭 huí tóu to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by HSK 5
害 害 hài to do harm to; to cause trouble to; harm; evil; calamity HSK 5
锁 鎖 suǒ to lock; to lock up; a lock HSK 5
剩 剩 shèng to remain; to be left; to have as remainder HSK 5
辛苦 辛苦 xīn kǔ exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) HSK 5
证实 證實 zhèng shí to confirm (sth to be true); to verify HSK 5
真相 真相 zhēn xiàng the truth about sth; the actual facts HSK 5
撞 撞 zhuàng to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident HSK 5
可惜 可惜 kě xī it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately HSK 5
吐 吐 tǔ to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) HSK 5
可怜 可憐 kě lián pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on HSK 5
骗 騙 piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
偷 偷 tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
丢 丟 diū to lose; to put aside; to throw HSK 5
鬼 鬼 guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
疯 瘋 fēng insane; mad; wild HSK 5
恢复 恢復 huī fù to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate HSK 5
待 待 dāi to stay HSK 5
放弃 放棄 fàng qì to renounce; to abandon; to give up HSK 5