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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| 令 令 | to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem | |
| 哈 哈 | abbr. for 哈萨克斯坦, Kazakhstan; abbr. for 哈尔滨, Harbin | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 唯一 唯一 | only; sole | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 热闹 熱鬧 | bustling with noise and excitement; lively | Xiehouyu |
| 冷静 冷靜 | calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet | Xiehouyu |
| 无法 無法 | unable; incapable | Xiehouyu |
| 案子 案子 | long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 诺曼第 諾曼第 | Normandy, France | Proper Noun |
| 波斯语 波斯語 | Persian (language); Farsi | Proper Noun |
| 德里 德里 | Delhi; New Delhi, capital of India; same as | Proper Noun |
| 甘迺迪 甘迺迪 | Kennedy (name) (Tw) | Proper Noun |
| 苏菲 蘇菲 | Sophie (name); Sufi | Proper Noun |
| 波多黎各 波多黎各 | Puerto Rico, self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States | Proper Noun |
| 拉斯维加斯 拉斯維加斯 | Las Vegas, Nevada | Proper Noun |
| 贝拉 貝拉 | Beira, Mozambique | Proper Noun |
| 贝 貝 | sea shell; money, currency | |
| 娜 娜 | elegant, graceful, delicate | |
| 莎 莎 | kind of sedge grass, used anciently for raincoats | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 森 森 | forest; luxuriant vegetation | |
| 吵醒 吵醒 | to wake sb up with a noise | |
| 牙痛 牙痛 | toothache | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 看守 看守 | to guard; to watch over | |
| 枪击 槍擊 | to shoot with a gun; shooting incident | |
| 流沙 流沙 | quicksand; (patisserie) (usu. attributive) semi-liquid filling (typically custard); lava | |
| 楼顶 樓頂 | top of a building | |
| 梅 梅 | plums; prunes; surname | |
| 安顿 安頓 | to find a place for; to help settle down; to arrange for; undisturbed; peaceful | |
| 酒量 酒量 | capacity for liquor; how much one can drink | |
| 唱反调 唱反調 | to express a different view; to take a different position | |
| 伯 伯 | variant of | |
| 遇刺 遇刺 | to be attacked by an assassin | |
| 无名 無名 | nameless; obscure | |
| 烧死 燒死 | to burn to death | |
| 闪光灯 閃光燈 | flash bulb (photography) | |
| 一堆 一堆 | pile | |
| 报案 報案 | to report a case to the authorities | |
| 若是 若是 | if | |
| 登记表 登記表 | registration form | |
| 诅咒 詛咒 | to curse | |
| 害死 害死 | to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death | |
| 倒车 倒車 | to change buses, trains etc |