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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令 令 lìng 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 HSK 5
哈 哈 Hā abbr. for 哈萨克斯坦, Kazakhstan; abbr. for 哈尔滨, Harbin HSK 5
声 聲 shēng sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
热闹 熱鬧 rè nao bustling with noise and excitement; lively Xiehouyu HSK 4
冷静 冷靜 lěng jìng calm; cool-headed; dispassionate; (of a place) deserted; quiet Xiehouyu HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
案子 案子 àn zi long table; counter; (coll.) case (criminal, medical etc); matter; project; job Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
诺曼第 諾曼第 Nuò màn dì Normandy, France Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
波斯语 波斯語 Bō sī yǔ Persian (language); Farsi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
德里 德里 Dé lǐ Delhi; New Delhi, capital of India; same as Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
甘迺迪 甘迺迪 Gān nǎi dí Kennedy (name) (Tw) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
苏菲 蘇菲 Sū fēi Sophie (name); Sufi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
波多黎各 波多黎各 Bō duō Lí gè Puerto Rico, self-governing unincorporated territory of the United States Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
拉斯维加斯 拉斯維加斯 Lā sī Wéi jiā sī Las Vegas, Nevada Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
贝拉 貝拉 Bèi lā Beira, Mozambique Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
贝 貝 Bèi sea shell; money, currency ∼HSK 4
娜 娜 nà elegant, graceful, delicate ∼HSK 4
莎 莎 shā kind of sedge grass, used anciently for raincoats ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
森 森 Sēn forest; luxuriant vegetation ∼HSK 4
吵醒 吵醒 chǎo xǐng to wake sb up with a noise ∼HSK 4
牙痛 牙痛 yá tòng toothache ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
看守 看守 kān shǒu to guard; to watch over ∼HSK 4
枪击 槍擊 qiāng jī to shoot with a gun; shooting incident ∼HSK 4
流沙 流沙 liú shā quicksand; (patisserie) (usu. attributive) semi-liquid filling (typically custard); lava ∼HSK 4
楼顶 樓頂 lóu dǐng top of a building ∼HSK 4
梅 梅 Méi plums; prunes; surname ∼HSK 4
安顿 安頓 ān dùn to find a place for; to help settle down; to arrange for; undisturbed; peaceful ∼HSK 4
酒量 酒量 jiǔ liàng capacity for liquor; how much one can drink ∼HSK 4
唱反调 唱反調 chàng fǎn diào to express a different view; to take a different position ∼HSK 4
伯 伯 bà variant of ∼HSK 4
遇刺 遇刺 yù cì to be attacked by an assassin ∼HSK 4
无名 無名 wú míng nameless; obscure ∼HSK 4
烧死 燒死 shāo sǐ to burn to death ∼HSK 4
闪光灯 閃光燈 shǎn guāng dēng flash bulb (photography) ∼HSK 4
一堆 一堆 yī duī pile ∼HSK 4
报案 報案 bào àn to report a case to the authorities ∼HSK 4
若是 若是 ruò shì if ∼HSK 4
登记表 登記表 dēng jì biǎo registration form ∼HSK 4
诅咒 詛咒 zǔ zhòu to curse ∼HSK 4
害死 害死 hài sǐ to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death ∼HSK 4
倒车 倒車 dǎo chē to change buses, trains etc HSK 4