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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大惊小怪 大驚小怪 dà jīng xiǎo guài to make a fuss about nothing (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
扫兴 掃興 sǎo xìng to spoil things; to dampen spirits; to feel deflated; to be dispirited Xiehouyu HSK 7
独一无二 獨一無二 dú yī wú èr unique and unmatched (idiom); unrivalled; nothing compares with it Xiehouyu HSK 7
扯 扯 chě to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey Colloquialism HSK 7
各式各样 各式各樣 gè shì gè yàng (of) all kinds and sorts; various HSK 7
取笑 取笑 qǔ xiào to tease; to make fun of HSK 7
吊销 吊銷 diào xiāo to suspend (an agreement); to revoke HSK 7
戒烟 戒煙 jiè yān to give up smoking HSK 7
不肯 不肯 bù kěn Refuse HSK 7
求救 求救 qiú jiù to seek help (when in distress or having difficulties) HSK 7
胡说 胡說 hú shuō to talk nonsense; drivel HSK 7
幻觉 幻覺 huàn jué illusion; hallucination; figment of one's imagination HSK 7
大队 大隊 dà duì group; a large body of; production brigade; military group HSK 7
水管 水管 shuǐ guǎn water pipe HSK 7
发脾气 發脾氣 fā pí qì to get angry HSK 7
过头 過頭 guò tóu to overdo it; to overstep the limit; excessively; above one's head; overhead HSK 7
保重 保重 bǎo zhòng to take care of oneself HSK 7
呼唤 呼喚 hū huàn to call out (a name etc); to shout HSK 7
迷路 迷路 mí lù to lose the way; lost; labyrinth; labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear) HSK 7
黎明 黎明 lí míng dawn; daybreak HSK 7
招待 招待 zhāo dài to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers) HSK 7
固执 固執 gù zhí obstinate; stubborn; to fixate on; to cling to HSK 7
少见 少見 shǎo jiàn rare; seldom seen; (formal) it's a rare pleasure to see you HSK 7
导航 導航 dǎo háng navigation HSK 7
柜台 櫃檯 guì tái sales counter; front desk; bar; (of markets, medicines etc) OTC (over-the-counter) HSK 7
介意 介意 jiè yì to care about; to take offense; to mind HSK 7
可恶 可惡 kě wù repulsive; vile; hateful; abominable HSK 7
别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7
诈骗 詐騙 zhà piàn to defraud; to swindle; to blackmail HSK 7
愈 愈 yù the more...(the more...); to recover; to heal; better HSK 7
炖 燉 dùn to stew HSK 7
警官 警官 jǐng guān constable; police officer HSK 7
哄 哄 hōng roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd) HSK 7
说谎 說謊 shuō huǎng to lie; to tell an untruth HSK 7
荣幸 榮幸 róng xìng honored (to have the privilege of ...) HSK 7
兜 兜 dōu pocket; bag; to wrap up or hold in a bag; to move in a circle; to canvas or solicit; to take responsibility for; to disclose in detail; combat armor (old) HSK 7
突发 突發 tū fā to occur suddenly HSK 7
骚扰 騷擾 sāo rǎo to disturb; to cause a commotion; to harass HSK 7
陷 陷 xiàn pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect HSK 7
何必 何必 hé bì there is no need; why should HSK 7
胎 胎 tāi fetus; classifier for litters (of puppies etc); padding (in clothing or bedding); womb carrying a fetus; (fig.) origin; source; (loanword) tire HSK 7
用力 用力 yòng lì to exert oneself physically HSK 7
平民 平民 píng mín ordinary people; commoner; civilian HSK 7
隐瞒 隱瞞 yǐn mán to conceal; to hide (a taboo subject); to cover up the truth HSK 7
辩护 辯護 biàn hù to speak in defense of; to argue in favor of; to defend; to plead HSK 7
酒精 酒精 jiǔ jīng alcohol; ethanol CH3CH2OH; ethyl alcohol; also written 乙醇; grain alcohol HSK 7
拜托 拜託 bài tuō to request sb to do sth; please! HSK 7
浑身 渾身 hún shēn all over; from head to foot HSK 7
挣扎 掙扎 zhēng zhá to struggle HSK 7
手臂 手臂 shǒu bì arm; helper HSK 7