The Sleep Curse 2017
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In 1990, Neurologist Lam Sik Ka and his former flame suffer from the generational sleep curse that rooted in their both families war engagement during World War Two. Lam tries to save her flame from the grudge.
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Vocabulary
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| 巧合 巧合 | coincidence; coincidental; to coincide | |
| 蛋白质 蛋白質 | protein | |
| 介意 介意 | to care about; to take offense; to mind | |
| 传染 傳染 | to infect; contagious | |
| 损坏 損壞 | to damage; to injure | |
| 失眠 失眠 | to suffer from insomnia | |
| 放过 放過 | to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth | |
| 充 充 | sufficient; full; to fill; to serve as; to act as; to act falsely as; to pose as | |
| 谜 謎 | see 谜儿, riddle | |
| 出自 出自 | to come from | |
| 听话 聽話 | to do what one is told; obedient | |
| 侮辱 侮辱 | to insult; to humiliate; dishonor | |
| 激活 激活 | to activate | |
| 亲手 親手 | personally; with one's own hands | |
| 出卖 出賣 | to offer for sale; to sell; to sell out; to betray | |
| 性命 性命 | life | |
| 被捕 被捕 | to be arrested; under arrest | |
| 坏事 壞事 | bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things | |
| 安心 安心 | at ease; to feel relieved; to set one's mind at rest; to keep one's mind on sth | |
| 煎 煎 | to pan fry; to sauté | |
| 笨蛋 笨蛋 | fool; idiot | |
| 血压 血壓 | blood pressure | |
| 睁 睜 | to open (one's eyes) | |
| 权威 權威 | authority; authoritative; power and prestige | |
| 生理 生理 | physiology | |
| 震 震 | to shake; to vibrate; to jolt; to quake; excited; shocked; one of the Eight Trigrams 卦, symbolizing thunder; ☳ | |
| 大厦 大廈 | (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc) | |
| 绑 綁 | to tie; bind or fasten together; to kidnap | |
| 铜 銅 | copper (chemistry); see also 红铜 | |
| 逃避 逃避 | to escape; to evade; to avoid; to shirk | |
| 保佑 保佑 | to bless and protect; blessing | |
| 宁愿 寧願 | would rather ... (than ...) | |
| 甜蜜 甜蜜 | sweet; happy | |
| 缝 縫 | to sew; to stitch | |
| 敬 敬 | (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely | |
| 须 須 | must; to have to; to wait | |
| 脆弱 脆弱 | weak; frail | |
| 车祸 車禍 | traffic accident; car crash | |
| 惩罚 懲罰 | penalty; punishment; to punish | |
| 狮子 獅子 | Leo (star sign); Shihtzu township in Pingtung County 屏东县, Taiwan | |
| 临床 臨床 | clinical | |
| 贱 賤 | inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my | |
| 亦 亦 | also | |
| 不准 不准 | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 慈善 慈善 | benevolent; charitable | |
| 标 標 | mark; sign; label; to mark with a symbol, label, lettering etc; to bear (a brand name, registration number etc); prize; award; bid; target; quota; (old) the topmost branches of a tree; visible symptom; classifier for military units | |
| 乖 乖 | (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal | |
| 人体 人體 | human body | |
| 堂 堂 | (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture |