The Sleep Curse

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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3.9 Beginner Director Herman Yau IMDb 5.6

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马来西亚 馬來西亞 Mǎ lái xī yà Malaysia Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
万年 萬年 Wàn nián Wannian county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
挺好 挺好 tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
交出 交出 jiāo chū to hand over ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2
睡得着 睡得著 shuì de zháo to fall asleep; to get to sleep ∼HSK 2
千年 千年 qiān nián millennium ∼HSK 2
术 術 shù art, skill, special feat; method, technique ∼HSK 2
带走 帶走 dài zǒu to carry; to take away ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
医学院 醫學院 yī xué yuàn medical school ∼HSK 2
手笔 手筆 shǒu bǐ sth written or painted in one's own hand; (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill; style; hand; (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc; scale ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
眼球 眼球 yǎn qiú eyeball; (fig.) attention ∼HSK 2
海豚 海豚 hǎi tún dolphin ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ one (measure word for animals, boats, certain objects); a single ... ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
头颅 頭顱 tóu lú head; skull ∼HSK 2
咖啡店 咖啡店 kā fēi diàn café; coffee shop ∼HSK 2
大半夜 大半夜 dà bàn yè the middle of the night ∼HSK 2
阴间 陰間 yīn jiān the nether world; Hades; (neologism) (slang) disturbing; unsettling; awful; detestable ∼HSK 2
介 介 jiè forerunner, herald, harbinger; to lie between; sea shell; to wear armor ∼HSK 2
职 職 zhí duty, profession; office, post ∼HSK 2
听得懂 聽得懂 tīng de dǒng to understand (by hearing); to catch (what sb says) ∼HSK 2
英 英 Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
万岁 萬歲 wàn suì Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty ∼HSK 2
才不 才不 cái bù by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
仆街 仆街 pū jiē drop dead!; go to hell!; fuck you! (Cantonese) ∼HSK 2
吃完 吃完 chī wán to finish eating ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
备 備 bèi prepare, ready, perfect ∼HSK 2
个头 個頭 gè tóu size; height ∼HSK 2
叩头 叩頭 kòu tóu to kowtow (traditional greeting, esp. to a superior, involving kneeling and pressing one's forehead to the ground); also written ∼HSK 2
有可能 有可能 yǒu kě néng possible; probable; possibly; probably; may; might ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
眼花 眼花 yǎn huā dimmed eyesight; blurred; vague and unclear vision ∼HSK 2
操 撡 cāo conduct, run, control, manage ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
西医 西醫 xī yī Western medicine; a doctor trained in Western medicine HSK 2
一点点 一點點 yī diǎn diǎn a little bit HSK 2
个子 個子 gè zi height; stature; build; size HSK 2
筷子 筷子 kuài zi chopsticks HSK 2
找出 找出 zhǎo chū to find; to search out HSK 2
院长 院長 yuàn zhǎng the head of an institution whose name ends in 院; chair of a board; president of a university; department head; dean; premier of the Republic of China HSK 2
坏人 壞人 huài rén bad person; villain HSK 2