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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| 只 只 | only; merely; just; but | |
| 因为 因為 | because; owing to; on account of | |
| 又 又 | (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway | |
| 如果 如果 | if; in case; in the event that | |
| 已经 已經 | already | |
| 这样 這樣 | this kind of; so; this way; like this; such | |
| 可以 可以 | can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good | |
| 为 為 | as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) | |
| 得 得 | to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished | |
| 自己 自己 | oneself; one's own | |
| 但 但 | but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just | |
| 让 讓 | to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) | |
| 啊 啊 | interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! | |
| 不快 不快 | unhappy; in low spirits; (of a knife) not sharp | Xiehouyu |
| 对不起 對不起 | I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint | Xiehouyu |
| 不会 不會 | improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all | Colloquialism |
| 真是 真是 | indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) | Colloquialism |
| 这不 這不 | (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) | Colloquialism |
| 吃的 吃的 | (coll.) food | Colloquialism |
| 看看 看看 | to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon | Colloquialism |
| 那是 那是 | (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed | Colloquialism |
| 爷爷 爺爺 | (coll.) father's father; paternal grandfather | Colloquialism |
| 奶奶 奶奶 | (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts | Colloquialism |
| 肉 肉 | meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 | Colloquialism |
| 爸爸 爸爸 | (coll.) father; dad | Colloquialism |
| 花 花 | flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful | Colloquialism |
| 吗 嗎 | (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 那 那 | (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) | Colloquialism |
| 着 著 | (chess) move; trick; all right!; (dialect) to add | |
| 日本 日本 | Japan | Proper Noun |
| 香港 香港 | Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC | Proper Noun |
| 姊妹 姊妹 | (older and younger) sisters; sister (school, city etc) | Proper Noun |
| 八月 八月 | August; eighth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 七月 七月 | July; seventh month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 茅山 茅山 | Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county, Jiangsu Province | Proper Noun |
| 有一些 有一些 | somewhat; rather; some | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 不着 不著 | no need; need not | |
| 这麽 這麽 | variant of | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 开门 開門 | to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business | |
| 二十 二十 | twenty; 20 | |
| 快点 快點 | to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! | |
| 一点 一點 | a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 於 於 | in, at, on; interjection alas! |