The Sleep Curse

The Sleep Curse 2017

失眠 shīmián

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

Cast

Anthony Wong Chau-Sang Anthony Wong Chau-Sang Lam Sing / Dr. Lam Michelle Wai Si-Nga Michelle Wai Si-Nga Man Ching / Man Woon Jojo Goh Jojo Goh Monique Ikki Funaki Colonel Tanaka Bryant Mak Chi-Lok Bryant Mak Chi-Lok Draco Gordon Lam Ka-Tung Gordon Lam Ka-Tung Chow Fook Pancy Chan Pui-Sze Pancy Chan Pui-Sze Fong Ching Gai Yew Lan Granny Jayden Sow Child Sik Ka Eddie Chow Eddie Chow Mun

Vocabulary

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保障 保障 bǎo zhàng to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard HSK 7
醒来 醒來 xǐng lái to waken HSK 7
原本 原本 yuán běn originally; original HSK 7
官员 官員 guān yuán official (in an organization or government); administrator HSK 7
灰 灰 huī ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected HSK 7
率 率 lǜ rate; frequency HSK 7
真心 真心 zhēn xīn sincere; heartfelt HSK 7
单身 單身 dān shēn unmarried; single HSK 7
释放 釋放 shì fàng to release; to set free; to liberate (a prisoner); to discharge HSK 7
设 設 shè to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if HSK 7
粉 粉 fěn powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of HSK 7
尸体 屍體 shī tǐ dead body; corpse; carcass HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
委员会 委員會 wěi yuán huì committee HSK 7
恐怖 恐怖 kǒng bù terrible; frightful; frightening; terror; terrorist HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
伤天害理 傷天害理 shāng tiān hài lǐ to offend Heaven and reason (idiom); bloody atrocities that cry to heaven; outrageous acts Idiom ∼HSK 6
天无绝人之路 天無絕人之路 tiān wú jué rén zhī lù Heaven never bars one's way (idiom); don't despair and you will find a way through.; Never give up hope.; Never say die. Idiom ∼HSK 6
一模一样 一模一樣 yī mú yī yàng exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yī mó yī yàng] Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
表面上 表面上 biǎo miàn shang outwardly; superficially; on the face of it HSK 6
赞颂 讚頌 zàn sòng to bless; to praise ∼HSK 6
铜器 銅器 tóng qì copper ware; bronze ware ∼HSK 6
邪术 邪術 xié shù sorcery ∼HSK 6
病因 病因 bìng yīn cause of disease; pathogen ∼HSK 6
乱葬岗 亂葬崗 luàn zàng gǎng unmarked burial mound; untended graveyard; mass grave ∼HSK 6
脑细胞 腦細胞 nǎo xì bāo brain cell ∼HSK 6
不道德 不道德 bù dào dé immoral ∼HSK 6
探戈 探戈 tàn gē tango (dance) (loanword) ∼HSK 6
百分之 百分之 bǎi fēn zhī percent ∼HSK 6
皇军 皇軍 huáng jūn imperial army (esp. Japanese) ∼HSK 6
男丁 男丁 nán dīng adult male ∼HSK 6
治标 治標 zhì biāo to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause ∼HSK 6
文豪 文豪 wén háo literary giant; great writer; eminent writer ∼HSK 6
要功 要功 yāo gōng variant of ∼HSK 6
捕猎 捕獵 bǔ liè to catch (wild animals); to hunt ∼HSK 6
别理 別理 bié lǐ don't get involved; ignore it!; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc); don't speak to ∼HSK 6
平均寿命 平均壽命 píng jūn shòu mìng life expectancy ∼HSK 6
闭上 閉上 bì shang to close; to shut up ∼HSK 6
欲念 慾念 yù niàn desire ∼HSK 6
生产能力 生產能力 shēng chǎn néng lì manufacturing ability; production capacity ∼HSK 6
犬儒 犬儒 quǎn rú cynic ∼HSK 6