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

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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做手 做手 zuò shǒu to put one's hand to sth; to set about; skillful hands; worker; writer ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
五十 五十 wǔ shí fifty ∼HSK 1
一个人 一個人 yī gè rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
巫师 巫師 wū shī wizard; magician ∼HSK 1
早点 早點 zǎo diǎn breakfast ∼HSK 1
这位 這位 zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
白痴 白痴 bái chī idiocy; idiot ∼HSK 1
下一个 下一個 xià yī ge the next one ∼HSK 1
要看 要看 yào kàn (it) depends on... ∼HSK 1
不太好 不太好 bù tài hǎo not so good; not too well ∼HSK 1
中枢 中樞 zhōng shū center; hub; the central administration ∼HSK 1
脑干 腦幹 nǎo gàn brain stem ∼HSK 1
百分 百分 bǎi fēn percent; percentage ∼HSK 1
九十 九十 jiǔ shí ninety ∼HSK 1
不明 不明 bù míng not clear; unknown; to fail to understand ∼HSK 1
十八 十八 shí bā eighteen; 18 ∼HSK 1
不是吗 不是嗎 bù shì ma isn't that so? ∼HSK 1
没了 沒了 méi le to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist ∼HSK 1
这是 這是 zhè shì this is; this is the ... ∼HSK 1
我等 我等 wǒ děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
女孩 女孩 nǚ hái girl; lass ∼HSK 1
慢慢吃 慢慢吃 màn màn chī Enjoy your meal!; Bon appetit! ∼HSK 1
吃不下 吃不下 chī bu xià not feel like eating; be unable to eat any more ∼HSK 1
等等 等等 děng děng et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! ∼HSK 1
四十 四十 sì shí forty; 40 ∼HSK 1
想见 想見 xiǎng jiàn to infer; to gather ∼HSK 1
哪一个 哪一個 nǎ yī ge which ∼HSK 1
大一 大一 dà yī first-year university student ∼HSK 1
做事 做事 zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
柠檬水 檸檬水 níng méng shuǐ lemonade ∼HSK 1
百年 百年 bǎi nián hundred years; century; lifetime ∼HSK 1
看错 看錯 kàn cuò to misinterpret what one sees or reads; to misjudge (sb); to mistake (sb for sb else); to misread (a document) ∼HSK 1
家姐 家姐 jiā jiě (polite) my older sister ∼HSK 1
找回 找回 zhǎo huí to retrieve ∼HSK 1
上路 上路 shàng lù to start on a journey; to be on one's way ∼HSK 1
家的 家的 jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
看在 看在 kàn zài (in the expression +... +) for the sake of...; considering... ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
几多 幾多 jǐ duō (dialect) how much; how many; how (smart etc); such... ∼HSK 1
一会 一會 yī huì a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] ∼HSK 1
做出 做出 zuò chū to put out; to issue ∼HSK 1
放开 放開 fàng kāi to let go; to release ∼HSK 1
等一等 等一等 děng yī děng wait a moment ∼HSK 1
半年 半年 bàn nián half a year HSK 1
一家人 一家人 yī jiā rén household; the whole family ∼HSK 1
看病 看病 kàn bìng to visit a doctor; to see a patient HSK 1
弟 弟 dì younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter) HSK 1
零 零 líng zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither HSK 1