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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| 本就 本就 | by nature; fundamentally; inherently | |
| 做手 做手 | to put one's hand to sth; to set about; skillful hands; worker; writer | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 五十 五十 | fifty | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 巫师 巫師 | wizard; magician | |
| 早点 早點 | breakfast | |
| 这位 這位 | this (person) | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 白痴 白痴 | idiocy; idiot | |
| 下一个 下一個 | the next one | |
| 要看 要看 | (it) depends on... | |
| 不太好 不太好 | not so good; not too well | |
| 中枢 中樞 | center; hub; the central administration | |
| 脑干 腦幹 | brain stem | |
| 百分 百分 | percent; percentage | |
| 九十 九十 | ninety | |
| 不明 不明 | not clear; unknown; to fail to understand | |
| 十八 十八 | eighteen; 18 | |
| 不是吗 不是嗎 | isn't that so? | |
| 没了 沒了 | to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist | |
| 这是 這是 | 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that | |
| 我等 我等 | we; us (archaic) | |
| 女孩 女孩 | girl; lass | |
| 慢慢吃 慢慢吃 | Enjoy your meal!; Bon appetit! | |
| 吃不下 吃不下 | not feel like eating; be unable to eat any more | |
| 等等 等等 | et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! | |
| 四十 四十 | forty; 40 | |
| 想见 想見 | to infer; to gather | |
| 哪一个 哪一個 | which | |
| 大一 大一 | first-year university student | |
| 做事 做事 | to work; to handle matters; to have a job | |
| 柠檬水 檸檬水 | lemonade | |
| 百年 百年 | hundred years; century; lifetime | |
| 看错 看錯 | to misinterpret what one sees or reads; to misjudge (sb); to mistake (sb for sb else); to misread (a document) | |
| 家姐 家姐 | (polite) my older sister | |
| 找回 找回 | to retrieve | |
| 上路 上路 | to start on a journey; to be on one's way | |
| 家的 家的 | (old) wife | |
| 看在 看在 | (in the expression +... +) for the sake of...; considering... | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 几多 幾多 | (dialect) how much; how many; how (smart etc); such... | |
| 一会 一會 | a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] | |
| 做出 做出 | to put out; to issue | |
| 放开 放開 | to let go; to release | |
| 等一等 等一等 | wait a moment | |
| 半年 半年 | half a year | |
| 一家人 一家人 | household; the whole family | |
| 看病 看病 | to visit a doctor; to see a patient | |
| 弟 弟 | younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter) |