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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胸针 胸針 xiōng zhēn brooch ∼HSK 6
神经科 神經科 shén jīng kē neurology department ∼HSK 6
停尸间 停屍間 tíng shī jiān morgue ∼HSK 6
大嫂 大嫂 dà sǎo older brother's wife; sister-in-law; elder sister (respectful appellation for an older married woman) ∼HSK 6
形容词 形容詞 xíng róng cí adjective ∼HSK 6
驱邪 驅邪 qū xié to drive out devils; exorcism ∼HSK 6
结帐 結帳 jié zhàng variant of ∼HSK 6
神经细胞 神經細胞 shén jīng xì bāo nerve cell; neuron ∼HSK 6
家母 家母 jiā mǔ (polite) my mother ∼HSK 6
家嫂 家嫂 jiā sǎo (polite) my sister-in-law ∼HSK 6
外敷 外敷 wài fū to apply externally ∼HSK 6
送服 送服 sòng fú to wash the medicine down ∼HSK 6
炼丹 煉丹 liàn dān to concoct pills of immortality ∼HSK 6
善款 善款 shàn kuǎn contributions; donations ∼HSK 6
清酒 清酒 qīng jiǔ sake (Japanese rice wine) ∼HSK 6
蠢材 蠢材 chǔn cái idiot ∼HSK 6
麻布 麻布 má bù sackcloth ∼HSK 6
恩公 恩公 ēn gōng benefactor ∼HSK 6
蜜糖 蜜糖 mì táng honey ∼HSK 6
基因图谱 基因圖譜 jī yīn tú pǔ mapping of genome ∼HSK 6
原始人 原始人 yuán shǐ rén primitive man; prehistoric human ∼HSK 6
一日三餐 一日三餐 yī rì sān cān to have three meals a day ∼HSK 6
节哀顺变 節哀順變 jié āi shùn biàn restrain your grief, accept fate (condolence phrase) ∼HSK 6
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6
临死 臨死 lín sǐ facing death; at death's door ∼HSK 6
冤孽 冤孽 yuān niè karmic debt ∼HSK 6
恩人 恩人 ēn rén a benefactor; a person who has significantly helped sb else HSK 6
讲课 講課 jiǎng kè teach; lecture HSK 6
长假 長假 cháng jià long vacation HSK 6
治病 治病 zhì bìng to treat an illness HSK 6
祖父 祖父 zǔ fù father's father; paternal grandfather HSK 6
日语 日語 Rì yǔ Japanese language HSK 6
发病 發病 fā bìng (of an illness) to occur; (of a person) to get sick; to fall ill; onset (of a medical condition) HSK 6
一代 一代 yī dài generation HSK 6
氧气 氧氣 yǎng qì oxygen HSK 6
要不然 要不然 yào bù rán otherwise; or else; or HSK 6
壶 壺 hú pot; classifier for bottled liquid HSK 6
压迫 壓迫 yā pò to oppress; to repress; to constrict; oppression; stress (physics) HSK 6
有事 有事 yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6
租金 租金 zū jīn rent HSK 6
特意 特意 tè yì specially; intentionally HSK 6
同胞 同胞 tóng bāo born of the same parents; sibling; fellow citizen; compatriot HSK 6
仪器 儀器 yí qì instrument; apparatus HSK 6
想不到 想不到 xiǎng bu dào unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that HSK 6
反抗 反抗 fǎn kàng to resist; to rebel HSK 6
指数 指數 zhǐ shù (numerical, statistical) index; (math.) exponent; index; exponential (function, growth) HSK 6
债 債 zhài debt HSK 6
时装 時裝 shí zhuāng fashion; fashionable clothes HSK 6
横 橫 héng horizontal; across; crosswise; horizontal stroke (in Chinese characters); to place (sth) flat (on a surface); to cross (a river, etc); in a jumble; chaotic; (in fixed expressions) harsh and unreasonable; violent HSK 6
抱歉 抱歉 bào qiàn to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry! HSK 6