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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刚好 剛好 gāng hǎo just; exactly; to happen to be HSK 6
知名 知名 zhī míng well-known; famous HSK 6
放手 放手 fàng shǒu to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand HSK 6
同一 同一 tóng yī identical; the same HSK 6
街头 街頭 jiē tóu street HSK 6
老鼠 老鼠 lǎo shǔ rat; mouse HSK 6
救命 救命 jiù mìng to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! HSK 6
罢了 罷了 bà le a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) HSK 6
佛 佛 Fó Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 陀) HSK 6
赚钱 賺錢 zhuàn qián to earn money; moneymaking HSK 6
田 田 tián field; farm HSK 6
道歉 道歉 dào qiàn to apologize HSK 6
界 界 jiè (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm HSK 6
露 露 lòu to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose HSK 6
异常 異常 yì cháng unusual; abnormal; extremely; exceptionally HSK 6
不见 不見 bù jiàn not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing HSK 6
再说 再說 zài shuō to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides HSK 6
娱乐 娛樂 yú lè to entertain; to amuse; entertainment; recreation; amusement; hobby; fun; joy HSK 6
赚 賺 zhuàn to earn; to make a profit HSK 6
印 印 yìn to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image HSK 6
算是 算是 suàn shì considered to be; at last HSK 6
觉 覺 jiào a nap; a sleep HSK 6
解 解 jiě to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection HSK 6
为何 為何 wèi hé why HSK 6
学会 學會 xué huì to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association HSK 6
岛 島 dǎo island HSK 6
样 樣 yàng manner; pattern; way; appearance; shape; classifier: kind, type HSK 6
逼 偪 bī to force (sb to do sth); to compel; to press for; to extort; to press on towards; to press up to; to close in on; euphemistic variant of 屄 HSK 6
便 便 biàn plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
一声不响 一聲不響 yī shēng bù xiǎng to keep totally silent; noiselessly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
姨妈 姨媽 yí mā (coll.) mother's sister; maternal aunt Colloquialism ∼HSK 5
甚 甚 shèn what (literary, = 什么) ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
丘 丘 Qiū hill; elder; empty; a name ∼HSK 5
後 後 hòu behind, rear, after; descendents ∼HSK 5
咒 呪 zhòu curse, damn, incantation ∼HSK 5
侯 侯 Hóu marquis, lord; target in archery ∼HSK 5
祥 祥 xiáng good luck, good omen; happiness ∼HSK 5
跪下 跪下 guì xia to kneel down ∼HSK 5
媛 媛 yuán beauty, beautiful woman ∼HSK 5
慰 慰 wèi comfort, console, calm ∼HSK 5
猎 獵 liè hunt; field sports ∼HSK 5
潜意识 潛意識 qián yì shí unconscious mind; subconscious mind; subconsciousness ∼HSK 5
迂腐 迂腐 yū fǔ pedantic; trite; inflexible; adherence to old ideas ∼HSK 5
改革派 改革派 gǎi gé pài the reformist party ∼HSK 5
佐 佐 zuǒ assist, aid, second; subordinate ∼HSK 5
看清 看清 kàn qīng to see clearly ∼HSK 5
婶 嬸 shěn wife of father's younger brother ∼HSK 5
阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 Ēmítuófó Amitabha Buddha (also a Buddhist greeting) ∼HSK 5