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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记忆 記憶 jì yì to remember; to recall; memory HSK 5
愿 願 yuàn to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing HSK 5
舞 舞 wǔ to dance; to wield; to brandish HSK 5
鬼 鬼 guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
拒绝 拒絕 jù jué to refuse; to decline; to reject HSK 5
享受 享受 xiǎng shòu to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure HSK 5
陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
尽管 儘管 jǐn guǎn despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating HSK 5
神 神 Shén God; abbr. for 舟 HSK 5
令 令 líng used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
肯定 肯定 kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
怪事 怪事 guài shì strange thing; curious occurrence Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
老公 老公 lǎo gōng (coll.) husband Colloquialism HSK 4
田中 田中 Tián zhōng Tianzhong Township in Changhua County, Taiwan; Tanaka (Japanese surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
威尼斯 威尼斯 Wēi ní sī Venice; Venezia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清朝 清朝 Qīng cháo Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
香港大学 香港大學 Xiāng gǎng Dà xué The University of Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
莎士比亚 莎士比亞 Shā shì bǐ yà Shakespeare (name); William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
佛洛伊德 佛洛伊德 Fó luò yī dé Floyd (name); Freud (name); Dr Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the founder of psychoanalysis Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
里根 里根 Lǐ gēn Reagan (name); Ronald Reagan (1911-2004), US president (1981-1989) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
慈禧 慈禧 Cí Xǐ Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天皇 天皇 Tiān huáng Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns; emperor; emperor of Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大东亚共荣圈 大東亞共榮圈 Dà Dōng yà Gòng róng quān Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Japanese wartime slogan for their short-lived Pacific Empire, first enunciated by Prime Minister Prince KONOE Fumimaro 近衛文麿|近卫文麿 in 1938 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
罗生门 羅生門 Luó shēng mén Rashomon, Japanese novel and movie; (fig.) situation where conflicting interpretations of the same event obscure the truth; unsolvable case Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
太平洋战争 太平洋戰爭 Tài píng Yáng Zhàn zhēng Pacific War between Japan and the US, 1941-1945 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
日军 日軍 Rì jūn Japanese army; Japanese troops Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
永泰 永泰 Yǒng tài Yongtai, a county in Fuzhou City, Fujian Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
惜 惜 xī pity, regret, rue, begrudge ∼HSK 4
症 症 zhèng disease, illness, ailment ∼HSK 4
躺下 躺下 tǎng xià to lie down ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
治好 治好 zhì hǎo to cure ∼HSK 4
乖乖 乖乖 guāi guāi (of a child) well-behaved; obediently; (term of endearment for a child) darling; sweetie ∼HSK 4
反人类 反人類 fǎn rén lèi inhuman ∼HSK 4
家父 家父 jiā fù (polite) my father ∼HSK 4
翻开 翻開 fān kāi to open up ∼HSK 4
符 符 Fú i.d. tag, tally, symbol, charm ∼HSK 4
南无 南無 nā mó Buddhist salutation or expression of faith (loanword from Sanskrit); Taiwan pr. [na2 mo2] ∼HSK 4
安人 安人 ān rén to pacify the people; landlady (old); wife of, landlord ∼HSK 4
气态 氣態 qì tài gaseous state (physics); manner; air; bearing ∼HSK 4
治本 治本 zhì běn to tackle a problem at its root; to effect a permanent solution (contrasted with) ∼HSK 4
报应 報應 bào yìng (Buddhism) divine retribution; karma ∼HSK 4
早安 早安 zǎo ān Good morning! ∼HSK 4
份量 份量 fèn liang variant of ∼HSK 4
高材生 高材生 gāo cái shēng student of great ability ∼HSK 4