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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| 大哥 大哥 | eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss | |
| 叔叔 叔叔 | father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu] | |
| 总之 總之 | in a word; in short; in brief | |
| 交换 交換 | to exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math); to commute | |
| 关闭 關閉 | to close; to shut (a window etc); (of a shop, school etc) to shut down | |
| 亚洲 亞洲 | Asia (abbr. for 亚细亚洲) | |
| 想念 想念 | to miss; to remember with longing; to long to see again | |
| 降低 降低 | to reduce; to lower; to bring down | |
| 医学 醫學 | medicine; medical science; study of medicine | |
| 袋 袋 | pouch; bag; sack; pocket | |
| 睡着 睡著 | to fall asleep | |
| 降 降 | to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend | |
| 寄 寄 | to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) | |
| 脑袋 腦袋 | head; skull; brains; mental capability | |
| 镜头 鏡頭 | camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc); scene | |
| 似的 似的 | seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 批 批 | to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) | |
| 箱 箱 | box; trunk; chest | |
| 资源 資源 | Ziyuan county in Guilin 林, Guangxi | |
| 放松 放鬆 | to relax; to slacken; to loosen | |
| 闹 鬧 | noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke | |
| 女士 女士 | lady; madam; Miss; Ms | |
| 治 治 | to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research | |
| 透 透 | (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show | |
| 呼吸 呼吸 | to breathe | |
| 美女 美女 | beautiful woman | |
| 阶段 階段 | stage; section; phase; period | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 究竟 究竟 | to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result | |
| 戴 戴 | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support | |
| 毕业 畢業 | graduation; to graduate; to finish school | |
| 程序 程序 | procedures; sequence; order; computer program | |
| 敌人 敵人 | enemy | |
| 期间 期間 | period of time; time; time period; period | |
| 特殊 特殊 | special; particular; unusual; extraordinary | |
| 教授 教授 | professor; to instruct; to lecture on | |
| 安 安 | (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) | |
| 申请 申請 | to apply for sth; application form | |
| 测试 測試 | to test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area); a test; (computing) beta (version of software) | |
| 否则 否則 | otherwise; if not; or (else) | |
| 醒 醒 | to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to | |
| 的确 的確 | really; indeed | |
| 竟然 竟然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 伤害 傷害 | to injure; to harm | |
| 反 反 | contrary; in reverse; inside out or upside down; to reverse; to return; to oppose; opposite; against; anti-; to rebel; to use analogy; instead; abbr. for 切 phonetic system | |
| 导致 導致 | to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about | |
| 妻子 妻子 | wife and children | |
| 资料 資料 | material; resources; data; information; profile (Internet) |