The Sleep Curse

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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3.9 Beginner Director Herman Yau IMDb 5.6

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eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
shū shu father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu] HSK 4
zǒng zhī in a word; in short; in brief HSK 4
jiāo huàn to exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math); to commute HSK 4
guān to close; to shut (a window etc); (of a shop, school etc) to shut down HSK 4
zhōu Asia (abbr. for 亚细亚洲) HSK 4
xiǎng niàn to miss; to remember with longing; to long to see again HSK 4
jiàng to reduce; to lower; to bring down HSK 4
xué medicine; medical science; study of medicine HSK 4
dài pouch; bag; sack; pocket HSK 4
shuì zháo to fall asleep HSK 4
jiàng to drop; to fall; to come down; to descend HSK 4
to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) HSK 4
nǎo dai head; skull; brains; mental capability HSK 4
jìng tóu camera lens; camera shot (in a movie etc); scene HSK 4
shì de seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] HSK 4
bīng soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike HSK 4
to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) HSK 4
xiāng box; trunk; chest HSK 4
yuán Ziyuan county in Guilin 林, Guangxi HSK 4
fàng sōng to relax; to slacken; to loosen HSK 4
nào 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 HSK 4
shì lady; madam; Miss; Ms HSK 4
zhì 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 HSK 4
tòu (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show HSK 4
to breathe HSK 4
měi beautiful woman HSK 4
jiē duàn stage; section; phase; period HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result HSK 4
dài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support HSK 4
graduation; to graduate; to finish school HSK 4
chéng procedures; sequence; order; computer program HSK 4
rén enemy HSK 4
jiān period of time; time; time period; period HSK 4
shū special; particular; unusual; extraordinary HSK 4
jiào shòu professor; to instruct; to lecture on HSK 4
ān (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) HSK 4
shēn qǐng to apply for sth; application form HSK 4
shì to test (machinery etc); to test (a person's skill in a particular area); a test; (computing) beta (version of software) HSK 4
fǒu otherwise; if not; or (else) HSK 4
xǐng to wake up; to be awake; to become aware; to sober up; to come to HSK 4
què really; indeed HSK 4
jìng rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to HSK 4
guài bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather HSK 4
shāng hài to injure; to harm HSK 4
fǎn 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 HSK 4
dǎo zhì to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about HSK 4
wife and children HSK 4
liào material; resources; data; information; profile (Internet) HSK 4