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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说来说去 說來說去 shuō lái shuō qù 说: speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid · 来: come, coming; return, returning · 说: speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid · 去: go away, leave, depart Idiom ∼HSK 7
大发慈悲 大發慈悲 dà fā cí bēi 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 发: issue, dispatch, send out; hair · 慈: kind, charitable, benevolent · 悲: sorrow, grief; sorry, sad Idiom ∼HSK 7
轻而易举 輕而易舉 qīng ér yì jǔ easy; with no difficulty Idiom HSK 7
邪 衺 xié demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal Colloquialism HSK 7
口吃 口吃 kǒu chī to stammer; to stutter; Taiwan pr. [kǒu jí] HSK 7
孪生 孿生 luán shēng (adj.) twin HSK 7
挂念 掛念 guà niàn concerned HSK 7
药方 藥方 yào fāng prescription HSK 7
就医 就醫 jiù yī to receive medical treatment HSK 7
唯独 唯獨 wéi dú only; just (i.e. it is only that...); all except; unique HSK 7
冤 冤 yuān injustice; grievance; wrong HSK 7
下棋 下棋 xià qí to play chess HSK 7
管教 管教 guǎn jiào to discipline; to teach; to guarantee HSK 7
效益 效益 xiào yì benefit; effectiveness; efficiency HSK 7
安眠药 安眠藥 ān mián yào sleeping pill HSK 7
批发 批發 pī fā wholesale; bulk trade; distribution HSK 7
觉醒 覺醒 jué xǐng to awaken; to come to realize; awakened to the truth; the truth dawns upon one; scales fall from the eyes; to become aware HSK 7
福气 福氣 fú qi good fortune; a blessing HSK 7
煲 煲 bāo to cook slowly over a low flame; pot; saucepan HSK 7
透气 透氣 tòu qì to flow freely (of air); to ventilate; to breathe (of fabric etc); to take a breath of fresh air; to divulge HSK 7
忌 忌 jì to be jealous of; fear; dread; scruple; to avoid or abstain from; to quit; to give up sth HSK 7
改名 改名 gǎi míng to change one's name HSK 7
妖怪 妖怪 yāo guài monster; devil HSK 7
要害 要害 yào hài vital part; (fig.) key point; crucial HSK 7
亲身 親身 qīn shēn personal; oneself HSK 7
上瘾 上癮 shàng yǐn to get into a habit; to become addicted HSK 7
萎缩 萎縮 wěi suō to wither; to dry up (of a plant); to atrophy (of muscle, social custom etc) HSK 7
提早 提早 tí zǎo ahead of schedule; sooner than planned; to bring forward (to an earlier time) HSK 7
讨好 討好 tǎo hǎo to get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on sb; to curry favor with; a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor HSK 7
监察 監察 jiān chá to supervise; to control HSK 7
油漆 油漆 yóu qī oil paints; lacquer; to paint HSK 7
团聚 團聚 tuán jù to reunite; to have a reunion HSK 7
棺材 棺材 guān cai coffin HSK 7
白白 白白 bái bái in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; white HSK 7
幻觉 幻覺 huàn jué illusion; hallucination; figment of one's imagination HSK 7
乡下 鄉下 xiāng xia countryside; rural area HSK 7
葬礼 葬禮 zàng lǐ burial; funeral HSK 7
人为 人為 rén wéi artificial; man-made; having human cause or origin; human attempt or effort HSK 7
惯 慣 guàn accustomed to; used to; indulge; to spoil (a child) HSK 7
铲 剷 chǎn to level off; to root up HSK 7
侦探 偵探 zhēn tàn detective; to do detective work HSK 7
生前 生前 shēng qián (of a deceased) during one's life; while living HSK 7
中途 中途 zhōng tú midway HSK 7
和解 和解 hé jiě to settle (a dispute out of court); to reconcile; settlement; conciliation; to become reconciled HSK 7
打仗 打仗 dǎ zhàng to fight a battle; to go to war HSK 7
萝卜 蘿蔔 luó bo radish (Raphanus sativus), esp. white radish 白萝卜 HSK 7
搜查 搜查 sōu chá to search HSK 7
泄露 泄露 xiè lù to leak (information); to divulge; also pr. [xiè lòu] HSK 7
有益 有益 yǒu yì useful; beneficial; profitable HSK 7
延 延 yán to prolong; to extend; to delay HSK 7