All's Well, End's Well '97 1997
97家有喜事
Old Mr. Lo has three sons and the youngest one Lo Kung is his favorite. However, Kung does nothing but fool around all day long. Old Mr. Lo is very annoyed about this. The relationship between father and son is thus affected. So on Kung's birthday, his two brothers decide to play a joke on him. They trick him into believing he has won the lottery. Kung is so happy that he spends a tremendous amount of money. When he realizes he is in huge debt, he pretends to go insane and the whole family believes him.
Vocabulary
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| 垫底 墊底 | to put sth on the bottom; to eat sth to tide oneself over until mealtime; to lay the foundation; to come last in the rankings | |
| 嚷 嚷 | to shout; to bellow; to make a big deal of sth; to make a fuss about sth | |
| 镶 鑲 | to inlay; to embed; ridge; border | |
| 风趣 風趣 | charm; humor; wit; humorous; witty | |
| 媳妇 媳婦 | daughter-in-law; wife (of a younger man); young married woman; young woman | |
| 过早 過早 | premature; untimely; (dialect) to have breakfast; breakfast | |
| 脑筋 腦筋 | brains; mind; head; way of thinking | |
| 做主 做主 | see 主 | |
| 陷害 陷害 | to entrap; to set up; to frame (up); to make false charges against | |
| 完好 完好 | intact; in good condition | |
| 拿手 拿手 | expert in; good at | |
| 君子 君子 | nobleman; person of noble character | |
| 不算 不算 | to not calculate; to not count; to not be considered (as); to have no weight | |
| 不愧 不愧 | to be worthy of; to deserve to be called; to prove oneself to be | |
| 上瘾 上癮 | to get into a habit; to become addicted | |
| 不肯 不肯 | Refuse | |
| 幸亏 幸虧 | fortunately; luckily | |
| 金字塔 金字塔 | pyramid (building or structure) | |
| 充当 充當 | to serve as; to act as; to play the role of | |
| 唠叨 嘮叨 | to prattle; to chatter away; to nag; garrulous; nagging | |
| 潜水 潛水 | to dive; to go under water; (in an online forum) to lurk | |
| 潇洒 瀟灑 | confident and at ease; free and easy | |
| 胡说 胡說 | to talk nonsense; drivel | |
| 分明 分明 | clear; distinct; evidently; clearly | |
| 漂 漂 | to float; to drift | |
| 水管 水管 | water pipe | |
| 斩 斬 | to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop | |
| 揪 揪 | to seize; to clutch; to grab firmly and pull | |
| 发财 發財 | to get rich | |
| 咽 咽 | throat; pharynx; narrow pass | |
| 缴 繳 | to hand in; to hand over; to seize | |
| 苍蝇 蒼蠅 | housefly | |
| 蒸 蒸 | to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old); finely chopped firewood (old) | |
| 慢性 慢性 | slow and patient; chronic (disease); slow to take effect (e.g. a slow poison) | |
| 招牌 招牌 | signboard; shop sign; reputation of a business | |
| 保重 保重 | to take care of oneself | |
| 得罪 得罪 | to offend sb; to make a faux pas; a faux pas; see also 罪 | |
| 正经 正經 | decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards | |
| 感性 感性 | perception; perceptual; sensibility; sensitive; emotional; sentimental | |
| 口音 口音 | oral speech sounds (linguistics) | |
| 不适 不適 | unwell; indisposed; out of sorts | |
| 内涵 內涵 | meaningful content; implication; connotation (semantics); inner qualities (of a person) | |
| 好心 好心 | kindness; good intentions | |
| 支票 支票 | check (bank); cheque | |
| 钞票 鈔票 | paper money; a bill (e.g. 100 yuan) | |
| 蘑菇 蘑菇 | mushroom; to pester; to dawdle | |
| 扒 扒 | to peel; to skin; to tear; to pull down; to cling to (sth on which one is climbing); to dig | |
| 可不是 可不是 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 线条 線條 | line (in drawing, calligraphy etc); the lines or contours of a three-dimensional object (hairstyle, clothing, car etc) | |
| 招待 招待 | to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers) |