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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| 拿出 拿出 | to take out; to put out; to provide; to put forward (a proposal); to come up with (evidence) | |
| 玩意儿 玩意兒 | erhua variant of 玩意; toy; thing; trick | |
| 做生意 做生意 | to do business | |
| 照相 照相 | to take a photograph | |
| 斤 斤 | catty; (PRC) weight equal to 500 g; (Tw) weight equal to 600 g; (HK, Malaysia, Singapore) slightly over 604 g | |
| 送到 送到 | Deliver | |
| 英文 英文 | English (language) | |
| 中年 中年 | middle age | |
| 这时候 這時候 | At this moment | |
| 饱 飽 | to eat till full; satisfied | |
| 从小 從小 | from childhood; from a young age | |
| 全家 全家 | whole family | |
| 脏 臟 | viscera; (anatomy) organ | |
| 拿到 拿到 | to get; to obtain | |
| 住院 住院 | to be in hospital; to be hospitalized | |
| 排队 排隊 | to line up | |
| 商量 商量 | to consult; to talk over; to discuss | |
| 半夜 半夜 | midnight; in the middle of the night | |
| 凉 涼 | the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421) | |
| 对面 對面 | (sitting) opposite; across (the street); directly in front; to be face to face | |
| 太太 太太 | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife | |
| 刻 刻 | quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals | |
| 晚餐 晚餐 | evening meal; dinner | |
| 姓 姓 | family name; surname; to be surnamed | |
| 等于 等於 | to equal; to be tantamount to | |
| 相机 相機 | camera (abbr. for 照相机); at the opportune moment; as the circumstances allow | |
| 好人 好人 | good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle | |
| 停车 停車 | to pull up (stop one's vehicle); to park; (of a machine) to stop working; to stall | |
| 全身 全身 | the whole body; (typography) em | |
| 早餐 早餐 | breakfast | |
| 好久 好久 | quite a while | |
| 碗 㼝 | bowl; cup | |
| 碰 掽 | to touch; to meet with; to bump | |
| 便宜 便宜 | convenient | |
| 不好意思 不好意思 | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
| 客人 客人 | visitor; guest; customer; client | |
| 送给 送給 | to send; to give as a present | |
| 流行 流行 | (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate; (of a style of clothing, song etc) popular; fashionable | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 提到 提到 | to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to | |
| 小说 小說 | novel; fiction | |
| 绿 綠 | green; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend) | |
| 重复 重複 | to repeat; to duplicate | |
| 好处 好處 | easy to get along with | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 故意 故意 | deliberately; on purpose | |
| 舒服 舒服 | comfortable; feeling well | |
| 租 租 | to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax | |
| 多久 多久 | (of time) how long?; (not) a long time | |
| 练 練 | to practice; to train; to drill; to perfect (one's skill); exercise; (literary) white silk; to boil and scour raw silk |