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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| 二头肌 二頭肌 | biceps muscle | |
| 肌 肌 | muscle tissue; meat on bones | |
| 接吻 接吻 | to kiss | |
| 喝醉 喝醉 | to get drunk | |
| 翠 翠 | color green; kingfisher | |
| 萝 蘿 | type of creeping plant; turnip | |
| 剪刀石头布 剪刀石頭布 | rock-paper-scissors (game) | |
| 大姑 大姑 | father's oldest sister; husband's older sister; sister-in-law | |
| 暗恋 暗戀 | to be secretly in love with | |
| 病患 病患 | illness; disease; patient; sufferer | |
| 人命 人命 | human life | |
| 无谓 無謂 | pointless; meaningless; unnecessarily | |
| 鸣 鳴 | cry of bird or animal; make sound | |
| 庭 庭 | courtyard; spacious hall or yard | |
| 莲 蓮 | lotus, water lily; paradise | |
| 烤鸭 烤鴨 | roast duck | |
| 年前 年前 | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 大都 大都 | Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing | |
| 火腿 火腿 | ham | |
| 搞好 搞好 | to do well at; to do a good job | |
| 台风 臺風 | stage presence, poise | |
| 用不着 用不著 | not need; have no use for | |
| 间接 間接 | indirect | |
| 梨 梨 | pear | |
| 叉 叉 | to diverge; to open (as legs) | |
| 猴 猴 | monkey | |
| 西装 西裝 | suit; Western-style clothes | |
| 礼貌 禮貌 | courtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite | |
| 彩票 彩票 | lottery ticket | |
| 盒子 盒子 | box; case | |
| 铃 鈴 | (small) bell | |
| 盆 盆 | basin; flower pot; unit of volume equal to 12 斗 and 8 升, approx 128 liters | |
| 胆 膽 | gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) | |
| 签约 簽約 | to sign a contract or agreement | |
| 流动 流動 | to flow; to circulate; to go from place to place; to be mobile; (of assets) liquid | |
| 客厅 客廳 | drawing room (room for arriving guests); living room | |
| 示范 示範 | to demonstrate; to show how to do sth; demonstration; a model example | |
| 打架 打架 | to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows | |
| 隔壁 隔壁 | next door; neighbor | |
| 摄影师 攝影師 | photographer; cameraman | |
| 赔 賠 | to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss | |
| 琴 琴 | guqin 琴 (a type of zither); musical instrument in general | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 包装 包裝 | to pack; to package; to wrap; packaging | |
| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 大胆 大膽 | brazen; audacious; outrageous; bold; daring; fearless | |
| 干脆 乾脆 | candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well | |
| 打扮 打扮 | to decorate; to dress; to make up; to adorn; manner of dressing; style of dress | |
| 寸 寸 | a unit of length; inch; thumb | |
| 脱离 脫離 | to separate oneself from; to break away from; diastasis (medicine); abscission; abjunction (botany) |