Apartment for Ladies

Apartment for Ladies 1970

女子公寓 nǚzǐ gōngyù

Betty Ting Pei plays the lead, a Taiwanese singer searching in Hong Kong for her younger sister, who disappears after coming to HK to be discovered as a nightclub singer.

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4.15 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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岂有此理 豈有此理 qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ how can this be so? (idiom); preposterous; ridiculous; absurd Idiom HSK 7
自私自利 自私自利 zì sī zì lì everything for self and selfish profit (idiom); with no regard for others; selfish; mercenary Idiom HSK 7
相依为命 相依為命 xiāng yī wéi mìng mutually dependent for life (idiom); to rely upon one another for survival; interdependent Idiom HSK 7
神气 神氣 shén qì expression; manner; vigorous; impressive; lofty; pretentious Xiehouyu HSK 7
休想 休想 xiū xiǎng don't think (that); don't imagine (that) Xiehouyu HSK 7
小气 小氣 xiǎo qì stingy; miserly; narrow-minded; petty Xiehouyu HSK 7
冤枉 冤枉 yuān wang to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile Xiehouyu HSK 7
活该 活該 huó gāi (coll.) serve sb right; deservedly; ought; should Xiehouyu HSK 7
不理 不理 bù lǐ to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore Xiehouyu HSK 7
莫名其妙 莫名其妙 mò míng qí miào (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable Xiehouyu HSK 7
亲热 親熱 qīn rè affectionate; intimate; warmhearted; to show affection for; (coll.) to get intimate with sb Colloquialism HSK 7
揍 揍 zòu to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
家伙 傢伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon Colloquialism HSK 7
受过 受過 shòu guò to take the blame (for sb else) HSK 7
过奖 過獎 guò jiǎng to overpraise; to flatter HSK 7
树梢 樹梢 shù shāo the tip of a tree; treetop HSK 7
追悼 追悼 zhuī dào to mourn; to pay last respects HSK 7
波涛 波濤 bō tāo great waves; billows HSK 7
纵然 縱然 zòng rán even if; even though HSK 7
屡次 屢次 lǚ cì repeatedly; time and again HSK 7
谈起 談起 tán qǐ to mention; to speak of; to talk about HSK 7
口哨 口哨 kǒu shào whistle HSK 7
打搅 打攪 dǎ jiǎo to disturb; to trouble; to bother HSK 7
跟上 跟上 gēn shàng to catch up with; to keep pace with HSK 7
出息 出息 chū xī to yield interest, profit etc; to exhale (Buddhism) HSK 7
指教 指教 zhǐ jiào to give advice or comments HSK 7
止步 止步 zhǐ bù to halt; to stop; to go no farther HSK 7
捧场 捧場 pěng chǎng to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge); to root for sb; to sing sb's praises; to flatter HSK 7
竟敢 竟敢 jìng gǎn to have the impertinence; to have the cheek to HSK 7
稀罕 稀罕 xī han rare; uncommon; rare thing; rarity; to value as a rarity; to cherish; Taiwan pr. [xī hǎn] HSK 7
狼狈 狼狽 láng bèi in a difficult situation; to cut a sorry figure; scoundrel! (derog.) HSK 7
交情 交情 jiāo qing friendship; friendly relations HSK 7
禁不住 禁不住 jīn bu zhù can't help it; can't bear it HSK 7
爱戴 愛戴 ài dài to love and respect; love and respect HSK 7
新房 新房 xīn fáng brand new house; bridal chamber HSK 7
受骗 受騙 shòu piàn to be cheated; to be taken in; to be hoodwinked HSK 7
胸膛 胸膛 xiōng táng chest HSK 7
闸 閘 zhá gear; brake; sluice; lock (on waterway); electric switch or circuit breaker HSK 7
好意 好意 hǎo yì good intention; kindness HSK 7
地段 地段 dì duàn section; district HSK 7
无赖 無賴 wú lài hoodlum; rascal; rogue; rascally; scoundrelly HSK 7
胡乱 胡亂 hú luàn careless; reckless; casually; absent-mindedly; at will; at random; any old how HSK 7
麻将 麻將 má jiàng mahjong HSK 7
未免 未免 wèi miǎn unavoidably; can't help; really; rather HSK 7
陶醉 陶醉 táo zuì to be infatuated with; to be drunk with; to be enchanted with; to revel in HSK 7
风趣 風趣 fēng qù charm; humor; wit; humorous; witty HSK 7
过早 過早 guò zǎo premature; untimely; (dialect) to have breakfast; breakfast HSK 7
哑 啞 yǎ mute; dumb; incapable of speech; (of a voice) hoarse; husky; (of a bullet, bomb etc) dud HSK 7
着迷 著迷 zháo mí to be fascinated; to be captivated HSK 7