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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敲诈 敲詐 qiāo zhà to rip off; to extort (money); extortion; blackmail HSK 7
饭碗 飯碗 fàn wǎn rice bowl; fig. livelihood; job; way of making a living HSK 7
笼子 籠子 lóng zi cage; basket; container HSK 7
夜班 夜班 yè bān night shift HSK 7
迫害 迫害 pò hài to persecute HSK 7
歉意 歉意 qiàn yì apology; regret HSK 7
趁着 趁著 chènzhe while HSK 7
寄托 寄託 jì tuō to entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in; a thing in which you invest (your hope, energy etc) HSK 7
出走 出走 chū zǒu to leave home; to go off; to run away HSK 7
引诱 引誘 yǐn yòu to coerce (sb into doing sth bad); to lure (into a trap); to seduce HSK 7
冒充 冒充 mào chōng to feign; to pretend to be; to pass oneself off as HSK 7
玩弄 玩弄 wán nòng to play with; to toy with; to dally with; to engage in; to resort to HSK 7
真情 真情 zhēn qíng real situation; the truth HSK 7
遗弃 遺棄 yí qì to leave; to abandon HSK 7
不肯 不肯 bù kěn Refuse 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
幸亏 幸虧 xìng kuī fortunately; luckily HSK 7
要紧 要緊 yào jǐn important; urgent HSK 7
胡说 胡說 hú shuō to talk nonsense; drivel HSK 7
皱纹 皺紋 zhòu wén wrinkle HSK 7
起伏 起伏 qǐ fú to move up and down; to undulate; ups and downs HSK 7
胆子 膽子 dǎn zi courage; nerve; guts HSK 7
渡过 渡過 dù guò to cross over; to pass through HSK 7
怀抱 懷抱 huái bào to hug; to cherish; within the bosom (of the family); to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc) HSK 7
不容 不容 bù róng must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate HSK 7
帆 㠶 fān sail; Taiwan pr. [fán], except 布 canvas HSK 7
眉毛 眉毛 méi mao eyebrow HSK 7
正经 正經 zhèng jīng decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards HSK 7
暂 暫 zàn temporary; Taiwan pr. [zhàn] HSK 7
头顶 頭頂 tóu dǐng top of the head HSK 7
下落 下落 xià luò whereabouts; to drop; to fall HSK 7
双胞胎 雙胞胎 shuāng bāo tāi twin HSK 7
遮 遮 zhē to cover up (a shortcoming); to screen off; to hide; to conceal HSK 7
报仇 報仇 bào chóu to take revenge; to avenge HSK 7
旋律 旋律 xuán lǜ melody HSK 7
嗓子 嗓子 sǎng zi throat; voice HSK 7
打倒 打倒 dǎ dǎo to overthrow; to knock down; Down with ... ! HSK 7
偏偏 偏偏 piān piān (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people HSK 7
后台 後台 hòu tái backstage area; behind-the-scenes supporter; (computing) back-end; background HSK 7
饶 饒 ráo rich; abundant; exuberant; to add for free; to throw in as bonus; to spare; to forgive; despite; although HSK 7
圈子 圈子 quān zi circle; ring; (social) circle HSK 7
心意 心意 xīn yì intention; regard; kindly feelings HSK 7
怪不得 怪不得 guài bu de no wonder!; so that's why! HSK 7
骗人 騙人 piàn rén to cheat sb; a scam HSK 7
痒 癢 yǎng to itch; to tickle HSK 7
胃口 胃口 wèi kǒu appetite; liking HSK 7
可恶 可惡 kě wù repulsive; vile; hateful; abominable HSK 7
放过 放過 fàng guò to let off; to let slip by; to let sb get away with sth HSK 7
浴室 浴室 yù shì bathroom (room used for bathing) HSK 7
瞒 瞞 mán to conceal from; to keep (sb) in the dark HSK 7