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.

HSK 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
4.15 Intermediate

Vocabulary

Filter the words you want to study before watching.

一言为定 一言為定 yī yán wéi dìng (idiom) it's a deal; that's settled then Idiom ∼HSK 4
喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom); fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old Idiom ∼HSK 4
花言巧语 花言巧語 huā yán qiǎo yǔ graceful words, flowery speech (idiom); elegant but insincere words; cheating wheedling; dishonest rhetoric Idiom ∼HSK 4
无法无天 無法無天 wú fǎ - wú tiān (idiom) defiant of the law and lacking any sense of morality; lawless; out of control; unruly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
拜拜 拜拜 bái bái (loanword) bye-bye; also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc; (coll.) to part ways (with sb); (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
南昌 南昌 Nán chāng Nanchang, prefecture-level city and capital of Jiangxi Province; Nanchang county in Nanchang 南昌, Jiangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
红旗 紅旗 Hóng qí Hongqi district of Xinxiang city, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清水 清水 Qīng shuǐ Qingshui (place name); Shimizu (Japanese surname and place name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
港币 港幣 Gǎng bì Hong Kong currency; Hong Kong dollar Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
威廉 威廉 Wēi lián William or Wilhelm (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
尤 尤 Yóu especially, particularly ∼HSK 4
蒂 蒂 dì peduncle or stem of plants ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
娜 娜 nà elegant, graceful, delicate ∼HSK 4
郭 郭 Guō outer part (of a city); surname ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
雅 雅 yǎ elegant, graceful, refined ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
玩牌 玩牌 wán pái to play cards; to play mahjong ∼HSK 4
丽 麗 Lí beautiful, magnificent, elegant ∼HSK 4
莎 莎 shā kind of sedge grass, used anciently for raincoats ∼HSK 4
泛 氾 fàn to drift, float; careless, reckless ∼HSK 4
巨 巨 jù large, great, enormous; chief ∼HSK 4
受欢迎 受歡迎 shòu huān yíng popular; well-received ∼HSK 4
加倍 加倍 jiā bèi to double; to redouble ∼HSK 4
守信用 守信用 shǒu xìn yòng to keep one's word; trustworthy ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
旗 旂 qí banner, flag, streamer ∼HSK 4
窗 牎 chuāng window ∼HSK 4
脱下 脫下 tuō xià to take off (clothing) ∼HSK 4
这样子 這樣子 zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
轮到 輪到 lún dào to be (sb's or sth's) turn ∼HSK 4
见怪 見怪 jiàn guài to mind; to take offense ∼HSK 4
秘 祕 mì secret, mysterious, abstruse ∼HSK 4
交际花 交際花 jiāo jì huā (female) social butterfly; socialite; courtesan ∼HSK 4
吵醒 吵醒 chǎo xǐng to wake sb up with a noise ∼HSK 4
施 施 Shī grant, bestow; give; act; name ∼HSK 4
归根结底 歸根結底 guī gēn jié dǐ in the final analysis; ultimately ∼HSK 4
会厌 會厭 huì yàn epiglottis ∼HSK 4
顶替 頂替 dǐng tì to replace ∼HSK 4
航线 航線 háng xiàn air or shipping route ∼HSK 4
示 示 shì show, manifest; demonstrate ∼HSK 4
四方 四方 sì fāng four-way; four-sided; in all directions; everywhere ∼HSK 4
上了年纪 上了年紀 shàng le nián jì to be getting on in years; to be of the older generation ∼HSK 4