Apartment for Ladies 1970
女子公寓
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.
Vocabulary
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| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 法 㳒 | France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] | |
| 根据 根據 | according to; based on; basis; foundation | |
| 首 首 | head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 研究 研究 | research; a study; to research; to look into | |
| 曾 曾 | once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 关于 關於 | pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of | |
| 之间 之間 | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 了解 了解 | to understand; to realize; to find out | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 遍体鳞伤 遍體鱗傷 | (idiom) covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue | Idiom |
| 夜阑人静 夜闌人靜 | the still of the night (idiom); late at night | Idiom |
| 找死 找死 | to court death; to take a big risk | Xiehouyu |
| 老不死 老不死 | (derog.) old but still alive; old fart; old bastard | Xiehouyu |
| 管不着 管不著 | to have no right or ability to interfere in sth; it's none of your business! | Xiehouyu |
| 没用 沒用 | useless | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 马拉加 馬拉加 | Málaga, Spain; Malaga city in Iranian East Azerbaijan | Proper Noun |
| 台北 臺北 | Taipei, capital of Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 某人 某人 | someone; a certain person; some people; I (self-address after one's surname) | Proper Noun |
| 美玲 美玲 | Meiling (female name); Zhou Meiling (1969-), Taiwanese gay film director | Proper Noun |
| 吴 吳 | name of warring state; surname | |
| 在台 在臺 | in Taiwan (used attributively) | |
| 谈谈 談談 | to discuss; to have a chat | |
| 绝不 絕不 | in no way; not in the least; absolutely not | |
| 搬出去 搬出去 | to move out (vacate); to shift sth out | |
| 相好 相好 | to be intimate; close friend; paramour | |
| 般 般 | sort, manner, kind, category | |
| 输给 輸給 | to lose to (sb); to be outdone by | |
| 赶走 趕走 | to drive out; to turn back | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 三角裤 三角褲 | briefs; panties | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) | |
| 准备好了 準備好了 | to be ready | |
| 总有 總有 | inevitably there will be | |
| 录音带 錄音帶 | audio tape | |
| 有办法 有辦法 | can find methods; resourceful; creative | |
| 要死 要死 | extremely; awfully | |
| 赌场 賭場 | casino | |
| 活着 活著 | alive | |
| 美容院 美容院 | beauty salon; beauty parlor |