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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| 当初 當初 | at that time; originally | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 整理 整理 | to arrange; to tidy up; to sort out; to straighten out; to list systematically; to collate (data, files); to pack (luggage) | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 退出 退出 | to withdraw; to abort; to quit; to log out (computing) | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 伤心 傷心 | to grieve; to be broken-hearted; to feel deeply hurt | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 当中 當中 | among; in the middle; in the center | |
| 女子 女子 | woman; female | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 汤 湯 | rushing current | |
| 积极 積極 | active; energetic; vigorous; positive (outlook); proactive | |
| 铁 鐵 | iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) | |
| 联合 聯合 | to combine; to join; unite; alliance | |
| 生产 生產 | to produce; to manufacture; to give birth to a child | |
| 迷 迷 | to bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused | |
| 互相 互相 | each other; mutually; mutual | |
| 化 化 | to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 | |
| 费 費 | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 对象 對象 | target; object; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend | |
| 证据 證據 | evidence; proof; testimony | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 板 板 | board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious | |
| 接近 接近 | to approach; to get close to | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 足够 足夠 | enough; sufficient | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 奇怪 奇怪 | strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled | |
| 顿 頓 | to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal | |
| 大概 大概 | roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea | |
| 对手 對手 | opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match | |
| 演出 演出 | to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show | |
| 等待 等待 | to wait; to wait for | |
| 龙 龍 | dragon; imperial | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 下面 下面 | below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] | |
| 增加 增加 | to raise; to increase | |
| 准 准 | to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of | |
| 反对 反對 | to oppose; to be against; to object to | |
| 架 架 | to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 空 空 | empty; air; sky; in vain | |
| 职业 職業 | occupation; profession; vocation; professional | |
| 后面 後面 | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards | |
| 刀 刀 | knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs | |
| 追 追 | to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old) | |
| 美丽 美麗 | beautiful |