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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| 愈 愈 | the more...(the more...); to recover; to heal; better | |
| 迟早 遲早 | sooner or later | |
| 一早 一早 | early in the morning; at dawn | |
| 亲手 親手 | personally; with one's own hands | |
| 深夜 深夜 | very late at night | |
| 何必 何必 | there is no need; why should | |
| 丫头 丫頭 | girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) | |
| 用力 用力 | to exert oneself physically | |
| 筹码 籌碼 | bargaining chip; gaming chip; casino token | |
| 勾 勾 | used in 勾当 | |
| 顺着 順著 | to follow; following; along | |
| 发誓 發誓 | to vow; to pledge; to swear | |
| 见识 見識 | to gain first-hand knowledge of sth; to experience for oneself; knowledge; experience; insight | |
| 谱 譜 | chart; list; table; register; score (music); spectrum (physics); to set to music | |
| 灌 灌 | to irrigate; to pour; to install (software); to record (music) | |
| 缠 纏 | to wind around; to wrap round; to coil; tangle; to involve; to bother; to annoy | |
| 作风 作風 | style; style of work; way | |
| 倒霉 倒霉 | to have bad luck; to be out of luck | |
| 耐 耐 | (bound form) to bear; to endure; to withstand | |
| 大厦 大廈 | (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc) | |
| 功 功 | meritorious deed or service; achievement; result; service; accomplishment; work (physics) | |
| 无论如何 無論如何 | whatever the case; in any event; no matter what; by all possible means | |
| 拼命 拼命 | to do one's utmost; with all one's might; at all costs; (to work or fight) as if one's life depends on it | |
| 宁愿 寧願 | would rather ... (than ...) | |
| 烫 燙 | to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot | |
| 别墅 別墅 | villa | |
| 羡慕 羨慕 | to envy; to admire | |
| 化妆 化妝 | to put on makeup | |
| 应付 應付 | to deal with; to cope | |
| 浪 浪 | wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble | |
| 抛弃 拋棄 | to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb) | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 贱 賤 | inexpensive; lowly; despicable; (bound form) (humble) my | |
| 趁 趁 | to avail oneself of; to take advantage of | |
| 玫瑰 玫瑰 | rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa); rose flower | |
| 少女 少女 | girl; young lady | |
| 不准 不准 | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 审判 審判 | a trial; to try sb | |
| 注定 註定 | to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably | |
| 砍 砍 | to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb | |
| 丁 丁 | male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl | |
| 公寓 公寓 | apartment building; block of flats | |
| 真心 真心 | sincere; heartfelt | |
| 曲 曲 | bent; crooked; wrong | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 盯 盯 | to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at | |
| 许 許 | to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps | |
| 一一 一一 | one by one; one after another | |
| 罗 羅 | gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift |