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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| 绿 綠 | green; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend) | |
| 好处 好處 | easy to get along with | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 舒服 舒服 | comfortable; feeling well | |
| 同事 同事 | colleague; co-worker | |
| 租 租 | to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 公平 公平 | fair; impartial | |
| 到处 到處 | everywhere | |
| 答应 答應 | to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 差不多 差不多 | almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad | |
| 方便 方便 | convenient; suitable; to facilitate; to make things easy; having money to spare; (euphemism) to relieve oneself | |
| 可怕 可怕 | awful; dreadful; fearful; formidable; frightful; scary; hideous; horrible; terrible; terribly | |
| 灯 燈 | lamp; light; lantern | |
| 吹 吹 | to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through | |
| 经理 經理 | manager; director | |
| 信号 信號 | signal | |
| 黄 黃 | yellow; pornographic; to fall through | |
| 千 千 | thousand | |
| 酒店 酒店 | wine shop; pub (public house); hotel; restaurant; (Tw) hostess club | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | |
| 照顾 照顧 | to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after | |
| 一生 一生 | all one's life; throughout one's life | |
| 纸 紙 | paper; classifier for documents, letter etc | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 头发 頭髮 | hair (on the head) | |
| 借 借 | to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) | |
| 明星 明星 | star; celebrity | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 不够 不夠 | not enough; insufficient; inadequate | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 船 舩 | boat; vessel; ship | |
| 养 養 | to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth | |
| 实在 實在 | really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality | |
| 流 流 | to flow; to disseminate; to circulate or spread; to move or drift; to degenerate; to banish or send into exile; stream of water or sth resembling one; class, rate or grade | |
| 喂 喂 | hello (when answering the phone) | |
| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 目的 目的 | purpose; aim; goal; target; objective | |
| 鞋 鞋 | shoe | |
| 通知 通知 | to notify; to inform; notice; notification | |
| 心里 心裡 | chest; heart; mind | |
| 教育 教育 | to educate; to teach; education | |
| 留下 留下 | to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go | |
| 方向 方向 | direction; orientation |