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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| 太过 太過 | excessively; too | |
| 天大 天大 | gargantuan; as big as the sky; enormous | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 开门 開門 | to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business | |
| 我等 我等 | we; us (archaic) | |
| 不太好 不太好 | not so good; not too well | |
| 买东西 買東西 | to do one's shopping | |
| 找不到 找不到 | can't find | |
| 差点 差點 | almost; nearly | |
| 打烊 打烊 | to close shop in the evening; also pr. [da3 yang2] | |
| 正要 正要 | to be just about to; to be on the point of | |
| 一号 一號 | first day of the month; toilet; (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) | |
| 多多 多多 | many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more | |
| 找回 找回 | to retrieve | |
| 说好 說好 | to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations | |
| 跑出 跑出 | to run out | |
| 好朋友 好朋友 | good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) | |
| 不下 不下 | to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) | |
| 听错 聽錯 | to mishear | |
| 他妈的 他媽的 | (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking | |
| 大钱 大錢 | large sum of money; old Chinese type of coin of high denomination | |
| 你真行 你真行 | you're incredible (often an ironic expression of vexation, but can also express approbation) | |
| 好不 好不 | not at all...; how very... | |
| 怎么了 怎麼了 | What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? | |
| 电椅 電椅 | electric chair (used to execute criminals) | |
| 刽子手 劊子手 | executioner; headsman; slaughterer; fig. indiscriminate murderer | |
| 一个个 一個個 | a number of; each and every one; one by one; one after another | |
| 十五 十五 | fifteen; 15 | |
| 欢喜 歡喜 | happy; joyous; delighted; to like; to be fond of | |
| 有钱 有錢 | well-off; wealthy | |
| 请坐 請坐 | please, have a seat | |
| 请进 請進 | "please come in" | |
| 忘不了 忘不了 | cannot forget | |
| 一天到晚 一天到晚 | all day long; the whole day | |
| 要不是 要不是 | if it were not for; but for | |
| 有名 有名 | famous; well-known | |
| 上车 上車 | to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) | |
| 不大 不大 | not very; not too; not often | |
| 走路 走路 | to walk; to go on foot | |
| 楼下 樓下 | downstairs | |
| 中学 中學 | middle school | |
| 开玩笑 開玩笑 | to play a joke; to make fun of; to joke | |
| 晚饭 晚飯 | evening meal; dinner; supper | |
| 请问 請問 | Excuse me, may I ask...? | |
| 白天 白天 | daytime; during the day; day | |
| 零 零 | zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither | |
| 坐下 坐下 | to sit down | |
| 那儿 那兒 | there | |
| 读书 讀書 | to read a book; to study; to attend school | |
| 男朋友 男朋友 | boyfriend |