Apartment for Ladies

Apartment for Ladies 1970

女子公寓 nǚzǐ gōngyù

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.

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4.15 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
哦 哦 é to chant HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
扭扭捏捏 扭扭捏捏 niǔ niǔ niē niē affecting shyness or embarrassment; coy; mincing (walk, manner of speech); mannered Idiom ∼HSK 6
执迷不悟 執迷不悟 zhí mí bù wù to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
及时行乐 及時行樂 jí shí xíng lè to enjoy the present (idiom); to live happily with no thought for the future; make merry while you can; carpe diem Idiom ∼HSK 6
甜言蜜语 甜言蜜語 tián yán mì yǔ (idiom) sweet words; sweet talk; cajolery Idiom ∼HSK 6
得意忘形 得意忘形 dé yì wàng xíng so pleased as to lose one's sense of measure; beside oneself with joy Idiom ∼HSK 6
神魂颠倒 神魂顛倒 shén hún diān dǎo lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love; fascinated; captivated Idiom ∼HSK 6
同病相怜 同病相憐 tóng bìng xiāng lián fellow sufferers empathize with each other (idiom); misery loves company Idiom ∼HSK 6
恭敬不如从命 恭敬不如從命 gōng jìng bù rú cóng mìng deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom); (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc) Idiom ∼HSK 6
贱货 賤貨 jiàn huò bitch; slut Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
帮凶 幫兇 bāng xiōng variant of Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
窝囊废 窩囊廢 wō nang fèi (coll.) spineless coward; wimp; a good-for-nothing Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
姊姊 姊姊 zǐ zǐ older sister; Taiwan pr. [jie3 jie5] ∼HSK 6
饶了 饒了 ráo le to spare; to forgive ∼HSK 6
花花公子 花花公子 huā huā gōng zǐ playboy ∼HSK 6
洋房 洋房 yáng fáng Western-style house ∼HSK 6
憔悴 憔悴 qiáo cuì wan and sallow; thin and pallid; haggard; (of plants) withered ∼HSK 6
饶命 饒命 ráo mìng to spare sb's life ∼HSK 6
金丝雀 金絲雀 jīn sī què canary ∼HSK 6
甩掉 甩掉 shuǎi diào to throw off; to abandon; to cast off; to get rid of; to dump ∼HSK 6
惊怕 驚怕 jīng pà alarmed; frightened ∼HSK 6
十分之一 十分之一 shí fēn zhī yī one tenth ∼HSK 6
色狼 色狼 sè láng lecher; pervert; wolf ∼HSK 6
有生以来 有生以來 yǒu shēng yǐ lái (idiom) since birth; for one's whole life ∼HSK 6
今宵 今宵 jīn xiāo tonight (literary) ∼HSK 6
私奔 私奔 sī bēn to elope ∼HSK 6
坟地 墳地 fén dì graveyard; cemetery ∼HSK 6
添麻烦 添麻煩 tiān má fan to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience ∼HSK 6
家公 家公 jiā gōng head of a family; (polite) my father; (polite) my grandfather; your esteemed father ∼HSK 6
我儿 我兒 wǒ rén my child ∼HSK 6
脱衣服 脫衣服 tuō yī fú undress ∼HSK 6
兜兜 兜兜 dōu dou an undergarment covering chest and abdomen ∼HSK 6
冤大头 冤大頭 yuān dà tóu spendthrift and foolish; sb with more money than sense ∼HSK 6
不负 不負 bù fù to live up to ∼HSK 6
拐骗 拐騙 guǎi piàn swindle; abduct ∼HSK 6
女伴 女伴 nǚ bàn female companion ∼HSK 6
做功 做功 zuò gōng (physics) to do work; non-vocal acting (in traditional Chinese opera) ∼HSK 6
作弄 作弄 zuò nòng to tease; to play tricks on ∼HSK 6