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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照理 照理 zhào lǐ according to reason; usually; in the normal course of events; to attend to ∼HSK 6
漂流 漂流 piāo liú to float on the current; to drift along or about; rafting ∼HSK 6
浪花 浪花 làng huā spray; ocean spray; spindrift; fig. happenings from one's life ∼HSK 6
同花大顺 同花大順 tóng huā dà shùn royal flush (poker) ∼HSK 6
同花顺 同花順 tóng huā shùn straight flush (poker) ∼HSK 6
顺子 順子 shùn zi a straight (poker, mahjong) ∼HSK 6
还清 還清 huán qīng to pay back in full; to redeem a debt ∼HSK 6
心甘情愿 心甘情願 xīn gān qíng yuàn delighted to (do sth, idiom); perfectly happy to do; most willing to do ∼HSK 6
命苦 命苦 mìng kǔ to be born under an ill star ∼HSK 6
雀斑 雀斑 què bān freckles ∼HSK 6
娱乐界 娛樂界 yú lè jiè the entertainment world; show business ∼HSK 6
污辱 汙辱 wū rǔ to humiliate; to insult; to tarnish; to sully ∼HSK 6
扭腰 扭腰 niǔ yāo to sway one's hips; to twist one's waist ∼HSK 6
茶壶 茶壺 chá hú teapot ∼HSK 6
一气之下 一氣之下 yī qì zhī xià in a fit of pique; in a fury ∼HSK 6
低胸 低胸 dī xiōng low-cut (dress); plunging (neckline) ∼HSK 6
丁香 丁香 dīng xiāng lilac (Syringa spp); clove (Syzygium aromaticum) ∼HSK 6
蔷薇 薔薇 qiáng wēi Japanese rose (Rosa multiflora) ∼HSK 6
啰嗦 囉嗦 luō suo variant of ∼HSK 6
露出马脚 露出馬腳 lù chū mǎ jiǎo to reveal the cloven foot (idiom); to unmask one's true nature; to give the game away ∼HSK 6
唱功 唱功 chàng gōng singing skill ∼HSK 6
心焦 心焦 xīn jiāo worried; anxious ∼HSK 6
牺牲品 犧牲品 xī shēng pǐn sacrificial victim; sb who is expendable; item sold at a loss ∼HSK 6
泡茶 泡茶 pào chá to make tea ∼HSK 6
捧红 捧紅 pěng hóng to make popular; to make famous ∼HSK 6
推三推四 推三推四 tuī sān tuī sì to make all sorts of excuses; to keep putting things off (idiom) ∼HSK 6
结帐 結帳 jié zhàng variant of ∼HSK 6
公敌 公敵 gōng dí public enemy ∼HSK 6
自尽 自盡 zì jìn to kill oneself; suicide ∼HSK 6
绞刑架 絞刑架 jiǎo xíng jià gibbet; hanging post ∼HSK 6
绞刑 絞刑 jiǎo xíng to execute by hanging ∼HSK 6
起誓 起誓 qǐ shì to vow; to swear an oath ∼HSK 6
永生永世 永生永世 yǒng shēng yǒng shì forever and ever; for all eternity (idiom) ∼HSK 6
不畏 不畏 bù wèi unafraid; to defy ∼HSK 6
用得着 用得著 yòng de zháo to be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary to HSK 6
照应 照應 zhào ying to look after; to take care of; to attend to HSK 6
狠心 狠心 hěn xīn callous; heartless; to resolve (to do sth); firm resolve (as in 心) HSK 6
小费 小費 xiǎo fèi tip; gratuity HSK 6
待会儿 待會兒 dāi huì r in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] HSK 6
晾 晾 liàng to dry in the air; (fig.) to cold-shoulder HSK 6
歌星 歌星 gē xīng singing star; famous singer HSK 6
耳环 耳環 ěr huán earring HSK 6
要好 要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement HSK 6
打牌 打牌 dǎ pái to play mahjong or cards HSK 6
日语 日語 Rì yǔ Japanese language HSK 6
曲子 曲子 qǔ zi poem for singing; tune; music HSK 6
上当 上當 shàng dàng taken in (by sb's deceit); to be fooled; to be duped HSK 6
照样 照樣 zhào yàng as before; (same) as usual; in the same manner; still; nevertheless HSK 6
强盗 強盜 qiáng dào to rob (with force); bandit; robber HSK 6
来往 來往 lái wǎng to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with HSK 6