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

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赚 賺 zuàn to cheat; to swindle HSK 6
解 解 jiě to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection HSK 6
理 理 lǐ texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up HSK 6
藏 藏 Zàng Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 HSK 6
命 命 mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
副 副 fù secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions HSK 6
尽 儘 jǐn to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to HSK 6
逼 偪 bī variant of 逼; to compel; to pressure HSK 6
不再 不再 bù zài no more; no longer HSK 6
入 入 rù to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
如 如 rú as; as if; such as HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
穷途末路 窮途末路 qióng tú mò lù lit. the path exhausted, the end of the road (idiom); an impasse; in a plight with no way out; things have reached a dead end Idiom ∼HSK 5
无可救药 無可救藥 wú kě jiù yào lit. no antidote is possible (idiom); incurable; incorrigible; beyond redemption Idiom ∼HSK 5
混蛋 混蛋 hún dàn scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
滚蛋 滾蛋 gǔn dàn get out of here!; beat it! Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
小气鬼 小氣鬼 xiǎo qì guǐ miser; penny-pincher Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
老样子 老樣子 lǎo yàng zi old situation; things as they were Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
走着瞧 走著瞧 zǒu zhe qiáo wait and see (who is right) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 5
慌 慌 huāng to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得) unbearably; terribly Colloquialism HSK 5
收拾 收拾 shōu shi to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 5
估计 估計 gū jì to estimate; to reckon; (coll.) to suppose Colloquialism HSK 5
佐 佐 zuǒ assist, aid, second; subordinate ∼HSK 5
淑 淑 shū good, pure, virtuous, charming ∼HSK 5
珍 珍 zhēn precious, valuable, rare ∼HSK 5
妮 妮 nī maid, servant girl; cute girl ∼HSK 5
谭 譚 Tán surname ∼HSK 5
慧 慧 huì bright, intelligent; intelligence ∼HSK 5
老兄 老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy ∼HSK 5
逊 遜 xùn humble, modest; yield ∼HSK 5
主唱 主唱 zhǔ chàng to sing the lead vocals; lead singer ∼HSK 5
讯号 訊號 xùn hào signal ∼HSK 5
抢走 搶走 qiǎng zǒu to snatch (esp related to a robbery) ∼HSK 5
莉 莉 lì white jasmine ∼HSK 5
莲 蓮 lián lotus, water lily; paradise ∼HSK 5
彼岸 彼岸 bǐ àn the other shore; (Buddhism) paramita ∼HSK 5
喝醉 喝醉 hē zuì to get drunk ∼HSK 5
勾引 勾引 gōu yǐn to seduce; to tempt ∼HSK 5
怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? ∼HSK 5
胡说八道 胡說八道 hú shuō bā dào to talk rubbish ∼HSK 5
脱衣舞 脫衣舞 tuō yī wǔ striptease ∼HSK 5
作曲家 作曲家 zuò qǔ jiā composer; songwriter ∼HSK 5
艳福 艷福 yàn fú luck with women ∼HSK 5
什么话 什麼話 shén yāo huà what kind of talk ∼HSK 5
狂风 狂風 kuáng fēng gale; squall; whole gale (meteorology) ∼HSK 5
红利 紅利 hóng lì bonus; dividend ∼HSK 5
帐 帳 zhàng tent; account ∼HSK 5
甚 甚 shèn what (literary, = 什么) ∼HSK 5
么 麼 me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5