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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| 害得 害得 | to cause or lead to sth bad | |
| 怎能 怎能 | how can | |
| 池 池 | pool, pond; moat; cistern | |
| 俏 俏 | like, similar; resemble; pretty | |
| 作曲 作曲 | to compose (music) | |
| 寓 寓 | residence; lodge; dwell | |
| 弥 彌 | extensive, full; fill; complete | |
| 敦 㪟 | esteem; honest, candid, sincere | |
| 琪 琪 | type of jade | |
| 私家 私家 | private; privately owned or managed | |
| 多彩多姿 多彩多姿 | elegant and graceful posture; splendid, full of content | |
| 咪 咪 | sound for calling a cat | |
| 逝 逝 | pass away; die | |
| 腊梅 臘梅 | wintersweet; Japanese allspice; Chimonanthus praecox | |
| 年青 年青 | youthful | |
| 戒子 戒子 | (finger) ring | |
| 可好 可好 | good or not?; luckily; fortuitously | |
| 梭哈 梭哈 | five-card stud (card game) (from English "show hand") | |
| 死鬼 死鬼 | devil (used jocularly or contemptuously); the departed | |
| 鬼话 鬼話 | lie; false words; nonsense | |
| 冒用 冒用 | to falsely use (sb's identity etc) | |
| 光华 光華 | brilliance; splendor; magnificence | |
| 柔道 柔道 | judo | |
| 钾 鉀 | potassium | |
| 妆 妝 | to adorn oneself, dress up, use make-up | |
| 痣 痣 | spots, moles; birthmark | |
| 肉弹 肉彈 | suicide attacker; suicide bomber; voluptuous woman; muscular man | |
| 培植 培植 | to cultivate; to train; cultivation; training | |
| 丢饭碗 丟飯碗 | to lose one's job | |
| 糟了 糟了 | gosh!; oh no!; darn! | |
| 焉 焉 | thereupon, then; how? why? where? | |
| 虎子 虎子 | tiger cub; brave young man | |
| 等着瞧 等著瞧 | wait and see (who is right) | |
| 狂人 狂人 | madman | |
| 插进 插進 | to insert; to stick in; to plug in (an electronic device) | |
| 腻 膩 | greasy, oily, dirty; smooth | |
| 伍 伍 | five, company of five; troops | |
| 拆开 拆開 | to dismantle; to disassemble; to open up (sth sealed); to unpick | |
| 恭候 恭候 | to look forward to sth; to wait respectfully | |
| 作证 作證 | to bear witness; to testify; to serve as evidence | |
| 搔 搔 | to scratch | |
| 可知 可知 | evidently; clearly; no wonder; knowable | |
| 娟 娟 | beautiful, graceful | |
| 失陪 失陪 | Excuse me, I must be leaving now. | |
| 悲 悲 | sorrow, grief; sorry, sad | |
| 礼拜天 禮拜天 | Sunday | |
| 年前 年前 | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 招手 招手 | to wave; to beckon | |
| 一口气 一口氣 | one breath; in one breath; at a stretch | |
| 报答 報答 | to repay; to requite |