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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| 先后 先後 | early or late; priority; in succession; one after another | |
| 敲门 敲門 | to knock on a door | |
| 用不着 用不著 | not need; have no use for | |
| 间接 間接 | indirect | |
| 亏 虧 | deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that... | |
| 活泼 活潑 | lively; vivacious; brisk; active; (chemistry) reactive | |
| 摔倒 摔倒 | to fall down; to slip and fall; to throw sb to the ground | |
| 高跟鞋 高跟鞋 | high-heeled shoes | |
| 看成 看成 | to regard as | |
| 远处 遠處 | distant place | |
| 歇 歇 | to rest; to take a break; to stop; to halt; (dialect) to sleep; a moment; a short while | |
| 再也 再也 | (not) any more | |
| 礼貌 禮貌 | courtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite | |
| 例外 例外 | exception; to be an exception | |
| 打架 打架 | to fight; to scuffle; to come to blows | |
| 隔壁 隔壁 | next door; neighbor | |
| 学者 學者 | scholar | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 脸色 臉色 | complexion; look | |
| 总算 總算 | at long last; finally; on the whole | |
| 朵 朵 | flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc | |
| 上下 上下 | up and down; top and bottom; old and young; length; about | |
| 闯 闖 | to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships) | |
| 扶 扶 | to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help | |
| 一向 一向 | always (previously); a period of time in the recent past | |
| 打扮 打扮 | to decorate; to dress; to make up; to adorn; manner of dressing; style of dress | |
| 一下子 一下子 | in a short while; all at once; all of a sudden | |
| 稍微 稍微 | a little bit | |
| 倒是 倒是 | contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 起码 起碼 | at the minimum; at the very least | |
| 情形 情形 | circumstances; situation | |
| 敲 敲 | to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge | |
| 赔偿 賠償 | to compensate | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 辞职 辭職 | to resign | |
| 拔 拔 | to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize | |
| 随意 隨意 | as one wishes; according to one's wishes; at will; voluntary; conscious | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 鼻子 鼻子 | nose | |
| 拆 拆 | to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open | |
| 虎 虎 | tiger | |
| 除非 除非 | only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless | |
| 摔 摔 | to throw down; to fall; to drop and break | |
| 认 認 | to recognize; to know; to admit | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 代价 代價 | price; cost; consideration (in share dealing) | |
| 报警 報警 | to sound an alarm; to report sth to the police | |
| 堆 堆 | to pile up; to heap up; a mass; pile; heap; stack; large amount | |
| 线索 線索 | trail; clues; thread (of a story) |