Hong Kong 73 1974
香港73
As the Heng Seng Index reaches unprecedented heights, people from all walks of life go stock speculation crazy. A security guard and his landlord learn firsthand that money is ‘Easy Come, Easy Go’ as their fast fortune disappears overnight in a Macau casino. Meanwhile, greedy neighbours and infidel couples cheat each other and even blue-collar workmen dive into the frenzy. Inevitably, the market tumbles as do the people’s bittersweet lives. A hilarious but ironic tale featuring some of Shaw’s biggest stars.
Vocabulary
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| 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 | |
| 涨 漲 | to rise (of prices, rivers) | |
| 脾气 脾氣 | character; temperament; disposition; bad temper | |
| 明明 明明 | obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely | |
| 赔偿 賠償 | to compensate | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 冻 凍 | to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly | |
| 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 | |
| 偶尔 偶爾 | occasionally; once in a while; sometimes | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 发行 發行 | to publish; to issue (stocks, currency etc); to release; to distribute (a film) | |
| 拆 拆 | to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open | |
| 糟糕 糟糕 | too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad | |
| 罚 罰 | to punish; to penalize | |
| 邻居 鄰居 | neighbor; next door | |
| 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 | |
| 敏感 敏感 | sensitive; susceptible | |
| 挡 擋 | to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission) | |
| 违反 違反 | to violate (a law) | |
| 全都 全都 | all; without exception | |
| 瞧 瞧 | to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit | |
| 驾驶 駕駛 | to pilot (ship, airplane etc); to drive | |
| 不足 不足 | insufficient; lacking; deficiency; not enough; inadequate; not worth; cannot; should not | |
| 收集 收集 | to gather; to collect | |
| 违法 違法 | illegal; to break the law | |
| 回头 回頭 | to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by | |
| 忍 忍 | to bear; to endure; to tolerate; to restrain oneself | |
| 发布 發佈 | to release; to issue; to announce; to distribute; also written 发布 | |
| 骂 罵 | to scold; to abuse; to curse | |
| 只不过 只不過 | only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it's just that ... | |
| 拼 拼 | to piece together; to join together; to stake all; adventurous; at the risk of one's life; to spell | |
| 剩 剩 | to remain; to be left; to have as remainder | |
| 私人 私人 | private; personal; interpersonal; sb with whom one has a close personal relationship; a member of one's clique | |
| 辛苦 辛苦 | exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) | |
| 烂 爛 | soft; mushy; well-cooked and soft; to rot; to decompose; rotten; worn out; chaotic; messy; utterly; thoroughly; crappy; bad | |
| 一辈子 一輩子 | (for) a lifetime | |
| 碎 碎 | (transitive or intransitive verb) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous | |
| 价 價 | price; value; (chemistry) valence | |
| 签 籤 | inscribed bamboo stick (used in divination, gambling, drawing lots etc); small wood sliver; label; tag | |
| 洞 洞 | cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) | |
| 暂时 暫時 | temporary; provisional; for the time being | |
| 人士 人士 | person; figure; public figure | |
| 欠 欠 | to owe; to lack; (literary) to be deficient in; (bound form) yawn; to raise slightly (a part of one's body) | |
| 撞 撞 | to knock against; to bump into; to run into; to meet by accident | |
| 熟悉 熟悉 | to be familiar with; to know well | |
| 之外 之外 | outside; excluding | |
| 回忆 回憶 | to recall; memories |