Hong Kong 73

Hong Kong 73 1974

香港73 xiānggǎng 7

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.

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Vocabulary

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屋 屋 wū (bound form) house; (bound form) room HSK 5
吐 吐 tǔ to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) HSK 5
可怜 可憐 kě lián pitiful; pathetic; to have pity on HSK 5
骗 騙 piàn to cheat; to swindle; to deceive; to get on (a horse etc) by swinging one leg over HSK 5
厉害 厲害 lì hai (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent HSK 5
聪明 聰明 cōng ming intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) HSK 5
吓 嚇 hè to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) HSK 5
剩下 剩下 shèng xià to remain; to be left over HSK 5
偷 偷 tōu to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily HSK 5
戏 戲 xì trick; drama; play; show HSK 5
运 運 yùn to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate HSK 5
加上 加上 jiā shàng plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that HSK 5
丢 丟 diū to lose; to put aside; to throw HSK 5
鬼 鬼 guǐ disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy HSK 5
枪 槍 qiāng gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots HSK 5
人物 人物 rén wù person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting) HSK 5
讨厌 討厭 tǎo yàn to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying HSK 5
棒 棒 bàng stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race HSK 5
傻 傻 shǎ foolish HSK 5
抢 搶 qiāng (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary HSK 5
陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 HSK 5
令 令 líng used in 令; used in 狐 (Taiwan pr. [lìng]) HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
无中生有 無中生有 wú zhōng shēng yǒu to create something from nothing (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
来日方长 來日方長 lái rì fāng cháng the future is long (idiom); there will be ample time for that later; We'll cross that bridge when we get there Idiom ∼HSK 4
受不了 受不了 shòu bù liǎo unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand Xiehouyu HSK 4
拜拜 拜拜 bái bái (loanword) bye-bye; also pr. [bai1 bai1] etc; (coll.) to part ways (with sb); (fig.) to have nothing further to do (with sb or sth) Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
大巴 大巴 dà bā (coll.) large bus; coach; (abbr. for 大型巴士) Colloquialism HSK 4
修理 修理 xiū lǐ to repair; to fix; to prune; to trim; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb Colloquialism HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
垃圾 垃圾 lā jī trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè] Colloquialism HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
汇丰 匯豐 Huì fēng Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
卫国 衛國 Wèi guó state of Wei (c. 1040-209 BC), vassal of Zhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
恒生指数 恒生指數 Héng shēng Zhǐ shù Hang Seng Index (Hong Kong stock market index) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大卫 大衛 Dà wèi (name) David Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
香港大学 香港大學 Xiāng gǎng Dà xué The University of Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
三苏 三蘇 Sān Sū the Three Su's (famous Song dynasty writers Su Xun and his sons Su Shi and Su Zhe) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
蒙地卡罗 蒙地卡羅 Méng dì Kǎ luó Monte-Carlo (Monaco) (Tw) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大屿山 大嶼山 Dà yǔ Shān Lantau Island, an island in Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
沙田 沙田 Shā tián Sha Tin town in New Territories, Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西贡 西貢 Xī gòng Saigon, capital of former South Vietnam; Sai Kung town in New Territories, Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
徐娘半老 徐娘半老 Xú niáng bàn lǎo middle-aged but still attractive woman; lady of a certain age Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
恒生银行 恒生銀行 Héng shēng Yín háng Hang Seng Bank, Hong Kong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
汇丰银行 匯豐銀行 Huì fēng Yín háng Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4