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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礼拜六 禮拜六 Lǐ bài liù Saturday Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
日本鬼子 日本鬼子 Rì běn guǐ zi Japanese devil (common term of abuse in wartime China and in subsequent writing) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
美英 美英 Měi Yīng US and UK; Anglo-American Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
徐 徐 Xú slowly, quietly, calmly; composed, dignified ∼HSK 4
报案 報案 bào àn to report a case to the authorities ∼HSK 4
经纪 經紀 jīng jì to manage (a business); manager; broker ∼HSK 4
伯 伯 bà variant of ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
警 警 jǐng guard, watch; alert, alarm ∼HSK 4
仓 倉 cāng granary; berth; sea ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
玛 瑪 mǎ agate; cornelian ∼HSK 4
浅水 淺水 qiǎn shuǐ shallow water ∼HSK 4
鸭 鴨 yā duck; Anas species (various) ∼HSK 4
婆婆 婆婆 pó po husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
流落 流落 liú luò to wander about destitute; to be stranded ∼HSK 4
峰 峯 fēng peak, summit; hump of camel ∼HSK 4
贴士 貼士 tiē shì (loanword) tip; hint; suggestion; piece of advice ∼HSK 4
大伙 大夥 dà huǒ everybody; everyone; we all ∼HSK 4
法子 法子 fǎ zi way; method; Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5] ∼HSK 4
赤 赤 chì red; scarlet; bare; naked ∼HSK 4
末路 末路 mò lù dead end; impasse; end of the road; final days ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
厕纸 廁紙 cè zhǐ toilet paper ∼HSK 4
不清楚 不清楚 bù qīng chu unclear; not understood; currently unknown ∼HSK 4
署 署 shǔ public office ∼HSK 4
水底 水底 shuǐ dǐ the bottom of a body of water ∼HSK 4
穷苦 窮苦 qióng kǔ impoverished; destitute ∼HSK 4
辛辛苦苦 辛辛苦苦 xīn xīn kǔ kǔ painstakingly; with great trouble ∼HSK 4
鸦片 鴉片 yā piàn opium (loanword) ∼HSK 4
这样子 這樣子 zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
专员 專員 zhuān yuán assistant director; commissioner ∼HSK 4
不准确 不準確 bù zhǔn què imprecise ∼HSK 4
进货 進貨 jìn huò to acquire stock; to replenish stock ∼HSK 4
水务局 水務局 shuǐ wù jú (municipal) water authority ∼HSK 4
概 概 gài generally, approximately ∼HSK 4
责 責 zé duty; responsibility; to reproach; to blame ∼HSK 4
屁 屁 pì break wind; fart; buttocks ∼HSK 4
腰包 腰包 yāo bāo waist purse (old); (fig.) purse; pocket; waist pack; fanny pack; bum bag ∼HSK 4
自个儿 自個兒 zì gě r (dialect) oneself; by oneself ∼HSK 4
马经 馬經 mǎ jīng form (horse racing) ∼HSK 4
轮盘 輪盤 lún pán roulette; wheel ∼HSK 4
雄 雄 xióng male of species; hero; manly ∼HSK 4
教父 教父 jiào fù godfather ∼HSK 4
暴动 暴動 bào dòng insurrection; rebellion ∼HSK 4
仙 仙 xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
彩 彩 cǎi hue, color; variegated colors ∼HSK 4