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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电影导演 電影導演 diàn yǐng dǎo yǎn film director ∼HSK 4
威 威 wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
失和 失和 shī hé disharmony; to become estranged ∼HSK 4
王八蛋 王八蛋 wáng bā dàn bastard; son of a bitch ∼HSK 4
氏 氏 shì clan, family; mister ∼HSK 4
老家伙 老傢伙 lǎo jiā huo variant of ∼HSK 4
私 私 sī private, personal; secret ∼HSK 4
坐牢 坐牢 zuò láo to be imprisoned ∼HSK 4
局子 局子 jú zi police station ∼HSK 4
应有 應有 yīng yǒu to deserve (attention, respect etc); should have (freedoms, rights etc) ∼HSK 4
市政 市政 shì zhèng municipal administration ∼HSK 4
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
杰 傑 jié hero; heroic, outstanding ∼HSK 4
湿透 濕透 shī tòu drenched; wet through ∼HSK 4
毕 畢 Bì end, finish, conclude; completed ∼HSK 4
轮到 輪到 lún dào to be (sb's or sth's) turn ∼HSK 4
教导 教導 jiào dǎo to instruct; to teach; guidance; teaching ∼HSK 4
单传 單傳 dān chuán to have only one heir in a generation (of a family, clan etc); to be learned from only one master (of a skill, art etc) ∼HSK 4
抽出 抽出 chōu chū to take out; to extract ∼HSK 4
言中 言中 yán zhòng to have one's words prove to be prophetic ∼HSK 4
怀 懷 Huái bosom, breast; carry in bosom ∼HSK 4
王孙 王孫 wáng sūn children of the nobility ∼HSK 4
诗词 詩詞 shī cí verse ∼HSK 4
拘捕 拘捕 jū bǔ to arrest ∼HSK 4
劳工 勞工 láo gōng labor; laborer ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
致力 致力 zhì lì to work for; to devote one's efforts to ∼HSK 4
诗意 詩意 shī yì poetry; poetic quality or flavor ∼HSK 4
害死 害死 hài sǐ to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death ∼HSK 4
无奇不有 無奇不有 wú qí bù yǒu nothing is too bizarre; full of extraordinary things ∼HSK 4
此地 此地 cǐ dì here; this place ∼HSK 4
民选 民選 mín xuǎn democratically elected ∼HSK 4
龄 齡 líng age; years ∼HSK 4
危楼 危樓 wēi lóu (literary) tall building; dangerous building; one that is at risk of collapse ∼HSK 4
竹 竹 zhú bamboo; flute; KangXi radical 118 ∼HSK 4
分之 分之 fēn zhī (indicating a fraction) HSK 4
电灯 電燈 diàn dēng electric light HSK 4
汽水 汽水 qì shuǐ soda pop; carbonated soft drink HSK 4
轮子 輪子 lún zi wheel; (derog.) Falun Gong practitioner HSK 4
学问 學問 xué wèn learning; knowledge HSK 4
平方 平方 píng fāng square (as in square foot, square mile, square root) HSK 4
孙女 孫女 sūn nǚ son's daughter; granddaughter HSK 4
上楼 上樓 shàng lóu to go upstairs HSK 4
优良 優良 yōu liáng fine; good; first-rate HSK 4
不要紧 不要緊 bù yào jǐn unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but HSK 4
讲究 講究 jiǎng jiu to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen HSK 4
着火 著火 zháo huǒ to catch fire HSK 4
巴士 巴士 bā shì bus (loanword); motor coach HSK 4
高尚 高尚 gāo shàng noble; lofty; refined; exquisite HSK 4
暑假 暑假 shǔ jià summer vacation HSK 4