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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抄 抄 chāo to make a copy; to plagiarize; to search and seize; to raid; to grab; to go off with; to take a shortcut; to make a turning move; to fold one's arms HSK 4
阳台 陽臺 yáng tái balcony; porch HSK 4
袜子 襪子 wà zi socks; stockings HSK 4
老家 老家 lǎo jiā native place; place of origin; home state or region HSK 4
准时 準時 zhǔn shí on time; punctual; on schedule HSK 4
加班 加班 jiā bān to work overtime HSK 4
天真 天真 tiān zhēn naive; innocent; artless HSK 4
孙子 孫子 Sūn zǐ Sun Tzu, also known as Sun Wu 孙武 (c. 500 BC, dates of birth and death uncertain), general, strategist and philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period (700-475 BC), believed to be the author of the “Art of War” 孙子兵法, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武经七书 HSK 4
封闭 封閉 fēng bì to close; to seal off; to close down (an illegal venue); closed (i.e. isolated from outside input) HSK 4
赞成 贊成 zàn chéng to approve; to endorse; (literary) to assist HSK 4
担保 擔保 dān bǎo to guarantee; to vouch for HSK 4
被迫 被迫 bèi pò to be compelled; to be forced HSK 4
分散 分散 fēn sàn to scatter; to disperse; to distribute HSK 4
办事 辦事 bàn shì to handle (affairs); to work HSK 4
江 江 jiāng river HSK 4
说不定 說不定 shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe HSK 4
胖子 胖子 pàng zi fat person; fatty HSK 4
多年 多年 duō nián many years; for many years; longstanding HSK 4
窗户 窗戶 chuāng hu window HSK 4
眼镜 眼鏡 yǎn jìng spectacles; eyeglasses HSK 4
植物 植物 zhí wù plant; vegetation HSK 4
抓紧 抓緊 zhuā jǐn to keep a firm grip on; to pay close attention to; to lose no time in (doing sth) HSK 4
笨 笨 bèn stupid; foolish; silly; slow-witted; clumsy HSK 4
改善 改善 gǎi shàn to make better; to improve HSK 4
大哥 大哥 dà gē eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss HSK 4
负担 負擔 fù dān to bear (an expense, a responsibility etc); burden HSK 4
平均 平均 píng jūn average; on average; evenly; in equal proportions HSK 4
叔叔 叔叔 shū shu father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu] HSK 4
统计 統計 tǒng jì statistics; to count; to add up HSK 4
稳 穩 wěn settled; steady; stable HSK 4
教训 教訓 jiào xun to provide guidance; to lecture sb; to upbraid; a talking-to; a bitter lesson HSK 4
夫妇 夫婦 fū fù a (married) couple; husband and wife HSK 4
黑暗 黑暗 hēi àn dark; darkly; darkness HSK 4
摇 搖 yáo to shake; to rock; to row; to crank HSK 4
地下 地下 dì xià underground; subterranean; covert HSK 4
睡着 睡著 shuì zháo to fall asleep HSK 4
寄 寄 jì to send; to mail; to entrust; to depend on; to attach oneself to; to live (in a house); to lodge; foster (son etc) HSK 4
遇 遇 yù to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance HSK 4
地位 地位 dì wèi position; status; place HSK 4
松 松 sōng pine HSK 4
肚子 肚子 dù zi belly; abdomen; stomach HSK 4
法官 法官 fǎ guān judge (in court) HSK 4
守 守 shǒu to guard; to defend; to keep watch; to abide by the law; to observe (rules or ritual); nearby; adjoining HSK 4
财产 財產 cái chǎn property; assets; estate HSK 4
维持 維持 wéi chí to keep; to maintain; to preserve HSK 4
居民 居民 jū mín resident; inhabitant HSK 4
法院 法院 fǎ yuàn court of law; court HSK 4
登记 登記 dēng jì to register (one's name) HSK 4
挑 挑 tiāo to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick HSK 4
归 歸 guī to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor HSK 4