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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| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 借光 借光 | excuse me (i.e. let me through, please); reflected glory; to benefit from sb else's prestige | Xiehouyu |
| 熟人 熟人 | acquaintance; friend | Xiehouyu |
| 没用 沒用 | useless | Xiehouyu |
| 亲 親 | parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear | Xiehouyu |
| 死人 死人 | dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen | Colloquialism |
| 感冒 感冒 | to catch cold; (common) cold; (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative); (Tw) to detest; can't stand | Colloquialism |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 输 輸 | to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) | Colloquialism |
| 血 血 | blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 九龙 九龍 | Kowloon district of Hong Kong | Proper Noun |
| 龙游 龍遊 | Longyou county in Quzhou, Zhejiang | Proper Noun |
| 星期五 星期五 | Friday | Proper Noun |
| 中环 中環 | Central, Hong Kong Island | Proper Noun |
| 东南亚 東南亞 | Southeast Asia | Proper Noun |
| 半山区 半山區 | mid-levels (in Hong Kong) | Proper Noun |
| 每个人 每個人 | everybody; everyone | |
| 修好 修好 | to repair (sth broken); to restore (sth damaged); to establish friendly relations with; (literary) to do meritorious deeds | |
| 志 志 | purpose, will, determination; annals | |
| 种花 種花 | to grow flowers; (dialect) to vaccinate; (dialect) to grow cotton | |
| 岭 嶺 | mountain ridge, mountain peak | |
| 身分证 身分證 | identity card; also written | |
| 楚 楚 | name of feudal state; clear | |
| 点钟 點鐘 | (indicating time of day) o'clock | |
| 爷 爺 | father, grandfather | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 少爷 少爺 | son of the boss; young master of the house; your son (honorific) | |
| 不愿 不願 | unwilling | |
| 非要 非要 | to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) | |
| 调查员 調查員 | investigator | |
| 光是 光是 | solely; just | |
| 亲口 親口 | one's own mouth; fig. in one's own words; to say sth personally | |
| 准备好了 準備好了 | to be ready | |
| 黑压压 黑壓壓 | forming a dense mass | |
| 赵 趙 | surname; ancient state | |
| 胡 胡 | recklessly, foolishly; wildly | |
| 世道 世道 | the ways of the world; the morals of the time | |
| 随叫随到 隨叫隨到 | to be available at any time; to be on call | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) | |
| 别管 別管 | no matter (who, what etc) | |
| 百家乐 百家樂 | baccarat (loanword) | |
| 上星期 上星期 | last week; previous week | |
| 己 己 | self, oneself; personal, private; 6th heavenly stem | |
| 湾 灣 | bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream | |
| 每人 每人 | each person; everybody; per person | |
| 到齐 到齊 | to be all present |