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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4.14 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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招牌 招牌 zhāo pai signboard; shop sign; reputation of a business HSK 7
通宵 通宵 tōng xiāo all night; throughout the night HSK 7
况且 況且 kuàng qiě moreover; besides; in addition; furthermore HSK 7
开张 開張 kāi zhāng to open a business; first transaction of a business day HSK 7
人手 人手 rén shǒu manpower; staff; human hand HSK 7
疏散 疏散 shū sàn to scatter; to disperse; to evacuate; scattered; to relax HSK 7
好比 好比 hǎo bǐ to be just like; can be compared to HSK 7
窄 窄 zhǎi narrow; narrow-minded; badly off HSK 7
拥挤 擁擠 yōng jǐ crowded; to throng; congestion HSK 7
时髦 時髦 shí máo in vogue; fashionable HSK 7
可不是 可不是 kě bu shì that's just the way it is; exactly! HSK 7
头晕 頭暈 tóu yūn dizzy HSK 7
敷 敷 fū to spread; to lay out; to apply (powder, ointment etc); sufficient (to cover); enough HSK 7
余 餘 yú extra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me HSK 7
把手 把手 bǎ shǒu to shake hands HSK 7
打仗 打仗 dǎ zhàng to fight a battle; to go to war HSK 7
塌 塌 tā to collapse; to droop; to settle down HSK 7
董事 董事 dǒng shì board member HSK 7
统统 統統 tǒng tǒng totally HSK 7
股市 股市 gǔ shì stock market HSK 7
偏偏 偏偏 piān piān (indicates that sth turns out just the opposite of what one would wish) unfortunately; as it happened; (indicates that sth is the opposite of what would be normal or reasonable) stubbornly; contrarily; against reason; (indicates that sb or a group is singled out) precisely; only; of all people HSK 7
啃 啃 kěn to gnaw; to nibble; to bite HSK 7
停电 停電 tíng diàn to have a power failure; power cut HSK 7
和尚 和尚 hé shang Buddhist monk HSK 7
蜡烛 蠟燭 là zhú candle HSK 7
一手 一手 yī shǒu a skill; mastery of a trade; by oneself; without outside help HSK 7
兑现 兌現 duì xiàn (of a check etc) to cash; to honor a commitment HSK 7
鹅 鵝 é goose HSK 7
怪不得 怪不得 guài bu de no wonder!; so that's why! HSK 7
垮 垮 kuǎ to collapse (lit. or fig.) HSK 7
廉价 廉價 lián jià cheaply-priced; low-cost HSK 7
职员 職員 zhí yuán office worker; staff member HSK 7
痒 癢 yǎng to itch; to tickle HSK 7
漆 漆 qī paint; lacquer; to paint (furniture, walls etc) HSK 7
保管 保管 bǎo guǎn to hold in safekeeping; to have in one's care; to guarantee; certainly; surely; custodian; curator HSK 7
损坏 損壞 sǔn huài to damage; to injure HSK 7
绳子 繩子 shéng zi cord; string; rope HSK 7
何况 何況 hé kuàng let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more HSK 7
别说 別說 bié shuō to say nothing of; not to mention; let alone HSK 7
除此之外 除此之外 chú cǐ zhī wài apart from this; in addition to this HSK 7
通往 通往 tōng wǎng to lead to HSK 7
美人 美人 měi rén beauty; belle HSK 7
一早 一早 yī zǎo early in the morning; at dawn HSK 7
为人 為人 wéi rén to conduct oneself; behavior; conduct; personal character HSK 7
摊 攤 tān to spread out; vendor's stand HSK 7
沙滩 沙灘 shā tān beach; sandy shore HSK 7
废话 廢話 fèi huà nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) HSK 7
喘 喘 chuǎn to gasp; to pant; asthma HSK 7
糊涂 糊塗 hú tu muddled; silly; confused HSK 7
讽刺 諷刺 fěng cì to satirize; to mock; irony; satire; sarcasm HSK 7