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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| 资格 資格 | qualifications; seniority | |
| 专门 專門 | specialist; specialized; customized | |
| 及时 及時 | timely; at the right time; promptly; without delay | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 铁 鐵 | iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) | |
| 主任 主任 | director; head | |
| 上去 上去 | to go up | |
| 存 存 | to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 烟 煙 | cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke | |
| 宣传 宣傳 | to disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda | |
| 调整 調整 | to adjust; adjustment; revision | |
| 现金 現金 | cash | |
| 防 防 | to protect; to defend; to guard against; to prevent | |
| 费 費 | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 赶紧 趕緊 | hurriedly; without delay | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 文章 文章 | article; essay; literary works; writings; hidden meaning | |
| 浪费 浪費 | to waste; to squander | |
| 取消 取消 | to cancel; cancellation | |
| 立刻 立刻 | forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once | |
| 升 升 | to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗 | |
| 付 付 | to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things | |
| 证据 證據 | evidence; proof; testimony | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 旧 舊 | old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) | |
| 修 修 | to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) | |
| 钟 鐘 | clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | |
| 意外 意外 | unexpected; accident; mishap | |
| 咖啡 咖啡 | coffee (loanword) | |
| 足够 足夠 | enough; sufficient | |
| 建 建 | to establish; to found; to set up; to build; to construct | |
| 压 壓 | to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 胜 勝 | victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [shēng]) able to bear; equal to (a task) | |
| 奇怪 奇怪 | strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled | |
| 周围 周圍 | environs; surroundings; periphery | |
| 合 合 | 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 | |
| 顿 頓 | to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal | |
| 大概 大概 | roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea | |
| 保 保 | Bulgaria; Bulgarian; abbr. for 保加利亚 | |
| 乐 樂 | happy; cheerful; to laugh | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 艺术 藝術 | art | |
| 期 朞 | a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qí] |