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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| 父亲 父親 | father; also pr. [fù qin] | |
| 光 光 | light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | |
| 抓 抓 | to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch | |
| 约 約 | to weigh in a balance or on a scale | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 绝对 絕對 | absolute; unconditional | |
| 到底 到底 | finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last | |
| 伤 傷 | to injure; injury; wound | |
| 报告 報告 | to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture | |
| 容易 容易 | easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to | |
| 里面 裡面 | inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] | |
| 精神 精神 | spirit; mind; consciousness; thought; mental; psychological; essence; gist | |
| 除了 除了 | besides; apart from (... also...); in addition to; except (for) | |
| 区 區 | area; region; district; small; distinguish | |
| 个人 個人 | individual; personal; oneself | |
| 下来 下來 | to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders) | |
| 比较 比較 | to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison | |
| 马 馬 | horse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess | |
| 目前 目前 | at the present time; currently | |
| 游戏 遊戲 | game; to play | |
| 根本 根本 | fundamental; basic; root; simply; absolutely (not); (not) at all | |
| 保证 保證 | guarantee; to guarantee; to ensure; to safeguard; to pledge | |
| 整个 整個 | whole; entire; total | |
| 注意 注意 | to take note of; to pay attention to | |
| 强 強 | stubborn; unyielding | |
| 调查 調查 | investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll | |
| 转 轉 | to revolve; to turn; to circle about; to walk about; classifier for revolutions (per minute etc): revs, rpm; classifier for repeated actions | |
| 者 者 | (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er; -ist; (used after a number or 后 or 前 to refer to sth mentioned previously); (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term); (old) (used at the end of a command); (old) this | |
| 解决 解決 | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem); to eliminate; to wipe out (an enemy, bandits etc) | |
| 消息 消息 | news; information | |
| 部 部 | ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc | |
| 当然 當然 | only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt | |
| 连 連 | to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) | |
| 其实 其實 | actually; in fact; really | |
| 受 受 | to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker) | |
| 只有 只有 | only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") | |
| 由 由 | to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... | |
| 美 美 | (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) | |
| 每 每 | each; every | |
| 总 總 | general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc | |
| 内 內 | inside; inner; internal; within; interior | |
| 关系 關係 | relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi | |
| 张 張 | to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes | |
| 心 心 | heart; mind; intention; center; core | |
| 世界 世界 | world | |
| 只是 只是 | merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however | |
| 为了 為了 | for; for the purpose of; in order to | |
| 希望 希望 | to hope; a hope; a wish | |
| 种 種 | seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts | |
| 死 死 | to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned |