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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Vocabulary

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所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
人山人海 人山人海 rén shān rén hǎi (idiom) multitude; vast crowd Idiom ∼HSK 2
为人师表 為人師表 wéi rén shī biǎo to serve as a model for others (idiom); to be a worthy teacher Idiom ∼HSK 2
假的 假的 jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
靠不住 靠不住 kào bu zhù unreliable Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
改行 改行 gǎi háng to change profession Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
干着急 乾著急 gān zháo jí to worry helplessly Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
揩油 揩油 kāi yóu to secretively take advantage of others or public resources for minor personal gain; to grope a woman or girl Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难看 難看 nán kàn ugly; unsightly Xiehouyu HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
弄走 弄走 nòng zǒu (coll.) to take (sth) away; to get rid of Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
猫 貓 māo cat; (dialect) to hide oneself; (coll.) modem Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
香港人 香港人 Xiāng gǎng rén Hong Kong person or people Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
贵姓 貴姓 guì xìng what is your surname?; (May I ask) your surname? Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
伦敦 倫敦 Lún dūn London, capital of United Kingdom Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
非洲 非洲 Fēi zhōu Africa; abbr. for Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
泰国 泰國 Tài guó Thailand Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
挺好 挺好 tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
陈 陳 Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
小孩 小孩 xiǎo hái child ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
层楼 層樓 céng lóu multistoried building; tower; pagoda ∼HSK 2
表哥 表哥 biǎo gē older male cousin via female line ∼HSK 2
骑师 騎師 qí shī jockey; horse rider; horseman; equestrian ∼HSK 2
船票 船票 chuán piào ship ticket ∼HSK 2
什么地方 什麼地方 shén me dì fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
早知道 早知道 zǎo zhī dao If I had known earlier... ∼HSK 2
吃鸡 吃雞 chī jī (video games) PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG); battle royale game; last-man-standing game; to play PUBG (or similar game); to win at PUBG (or similar game) ∼HSK 2
卖出 賣出 mài chū to sell; to reach (a price in an auction) ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
不一样 不一樣 bù yī yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
百万 百萬 bǎi wàn million ∼HSK 2
街上 街上 jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
案 案 àn table, bench; legal case ∼HSK 2
收市 收市 shōu shì to close the market (for the day); to close (a market, shop etc) for business ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
收工 收工 shōu gōng to stop work for the day (generally of laborers); to knock off ∼HSK 2
弄错 弄錯 nòng cuò to err; to get sth wrong; to miscalculate; to misunderstand ∼HSK 2
没问题 沒問題 méi wèn tí no problem ∼HSK 2