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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| 警方 警方 | police | |
| 听得见 聽得見 | audible | |
| 女孩子 女孩子 | girl | |
| 工作者 工作者 | worker | |
| 上船 上船 | to get on the boat | |
| 向南 向南 | southward | |
| 那种 那種 | that kind of | |
| 大油 大油 | lard | |
| 查房 查房 | to inspect a room; to do the rounds (medical) | |
| 务 務 | affairs, business; must, should | |
| 不怕 不怕 | fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though | |
| 姊夫 姊夫 | older sister's husband | |
| 带走 帶走 | to carry; to take away | |
| 换新 換新 | to replace with sth new; to upgrade | |
| 笔名 筆名 | pen name; pseudonym | |
| 老头 老頭 | old fellow; old man; father; husband | |
| 改天 改天 | another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check | |
| 一套 一套 | suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior | |
| 孩子们 孩子們 | children | |
| 妹夫 妹夫 | younger sister's husband | |
| 半边 半邊 | half of sth; one side of sth | |
| 车头灯 車頭燈 | (vehicle) headlight | |
| 有权 有權 | to have the right to; to be entitled to; to have authority; powerful | |
| 片场 片場 | filming location; film set | |
| 才不 才不 | by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! | |
| 澳洲 澳洲 | Australia | |
| 英 英 | petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English | |
| 表妹 表妹 | younger female cousin via female line | |
| 表弟 表弟 | younger male cousin via female line | |
| 算出 算出 | to figure out | |
| 借给 借給 | to lend to sb | |
| 倒楣 倒楣 | variant of | |
| 过当 過當 | excessive | |
| 了当 了當 | frank; outspoken; ready; settled; in order; (old) to deal with; to handle | |
| 小意思 小意思 | small token; mere trifle (used of one's gifts) | |
| 手气 手氣 | luck (in gambling) | |
| 几千 幾千 | several thousand | |
| 弄到 弄到 | to get hold of; to obtain; to secure; to come by | |
| 每次 每次 | every time | |
| 开市 開市 | (of a store, stock market etc) to open for trading; to make the first transaction of the day | |
| 带过 帶過 | to give sth only cursory attention; to treat sth as not very significant | |
| 买房 買房 | to buy a house | |
| 收租 收租 | to collect rent | |
| 十万 十萬 | hundred thousand | |
| 成了 成了 | to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! | |
| 电眼 電眼 | beautiful, expressive eyes | |
| 黄油 黃油 | butter | |
| 帮办 幫辦 | assist in managing; deputy | |
| 不得 不得 | must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot | |
| 不可能 不可能 | impossible; cannot; not able |