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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| 听说 聽說 | to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking | |
| 推 推 | to push; to cut; to refuse; to reject; to decline; to shirk (responsibility); to put off; to delay; to push forward; to nominate; to elect; massage | |
| 通知 通知 | to notify; to inform; notice; notification | |
| 街 街 | street | |
| 日子 日子 | day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life | |
| 留下 留下 | to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go | |
| 鱼 魚 | fish | |
| 排 排 | a row; a line; to set in order; to arrange; to line up; to eliminate; to drain; to push open; platoon; raft; classifier for lines, rows etc | |
| 正是 正是 | is precisely | |
| 收到 收到 | to receive | |
| 刚才 剛才 | just now; a moment ago | |
| 样子 樣子 | appearance; manner; pattern; model | |
| 运动 運動 | to move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motion; movement; campaign | |
| 年轻 年輕 | young | |
| 海 海 | ocean; sea; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous | |
| 省 省 | to save; to economize; to be frugal; to omit; to delete; to leave out; province; provincial capital; a ministry (of the Japanese government) | |
| 就要 就要 | will; shall; to be going to | |
| 改 改 | to change; to alter; to transform; to correct | |
| 嘴 嘴 | mouth; beak; nozzle; spout (of teapot etc) | |
| 后来 後來 | afterwards; later; newly arrived | |
| 假 假 | used in 掰 | |
| 超过 超過 | to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip | |
| 不少 不少 | many; a lot; not few | |
| 市 市 | market; city | |
| 主要 主要 | main; principal; major; primary | |
| 查 查 | to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) | |
| 短 短 | short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault | |
| 许多 許多 | many; a lot of; much | |
| 满 滿 | Manchu ethnic group | |
| 弄 弄 | to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with | |
| 低 低 | low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline | |
| 漂亮 漂亮 | pretty; beautiful | |
| 离 離 | mythical beast (archaic) | |
| 怕 怕 | to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps | |
| 只能 只能 | can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice | |
| 数 數 | to count; to count as; to regard as; to enumerate; to list | |
| 收 收 | to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) | |
| 近 近 | near; close to; approximately | |
| 做到 做到 | to accomplish; to achieve | |
| 眼睛 眼睛 | eye | |
| 新闻 新聞 | news | |
| 边 邊 | side; edge; margin; border; boundary; simultaneously | |
| 一般 一般 | same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general | |
| 红 紅 | red; popular; revolutionary; bonus | |
| 原来 原來 | original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out | |
| 倒 倒 | to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit | |
| 故事 故事 | old practice | |
| 气 氣 | gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi | |
| 银行 銀行 | bank | |
| 停 停 | to stop; to halt; to park (a car) |