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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几次 幾次 jǐ cì several times ∼HSK 1
早点 早點 zǎo diǎn breakfast ∼HSK 1
我这儿 我這兒 wǒ zhe r where I am; my place ∼HSK 1
昨晚 昨晚 zuó wǎn yesterday evening; last night ∼HSK 1
六十 六十 liù shí sixty; 60 ∼HSK 1
不住 不住 bù zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly ∼HSK 1
什么的 什麼的 shén me de and so on; and so forth; and what not ∼HSK 1
等一等 等一等 děng yī děng wait a moment ∼HSK 1
等一会儿 等一會兒 děng yī huì r erhua variant of ∼HSK 1
差远 差遠 chà yuǎn inferior; not up to par; to fall far short; to be mistaken ∼HSK 1
坏了 壞了 huài le shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost ∼HSK 1
要钱 要錢 yào qián to charge; to demand payment ∼HSK 1
看上 看上 kàn shàng to look upon; to take a fancy to; to fall for ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
好去 好去 hǎo qù bon voyage; Godspeed ∼HSK 1
老早 老早 lǎo zǎo a long time ago ∼HSK 1
小弟 小弟 xiǎo dì little brother; I, your little brother (humble) ∼HSK 1
帮帮忙 幫幫忙 bāng bang máng to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! ∼HSK 1
这下 這下 zhè xià this time ∼HSK 1
跟着 跟著 gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
每个 每個 měi gè each; every ∼HSK 1
最多 最多 zuì duō at most; maximum; greatest (amount); maximal ∼HSK 1
分家 分家 fēn jiā to separate and live apart; division of a large family into smaller groups ∼HSK 1
听来 聽來 tīng lái to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc); to ring (true); to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression); to hear from somewhere ∼HSK 1
一种 一種 yī zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
你真行 你真行 nǐ zhēn xíng you're incredible (often an ironic expression of vexation, but can also express approbation) ∼HSK 1
这位 這位 zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
你好 你好 nǐ hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
五号 五號 wǔ hào the fifth; fifth day of a month ∼HSK 1
第二天 第二天 dì èr tiān next day; the morrow ∼HSK 1
五十 五十 wǔ shí fifty ∼HSK 1
快进 快進 kuài jìn fast-forward (media player) ∼HSK 1
会考 會考 huì kǎo unified examination ∼HSK 1
不了 不了 bù le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
那个人 那個人 nà gè rén lit. that person; fig. the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams ∼HSK 1
十七 十七 shí qī seventeen; 17 ∼HSK 1
不在 不在 bù zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
十三 十三 shí sān thirteen; 13 ∼HSK 1
大雨 大雨 dà yǔ heavy rain ∼HSK 1
到现在 到現在 dào xiàn zài up until now; to date ∼HSK 1
年年 年年 nián nián year after year; yearly; every year; annually ∼HSK 1
想想看 想想看 xiǎng xiǎng kàn to think about it ∼HSK 1
校 校 jiào school; military field officer ∼HSK 1
十四 十四 shí sì fourteen; 14 ∼HSK 1
最新 最新 zuì xīn latest; newest ∼HSK 1
达 達 Dá arrive at, reach; intelligent; smooth, slippery ∼HSK 1
找事 找事 zhǎo shì to look for employment; to pick a quarrel ∼HSK 1
家去 家去 jiā qù (dialect) to go home; to return home ∼HSK 1
想起来 想起來 xiǎng qi lai to remember; to recall ∼HSK 1
一号 一號 yī hào first day of the month; toilet; (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) ∼HSK 1