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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买菜 買菜 mǎi cài to buy groceries ∼HSK 1
说不出 說不出 shuō bu chū unable to say ∼HSK 1
我等 我等 wǒ děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
喝茶 喝茶 hē chá to drink tea; to get engaged; to have a serious conversation; (fig.) to have a meeting with state security agents (to be warned to behave "responsibly") ∼HSK 1
买好 買好 mǎi hǎo to ingratiate oneself ∼HSK 1
工 工 gōng labor, work; worker, laborer ∼HSK 1
家的 家的 jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
外甥 外甥 wài shēng sister's son; wife's sibling's son ∼HSK 1
大小姐 大小姐 dà xiǎo jie eldest daughter of an affluent family; (polite) your daughter; bossy or indulged young woman; Miss High and Mighty ∼HSK 1
星 星 xīng a star, planet; any point of light ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
洗衣 洗衣 xǐ yī laundry ∼HSK 1
机要 機要 jī yào (attributive) (of a person) involved in sensitive, confidential work; (of information) secret; classified ∼HSK 1
住手 住手 zhù shǒu to desist; to stop; to stay one's hand ∼HSK 1
一打 一打 yī dá dozen ∼HSK 1
想开 想開 xiǎng kāi to get over (a shock, bereavement etc); to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things; to accept the situation and move on ∼HSK 1
家老 家老 jiā lǎo (old) a senior in one's household ∼HSK 1
二十一点 二十一點 èr shí yī diǎn blackjack (card game) ∼HSK 1
桌 桌 zhuō table, desk, stand ∼HSK 1
百几 百幾 bǎi jǐ more than a hundred ∼HSK 1
上个 上個 shàng ge first (of two parts); last (week etc); previous; the above ∼HSK 1
太子 太子 tài zǐ crown prince ∼HSK 1
干儿子 乾兒子 gān ér zi adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) ∼HSK 1
荷包 荷包 hé bāo embroidered pouch for carrying loose change etc; purse; pocket (in clothing) ∼HSK 1
上山 上山 shàng shān to climb a hill; to go to the mountains; (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons); to pass away; (of the sun or moon) to rise ∼HSK 1
下回 下回 xià huí next chapter; next time ∼HSK 1
穿衣 穿衣 chuān yī to put on clothes; to get dressed ∼HSK 1
我这个人 我這個人 wǒ zhè ge rén me personally; the sort of person I am ∼HSK 1
儿 兒 rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
一个个 一個個 yī gè gè a number of; each and every one; one by one; one after another ∼HSK 1
差点 差點 chà diǎn almost; nearly ∼HSK 1
小本 小本 xiǎo běn small capital; on a shoestring ∼HSK 1
不着 不著 bù zháo no need; need not ∼HSK 1
东家 東家 dōng jiā master (i.e. employer); landlord; boss ∼HSK 1
茶钱 茶錢 chá qián payment for tea; (old) tip; gratuity ∼HSK 1
大一 大一 dà yī first-year university student ∼HSK 1
三分 三分 sān fēn somewhat; to some degree ∼HSK 1
八十 八十 bā shí eighty; 80 ∼HSK 1
那还用说 那還用説 nà hái yòng shuō that goes without saying ∼HSK 1
用不了 用不了 yòng bu liǎo to not use all of; to use less than ∼HSK 1
买东西 買東西 mǎi dōng xi to do one's shopping ∼HSK 1
第一次 第一次 dì yī cì the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
进门 進門 jìn mén to enter a door; to go in; to learn the basics of a subject; to join one's husband's household upon marriage ∼HSK 1
拿来 拿來 ná lái to bring; to fetch; to get ∼HSK 1
洗钱 洗錢 xǐ qián to launder money ∼HSK 1
花钱 花錢 huā qián to spend money ∼HSK 1
买下 買下 mǎi xià to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc) ∼HSK 1
半打 半打 bàn dá half a dozen ∼HSK 1
关门 關門 guān mén to close a door; to lock a door; (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently) ∼HSK 1
拷打 拷打 kǎo dǎ to beat a prisoner (to obtain confessions); to give sb the third degree; to torture ∼HSK 1