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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4.14 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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学坏 學壞 xué huài to follow bad examples; to be corrupted by bad examples ∼HSK 1
没有什么 沒有什麼 méi yǒu shén me it is nothing; there's nothing... about it ∼HSK 1
大钱 大錢 dà qián large sum of money; old Chinese type of coin of high denomination ∼HSK 1
九十 九十 jiǔ shí ninety ∼HSK 1
过人 過人 guò rén to surpass others; outstanding; (basketball, soccer etc) to get past an opponent ∼HSK 1
下一个 下一個 xià yī ge the next one ∼HSK 1
十九 十九 shí jiǔ nineteen; 19 ∼HSK 1
要看 要看 yào kàn (it) depends on... ∼HSK 1
写下 寫下 xiě xià to write down ∼HSK 1
看书 看書 kàn shū to read; to study ∼HSK 1
吃不下 吃不下 chī bu xià not feel like eating; be unable to eat any more ∼HSK 1
热钱 熱錢 rè qián hot money, money flowing from one currency to another in the hope of quick profit ∼HSK 1
外国人 外國人 wài guó rén foreigner ∼HSK 1
想睡 想睡 xiǎng shuì drowsy; sleepy ∼HSK 1
考中 考中 kǎo zhòng to pass an exam ∼HSK 1
每年 每年 měi nián every year; each year; yearly ∼HSK 1
零的 零的 líng de small change ∼HSK 1
有喜 有喜 yǒu xǐ to be expecting; to be with child ∼HSK 1
吃坏 吃壞 chī huài to upset (one's stomach) by eating bad food or overeating ∼HSK 1
脑病 腦病 nǎo bìng brain disease; encephalopathy ∼HSK 1
个个 個個 gè gè each one individually; each and every ∼HSK 1
书本 書本 shū běn book (chiefly used to refer to a plurality of books or books in general) ∼HSK 1
跑出 跑出 pǎo chū to run out ∼HSK 1
兴 興 Xīng thrive, prosper, flourish ∼HSK 1
先人 先人 xiān rén ancestor; forefather; sb's late father ∼HSK 1
几多 幾多 jǐ duō (dialect) how much; how many; how (smart etc); such... ∼HSK 1
五一 五一 wǔ yī 5-1 (May 1st) ∼HSK 1
做事 做事 zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
不可 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
几年 幾年 jǐ nián a few years; several years; how many years? ∼HSK 1
等等 等等 děng děng et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! ∼HSK 1
男的 男的 nán de man ∼HSK 1
半个 半個 bàn ge half of sth ∼HSK 1
还好 還好 hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
天电 天電 tiān diàn atmospherics; static ∼HSK 1
早班 早班 zǎo bān early shift; morning work shift ∼HSK 1
老弟 老弟 lǎo dì (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy; old pal ∼HSK 1
他妈的 他媽的 tā mā de (taboo curse) damn it!; fucking ∼HSK 1
不见了 不見了 bù jiàn le to have disappeared; to be missing; nowhere to be found ∼HSK 1
自己人 自己人 zì jǐ rén those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us ∼HSK 1
多山 多山 duō shān mountainous ∼HSK 1
一说 一說 yī shuō an expression of opinion; according to some ∼HSK 1
点穿 點穿 diǎn chuān to lay bare in a few words; to expose with a word ∼HSK 1
开门 開門 kāi mén to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business ∼HSK 1
拿下 拿下 ná xià to arrest; to capture; to seize; to win (a set, a game etc) ∼HSK 1
人人 人人 rén rén everyone; every person ∼HSK 1
真是的 真是的 zhēn shi de Really! (interj. of annoyance or frustration) ∼HSK 1
一家人 一家人 yī jiā rén household; the whole family ∼HSK 1
要不是 要不是 yào bu shì if it were not for; but for ∼HSK 1
课本 課本 kè běn textbook HSK 1