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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| 不用说 不用說 | needless to say; it goes without saying | |
| 前天 前天 | the day before yesterday | |
| 电影院 電影院 | cinema; movie theater | |
| 看病 看病 | to visit a doctor; to see a patient | |
| 星期天 星期天 | Sunday | |
| 半天 半天 | half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair | |
| 关上 關上 | to close (a door); to turn off (light, electrical equipment etc) | |
| 中文 中文 | Chinese language | |
| 上车 上車 | to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) | |
| 不大 不大 | not very; not too; not often | |
| 小朋友 小朋友 | child | |
| 生病 生病 | to fall ill | |
| 面包 麵包 | bread | |
| 楼下 樓下 | downstairs | |
| 中学 中學 | middle school | |
| 小学 小學 | elementary school; primary school | |
| 晚饭 晚飯 | evening meal; dinner; supper | |
| 请问 請問 | Excuse me, may I ask...? | |
| 白天 白天 | daytime; during the day; day | |
| 零 零 | zero; nought; zero sign; fractional; fragmentary; odd (of numbers); (placed between two numbers to indicate a smaller quantity followed by a larger one); fraction; (in mathematics) remainder (after division); extra; to wither and fall; to wither | |
| 坐下 坐下 | to sit down | |
| 姐 姐 | older sister | |
| 那儿 那兒 | there | |
| 读书 讀書 | to read a book; to study; to attend school | |
| 下班 下班 | to finish work; to get off work | |
| 上课 上課 | to go to class; to attend class; to go to teach a class | |
| 上学 上學 | to go to school; to attend school | |
| 常常 常常 | frequently; often | |
| 门口 門口 | doorway; gate | |
| 奶 奶 | breast; milk; to breastfeed | |
| 干什么 幹什麼 | what are you doing?; what's he up to? | |
| 是不是 是不是 | is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not | |
| 中午 中午 | noon; midday | |
| 不对 不對 | incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer | |
| 哪儿 哪兒 | where?; wherever; anywhere; somewhere; (used in rhetorical questions) how can ...?; how could ...? | |
| 这儿 這兒 | here | |
| 再见 再見 | goodbye; see you again later | |
| 百 百 | hundred; numerous; all kinds of | |
| 弟弟 弟弟 | younger brother | |
| 那边 那邊 | over there; yonder | |
| 下次 下次 | next time | |
| 贵 貴 | expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your | |
| 一会儿 一會兒 | a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] | |
| 生气 生氣 | to get angry; to take offense; angry; vitality; liveliness | |
| 妹妹 妹妹 | younger sister; young woman | |
| 九 九 | nine; 9 | |
| 考 攷 | to check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father | |
| 车上 車上 | Car | |
| 雨 雨 | rain | |
| 地点 地點 | place; site; location; venue |