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
Filter the words you want to study before watching.
| 裂 裂 | to split; to crack; to break open; to rend | |
| 艺人 藝人 | performing artist; actor | |
| 总监 總監 | head; director (of an organizational unit); (police) commissioner; inspector-general; rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration | |
| 拿走 拿走 | to take away | |
| 天然 天然 | natural | |
| 捉 捉 | to clutch; to grab; to capture | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 信用 信用 | trustworthiness; (commerce) credit; (literary) to trust and appoint | |
| 洋 洋 | ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin | |
| 游行 遊行 | to march; to parade; to demonstrate; procession; march; demonstration; to travel around; to roam | |
| 番 番 | foreign (non-Chinese); barbarian; classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance); classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc); classifier for situations: kind, sort | |
| 上市 上市 | to hit the market (of a new product); to float (a company on the stock market) | |
| 顾 顧 | to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to | |
| 扁 扁 | small boat | |
| 指数 指數 | (numerical, statistical) index; (math.) exponent; index; exponential (function, growth) | |
| 窗口 窗口 | window; opening providing restricted access (e.g. customer service window); computer operating system window; fig. medium; intermediary; showpiece; testing ground | |
| 股东 股東 | shareholder; stockholder | |
| 净 淨 | clean; completely; only; net (income, exports etc); (Chinese opera) painted face male role | |
| 正当 正當 | timely; just (when needed) | |
| 刚好 剛好 | just; exactly; to happen to be | |
| 病情 病情 | state of an illness; patient's condition | |
| 捐 捐 | to relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy | |
| 企图 企圖 | to attempt; to try; attempt | |
| 凶 兇 | terrible; fearful | |
| 跌 跌 | to fall; to tumble; to trip; (of prices etc) to drop; Taiwan pr. [dié] | |
| 泥 泥 | mud; clay; paste; pulp | |
| 街头 街頭 | street | |
| 灭 滅 | to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown | |
| 老鼠 老鼠 | rat; mouse | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 天下 天下 | land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule | |
| 狠 狠 | ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很 | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 协助 協助 | to provide assistance; to aid | |
| 赚钱 賺錢 | to earn money; moneymaking | |
| 惨 慘 | miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy | |
| 判 判 | to judge; to sentence; to discriminate; to discern; clearly distinguishable | |
| 田 田 | field; farm | |
| 通道 通道 | Tongdao Dong autonomous county in Huaihua 怀化, Hunan | |
| 道歉 道歉 | to apologize | |
| 气氛 氣氛 | atmosphere; mood | |
| 暴力 暴力 | violence; force; violent | |
| 赌 賭 | to bet; to gamble | |
| 晕 暈 | confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out | |
| 圣诞节 聖誕節 | Christmas time; Christmas season; Christmas | |
| 煮 煑 | to cook; to boil | |
| 愉快 愉快 | cheerful; cheerily; delightful; pleasant; pleasantly; pleasing; happy; delighted | |
| 市民 市民 | city resident | |
| 股票 股票 | share certificate; stock (finance) | |
| 至于 至於 | as for; as to; to go so far as to |