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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舖 舖 pù store, shop ∼HSK 5
嫂 嫂 sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law ∼HSK 5
加价 加價 jiā jià to increase a price ∼HSK 5
鲍 鮑 Bào abalone; dried fish; surname ∼HSK 5
翅 翄 chì wings; fin ∼HSK 5
谭 譚 Tán surname ∼HSK 5
护卫 護衛 hù wèi to guard; to protect; bodyguard (for officials in ancient times) ∼HSK 5
涨到 漲到 zhǎng dào to go up; to rise ∼HSK 5
锋 鋒 fēng point of spear, sharp point ∼HSK 5
莉 莉 lì white jasmine ∼HSK 5
怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 zěn me gǎo de How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? ∼HSK 5
婶 嬸 shěn wife of father's younger brother ∼HSK 5
棚 棚 péng tent, awning; booth; shed ∼HSK 5
买入 買入 mǎi rù to buy (finance) ∼HSK 5
煤油 煤油 méi yóu kerosene ∼HSK 5
箍 箍 gū hoop; bind, surround ∼HSK 5
颈 頸 gěng neck, throat ∼HSK 5
禄 祿 lù blessing, happiness, prosperity ∼HSK 5
老兄 老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy ∼HSK 5
糟了 糟了 zāo le gosh!; oh no!; darn! ∼HSK 5
呐 吶 na modal particle ∼HSK 5
伟 偉 wěi great, robust; extraordinary ∼HSK 5
葛 葛 Gě edible bean; surname ∼HSK 5
柏 柏 Bǎi cypress, cedar ∼HSK 5
怡 怡 yí harmony; pleasure, joy; be glad ∼HSK 5
小可 小可 xiǎo kě small; unimportant; (polite) my humble person ∼HSK 5
走运 走運 zǒu yùn to have good luck; to be in luck ∼HSK 5
瓣 瓣 bàn petal; segment; valves ∼HSK 5
柱 柱 zhù pillar, post; support; lean on ∼HSK 5
甚 甚 shèn what (literary, = 什么) ∼HSK 5
么 麼 me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
胡说八道 胡說八道 hú shuō bā dào to talk rubbish ∼HSK 5
腊肠 臘腸 là cháng sausage ∼HSK 5
阻 阻 zǔ impede, hinder, obstruct; oppose ∼HSK 5
鱼翅 魚翅 yú chì shark fin ∼HSK 5
骂人 罵人 mà rén to swear or curse (at people); to scold or yell at someone ∼HSK 5
兄台 兄臺 xiōng tái brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age) ∼HSK 5
潘 潘 Pān surname; water in which rice has been rinsed; a river that flows into the Han ∼HSK 5
熄 熄 xī put out, extinguish, quash ∼HSK 5
霓虹灯 霓虹燈 ní hóng dēng neon lamp (loanword) ∼HSK 5
搞错 搞錯 gǎo cuò mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken ∼HSK 5
替死鬼 替死鬼 tì sǐ guǐ scapegoat; fall guy ∼HSK 5
伍 伍 Wǔ five, company of five; troops ∼HSK 5
水沟 水溝 shuǐ gōu gutter; sewer ∼HSK 5
撞死 撞死 zhuàng sǐ to knock down and kill (with a car, train etc) ∼HSK 5
有胆量 有膽量 yǒu dǎn liàng courageous ∼HSK 5
振 振 zhèn raise, excite, arouse action ∼HSK 5
搏 搏 bó seize; spring upon; strike ∼HSK 5
豪 豪 háo brave, heroic, chivalrous ∼HSK 5
什么话 什麼話 shén yāo huà what kind of talk ∼HSK 5