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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斯斯文文 斯斯文文 sī sī wén wén refined and gentle; cultured and well-mannered (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 7
一字长蛇阵 一字長蛇陣 yī zì cháng shé zhèn lit. a long-snake formation in a single line (idiom); a single-file battle array; a long line stretched out in a row Idiom ∼HSK 7
无亲无故 無親無故 wú qīn wú gù without kith or kin; having no relatives or friends (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 7
有的放矢 有的放矢 yǒu dì fàng shǐ lit. to have a target in mind when shooting one's arrows (idiom); fig. to have a clear objective Idiom HSK 7
袖手旁观 袖手旁觀 xiù shǒu páng guān to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger Idiom HSK 7
神气 神氣 shén qì expression; manner; vigorous; impressive; lofty; pretentious Xiehouyu HSK 7
稀奇 稀奇 xī qí rare; strange Xiehouyu HSK 7
莫名其妙 莫名其妙 mò míng qí miào (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable Xiehouyu HSK 7
冒险 冒險 mào xiǎn to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure Xiehouyu HSK 7
成天 成天 chéng tiān (coll.) all day long; all the time Colloquialism HSK 7
逮 逮 dǎi (coll.) to catch; to seize Colloquialism HSK 7
揍 揍 zòu to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) Colloquialism HSK 7
逗 逗 dòu to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读) Colloquialism HSK 7
家伙 傢伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon Colloquialism HSK 7
做证 做證 zuò zhèng variant of 作证 HSK 7
单边 單邊 dān biān unilateral HSK 7
廉政 廉政 lián zhèng to govern with integrity; clean and honest government HSK 7
喜酒 喜酒 xǐ jiǔ wedding feast; liquor drunk at a wedding feast HSK 7
譬如说 譬如說 pì rú shuō for example HSK 7
劳驾 勞駕 láo jià excuse me HSK 7
侍候 侍候 shì hòu to serve; to wait upon HSK 7
夜市 夜市 yè shì night market HSK 7
伯母 伯母 bó mǔ wife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother) HSK 7
竹竿 竹竿 zhú gān bamboo; bamboo pole HSK 7
月票 月票 yuè piào monthly ticket HSK 7
野餐 野餐 yě cān picnic; to have a picnic HSK 7
伯伯 伯伯 bó bo father's elder brother; uncle HSK 7
勤快 勤快 qín kuài diligent; hardworking HSK 7
状元 狀元 zhuàng yuán top scorer in the palace examination (highest rank of the Imperial examination system); see 眼 and 花; top scorer in college entrance examination 考; (fig.) the most brilliantly talented person in the field; leading light HSK 7
起劲 起勁 qǐ jìn energetic; vigorous; enthusiastic HSK 7
打搅 打攪 dǎ jiǎo to disturb; to trouble; to bother HSK 7
恩惠 恩惠 ēn huì favor; grace HSK 7
卷子 卷子 juǎn zi steamed roll; spring roll HSK 7
冷门 冷門 lěng mén a neglected branch (of arts, science, sports etc); fig. a complete unknown who wins a competition HSK 7
个案 個案 gè àn individual case; special case HSK 7
俗话 俗話 sú huà common saying; proverb HSK 7
菩萨 菩薩 Pú sà Bodhisattva (Buddhism) HSK 7
公立 公立 gōng lì public (e.g. school, hospital) HSK 7
愈来愈 愈來愈 yù lái yù more and more HSK 7
床位 床位 chuáng wèi bed (in hospital, hotel, train etc); berth; bunk HSK 7
呼救 呼救 hū jiù to call for help HSK 7
回扣 回扣 huí kòu brokerage; a commission paid to a middleman; euphemism for a bribe; a kickback HSK 7
小贩 小販 xiǎo fàn peddler; hawker HSK 7
下棋 下棋 xià qí to play chess HSK 7
凄凉 悽涼 qī liáng mournful; miserable HSK 7
歪曲 歪曲 wāi qū to distort; to misrepresent HSK 7
梯子 梯子 tī zi ladder; stepladder HSK 7
过道 過道 guò dào passageway; corridor; aisle HSK 7
顶多 頂多 dǐng duō at most; at best HSK 7
山路 山路 shān lù mountain road HSK 7