The Happy Trio

The Happy Trio 1975

shuāngxīng bàn yuè

Following the lives of three downtrodden but resilient outcasts, John Lo Mar's gritty social drama paints a sense of realism rarely seen in Hon Kong movies. Li Ching - the best actress of her era - play Ah Chiao is a girl from a rural village stranded in the city, who befriends a kind-hearted transient and a retired actor. They are poor, but they are happy. Although her fortune changes for the better when she becomes a singer, she ultimately learns money can't buy happiness.

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kěn Refuse HSK 7
dǒng shì zhǎng chairman of the board of directors HSK 7
wěi qu to feel wronged; to cause sb to feel wronged; grievance HSK 7
jiē céng social class HSK 7
róng must not; cannot; to not allow; cannot tolerate HSK 7
cái to get rich HSK 7
xiāng xia countryside; rural area HSK 7
to get angry HSK 7
lòu miàn to show one's face; to appear (in public) HSK 7
zhí qián valuable; costly; expensive HSK 7
zào jiù to bring up; to train; to contribute to; achievements (usually of young people) HSK 7
hǎo xīn kindness; good intentions HSK 7
wěi false; hypocritical; artificial; sham HSK 7
qiú fàn prisoner; convict HSK 7
diǎn xin light refreshments; pastry; dim sum (in Cantonese cooking); dessert HSK 7
chāo piào paper money; a bill (e.g. 100 yuan) HSK 7
yìng to reflect (light); to shine; to project (an image onto a screen etc) HSK 7
mán barbarous; uncivilized HSK 7
yàn juàn to be weary of; to be fed up with; to be bored with HSK 7
liú lǎn to skim over; to browse HSK 7
xīn intention; regard; kindly feelings HSK 7
xiǎng to enjoy; to benefit; to have the use of HSK 7
qìng xìng to rejoice; to be glad HSK 7
piàn rén to cheat sb; a scam HSK 7
tacit understanding; mutual understanding; rapport; connected at a deep level with each other; (of team members) well coordinated; tight HSK 7
chù whence; where HSK 7
zhòu to wrinkle; wrinkled; to crease HSK 7
kuàng let alone; to say nothing of; besides; what's more HSK 7
wǎng shì past events; former happenings HSK 7
yǒu organic HSK 7
huí xiǎng to recall; to recollect; to think back HSK 7
pàn to hope for; to long for; to expect HSK 7
bàn to disguise oneself as; to dress up; to play (a role); to put on (an expression) HSK 7
to insult; to humiliate; dishonor HSK 7
guāng máng rays of light; brilliant rays; radiance HSK 7
liáng xīn conscience HSK 7
liú làng to drift about; to wander; to roam; nomadic; homeless; unsettled (e.g. population); vagrant HSK 7
fèi huà nonsense; rubbish; superfluous words; You don't say!; No kidding! (gently sarcastic) HSK 7
kāi chú to expel (a member of an organization); to fire (an employee) HSK 7
there is no need; why should HSK 7
tu muddled; silly; confused HSK 7
tou girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) HSK 7
shuāng chóng double HSK 7
to be willing to do sth; to be ready to do sth; to be happy to do sth; content; satisfied HSK 7
zhèng rén witness HSK 7
tiān gift; innate skill HSK 7
huài shì bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things HSK 7
xìng hǎo fortunately HSK 7
Fèng huáng Fenghuang County in Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 州 HSK 7
xiàn to limit; to restrict; (bound form) limit; bound HSK 7