The Happy Trio 1975
双星伴月
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.
Vocabulary
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| 遇到 遇到 | to meet; to run into; to come across | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 附近 附近 | nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood | |
| 梦 夢 | dream; (bound form) to dream | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 些 些 | classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 研究 研究 | research; a study; to research; to look into | |
| 自 自 | self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely | |
| 处 處 | to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 乱来 亂來 | to act recklessly; to mess around | Xiehouyu |
| 不值钱 不值錢 | of little value | Xiehouyu |
| 土里土气 土裡土氣 | unsophisticated; rustic; uncouth | Xiehouyu |
| 痛苦 痛苦 | pain; suffering; painful | Xiehouyu |
| 死人 死人 | dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen | Colloquialism |
| 整 整 | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 凤台 鳳台 | Fengtai, a county in Huainan, Anhui | Proper Noun |
| 春日 春日 | Chunri or Chunjih township in Pingtung County, Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 天台 天台 | Mt Tiantai near Shaoxing 紹興|绍兴 in Zhejiang, the center of Tiantai Buddhism 天台宗; Tiantai county in Taizhou, Zhejiang | Proper Noun |
| 叔 叔 | uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] | |
| 月光 月光 | moonlight | |
| 点儿 點兒 | a bit | |
| 谈谈 談談 | to discuss; to have a chat | |
| 志 志 | purpose, will, determination; annals | |
| 总有 總有 | inevitably there will be | |
| 春风 春風 | spring breeze; (fig.) pleasant demeanor; serene atmosphere; favorable conditions; (literary) romantic encounter; an affair | |
| 帝 帝 | supreme ruler, emperor; god | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 药性 藥性 | medicinal effect | |
| 委 委 | appoint, send, commission | |
| 心头 心頭 | one's heart; one's mind | |
| 有眼光 有眼光 | to have good taste | |
| 木 木 | tree; wood, lumber; wooden | |
| 富商 富商 | rich merchant | |
| 照得 照得 | seeing that | |
| 光光 光光 | bright; shiny; smooth; naked; bald; penniless | |
| 衬 襯 | underwear; inner garments | |
| 相思 相思 | to yearn; to pine | |
| 乱说 亂說 | to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks | |
| 抓去 抓去 | to arrest and take away | |
| 搬走 搬走 | to carry | |
| 有空 有空 | to have time (to do sth) | |
| 阳 陽 | positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: | |
| 奇 奇 | strange, unusual, uncanny, occult | |
| 在台 在臺 | in Taiwan (used attributively) | |
| 火气 火氣 | anger; internal heat (TCM) |