The Happy Trio

The Happy Trio 1975

双星伴月 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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所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
四海为家 四海為家 sì hǎi wéi jiā to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom); to feel at home anywhere; to roam about unconstrained; to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own Idiom ∼HSK 2
下流 下流 xià liú lower course of a river; low-class; mean and lowly; vulgar; obscene Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
坏蛋 壞蛋 huài dàn bad egg; scoundrel; bastard Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
说风凉话 說風涼話 shuō fēng liáng huà to sneer; to make cynical remarks; sarcastic talk Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
揩油 揩油 kāi yóu to secretively take advantage of others or public resources for minor personal gain; to grope a woman or girl Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
你个头 你個頭 nǐ ge tóu (coll.) my ass!; yeah, right! (used to mock a claim sb just made, as in "expert", my ass!) Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
星星 星星 xīng xing (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
快点儿 快點兒 kuài diǎn r erhua variant of 快点; to do smh more quickly; Hurry up! HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
油条 油條 yóu tiáo youtiao (deep-fried breadstick); slick and sly person ∼HSK 2
女孩子 女孩子 nǚ hái zi girl ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
满天 滿天 mǎn tiān whole sky ∼HSK 2
爬上 爬上 pá shàng to climb up ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
租钱 租錢 zū qian rent; same as 租金 ∼HSK 2
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow; old man; father; husband ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
在下面 在下面 zài xià miàn underneath ∼HSK 2
才不 才不 cái bù by no means; definitely not; as if!; yeah right! ∼HSK 2
动手动脚 動手動腳 dòng shǒu dòng jiǎo to come to blows; to paw; to grope; to get fresh ∼HSK 2
收工 收工 shōu gōng to stop work for the day (generally of laborers); to knock off ∼HSK 2
肮脏 骯髒 āng zāng dirty; filthy; despicable ∼HSK 2
百变 百變 bǎi biàn ever-changing ∼HSK 2
复 復 fù return; repeat; repeatedly ∼HSK 2
有可能 有可能 yǒu kě néng possible; probable; possibly; probably; may; might ∼HSK 2
离家出走 離家出走 lí jiā chū zǒu to leave home (to live somewhere else) ∼HSK 2
成名 成名 chéng míng to make one's name; to become famous ∼HSK 2
一层 一層 yī céng layer ∼HSK 2
包租 包租 bāo zū to rent; to charter; to rent land or a house for subletting; fixed rent for farmland ∼HSK 2
上身 上身 shàng shēn upper part of the body ∼HSK 2
老千 老千 lǎo qiān swindler; cheat (in gambling) ∼HSK 2
难为 難為 nán wei to bother; to press sb, usu. to do sth; it's a tough job; sorry to bother you (polite, used to thank sb for a favor) ∼HSK 2
物 物 wù thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
专 專 zhuān monopolize, take sole possession ∼HSK 2
改天 改天 gǎi tiān another day; some other time; to find another day (for appointment etc); to take a rain check ∼HSK 2
可就 可就 kě jiù certainly ∼HSK 2
早知道 早知道 zǎo zhī dao If I had known earlier... ∼HSK 2
不带 不帶 bù dài not to have; without; un- ∼HSK 2
狗腿 狗腿 gǒu tuǐ lackey; henchman ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
名儿 名兒 míng r name; fame ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ one (measure word for animals, boats, certain objects); a single ... ∼HSK 2