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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Vocabulary

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shēn to stay at; to live in (temporarily) ∼HSK 2
right conduct, righteousness ∼HSK 2
chī yóu (of food) to absorb oil; (of a vehicle) to guzzle fuel ∼HSK 2
zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
used in ∼HSK 2
chóng xīn kāi shǐ to resume; to restart; to start afresh ∼HSK 2
shān mountains and rivers; the whole country ∼HSK 2
huáng huā yellow flowers (of various types); chrysanthemum; cauliflower; (yellow) daylily; a young virgin (boy or girl) ∼HSK 2
xuě huā snowflake ∼HSK 2
shén me fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
change; easy ∼HSK 2
lǎo I (spoken by an old man) ∼HSK 2
zuò wán to finish; to complete the task ∼HSK 2
děi yào to need; must ∼HSK 2
chī wán to finish eating ∼HSK 2
zěn me liǎo how can this be?; what's to be done?; what an awful mess! ∼HSK 2
jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
yào myrrh (Commiphora myrrha) ∼HSK 2
Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
fēng shuǐ xiān sheng feng shui master; geomancer; stock figure in folk tales, as a wise adviser or a charlatan ∼HSK 2
sān gēng - bàn (idiom) in the depth of the night; very late at night ∼HSK 2
dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
Shǐ history, chronicle, annals ∼HSK 2
滿 mǎn to have a full house; to be sold out; no vacancy ∼HSK 2
fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
shēn fèn variant of ∼HSK 2
měi every time ∼HSK 2
zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
huáng máo tou silly little girl ∼HSK 2
hái zi boyish; childish; childishness ∼HSK 2
jiào mài to hawk (one's wares); to peddle ∼HSK 2
Lún debate; discuss; discourse ∼HSK 2
qīng qīng lightly; softly ∼HSK 2
accuse; sue; inform; narrate ∼HSK 2
nán tīng unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful HSK 2
wán r erhua variant of 玩意; toy; thing; trick ∼HSK 2
zhàn zhù to stand HSK 2
sòng dào Deliver HSK 2
wài parts of the country other than where one is HSK 2
chū guó to go abroad; to leave the country HSK 2
dōng fāng east HSK 2
yuè liang the moon HSK 2
zàng viscera; (anatomy) organ HSK 2
rán suddenly; all of a sudden HSK 2
chūn tiān spring (season) HSK 2
西 西 fāng the West; the Occident; Western countries HSK 2
děng dào to wait until; by the time when (sth is ready etc) HSK 2
shāng liang to consult; to talk over; to discuss HSK 2
dàn not only (... but also ...) HSK 2