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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| 凉 涼 | the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421) | |
| 阴 陰 | overcast (weather); cloudy; shady; Yin (the negative principle of Yin and Yang); negative (electric.); feminine; moon; implicit; hidden; genitalia | |
| 太太 太太 | married woman; Mrs.; Madam; wife | |
| 不一定 不一定 | not necessarily; maybe | |
| 今后 今後 | hereafter; henceforth; in the future; from now on | |
| 大声 大聲 | loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly | |
| 好人 好人 | good person; healthy person; person who tries not to offend anyone, even at the expense of principle | |
| 懂得 懂得 | to understand; to know; to comprehend | |
| 碰 掽 | to touch; to meet with; to bump | |
| 便宜 便宜 | convenient | |
| 平时 平時 | ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime | |
| 送给 送給 | to send; to give as a present | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 好事 好事 | good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, "a fine thing indeed"); charity; happy occasion; Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead | |
| 好处 好處 | easy to get along with | |
| 安静 安靜 | quiet; peaceful; calm | |
| 草 艸 | grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 信心 信心 | confidence; faith (in sb or sth) | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors | |
| 舒服 舒服 | comfortable; feeling well | |
| 租 租 | to hire; to rent; to charter; to rent out; to lease out; rent; land tax | |
| 收入 收入 | to take in; income; revenue | |
| 响 響 | echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises | |
| 的话 的話 | if (coming after a conditional clause) | |
| 早就 早就 | already at an earlier time | |
| 到处 到處 | everywhere | |
| 热情 熱情 | cordial; enthusiastic; passion; passionate; passionately | |
| 随便 隨便 | as one wishes; as one pleases; at random; negligent; casual; wanton | |
| 爬 爬 | to crawl; to climb; to get up or sit up | |
| 灯 燈 | lamp; light; lantern | |
| 太阳 太陽 | sun; abbr. for 太阳穴 | |
| 吹 吹 | to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in failure; to fall through | |
| 亮 亮 | bright; clear; resonant; to shine; to show; to reveal | |
| 疼 疼 | (it) hurts; sore; to love dearly | |
| 背 揹 | to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder | |
| 鸟 鳥 | bird; "bird" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 196); (dialect) to pay attention to; (intensifier) damned; goddamn | |
| 占 佔 | to take possession of; to occupy; to take up | |
| 封 封 | to confer; to grant; to bestow a title; to seal; classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters | |
| 借 借 | to lend; to borrow; by means of; to take (an opportunity) | |
| 不行 不行 | won't do; be out of the question; be no good; not work; not be capable | |
| 怎么办 怎麼辦 | what's to be done | |
| 小心 小心 | to be careful; to take care | |
| 咱们 咱們 | we or us (including both the speaker and the person(s) spoken to); (dialect) I or me; (dialect) (in a coaxing or familiar way) you; also pr. [zá men] | |
| 怎么样 怎麼樣 | how?; how about?; how was it?; how are things? | |
| 养 養 | to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth | |
| 表 表 | exterior surface; family relationship via females; to show (one's opinion); a model; a table (listing information); a form; a meter (measuring sth) | |
| 实在 實在 | really; actually; indeed; true; real; honest; dependable; (philosophy) reality | |
| 喂 喂 | hello (when answering the phone) | |
| 目的 目的 | purpose; aim; goal; target; objective |