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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Vocabulary

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难怪 難怪 nán guài (it's) no wonder (that...); (it's) not surprising (that) HSK 7
傻瓜 傻瓜 shǎ guā idiot; fool HSK 7
浑身 渾身 hún shēn all over; from head to foot HSK 7
闷 悶 mēn stuffy; shut indoors; to smother; to cover tightly HSK 7
众人 眾人 zhòng rén everyone HSK 7
采 採 cǎi to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather HSK 7
戒指 戒指 jiè zhi (finger) ring HSK 7
甜蜜 甜蜜 tián mì sweet; happy HSK 7
钻石 鑽石 zuàn shí diamond HSK 7
天生 天生 tiān shēng nature; disposition; innate; natural HSK 7
残 殘 cán to destroy; to spoil; to ruin; to injure; cruel; oppressive; savage; brutal; incomplete; disabled; to remain; to survive; remnant; surplus HSK 7
化妆 化妝 huà zhuāng to put on makeup HSK 7
附 坿 fù to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached HSK 7
浪 浪 làng wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble HSK 7
烦恼 煩惱 fán nǎo to be worried; to be distressed; worries HSK 7
情人 情人 qíng rén lover; sweetheart HSK 7
少女 少女 shào nǚ girl; young lady HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
贼 賊 zéi thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely HSK 7
折磨 折磨 zhé mó to torment; to torture HSK 7
乖 乖 guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal HSK 7
堂 堂 táng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture HSK 7
伴 伴 bàn partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany HSK 7
孤单 孤單 gū dān lone; lonely; loneliness HSK 7
蛮 蠻 mán barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless HSK 7
抢劫 搶劫 qiǎng jié to rob; looting HSK 7
拳 拳 quán fist; boxing HSK 7
告 告 gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue HSK 7
耍 耍 shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
嘿 嘿 hēi hey HSK 7
盯 盯 dīng to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at HSK 7
哎 哎 āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
罗 羅 luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
以 㕥 yǐ to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) HSK 7
药到病除 藥到病除 yào dào bìng chú lit. the disease is cured the moment the medicine is taken (idiom); fig. (of a medical treatment) to give instant results; (of a solution or method) highly effective Idiom ∼HSK 6
曾经沧海 曾經滄海 céng jīng cāng hǎi lit. having crossed the vast ocean (idiom); fig. widely experienced in the vicissitudes of life Idiom ∼HSK 6
打情骂俏 打情罵俏 dǎ qíng mà qiào to banter flirtatiously (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
苦中作乐 苦中作樂 kǔ zhōng zuò lè to find joy in sorrows (idiom); to enjoy sth in spite of one's suffering Idiom ∼HSK 6
世态炎凉 世態炎涼 shì tài yán liáng the hypocrisy of the world (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
瞎扯 瞎扯 xiā chě to talk irresponsibly; to talk nonsense Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
唠唠叨叨 嘮嘮叨叨 láo lao dāo dāo to chatter; to babble Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
独木桥 獨木橋 dú mù qiáo single-log bridge; (fig.) difficult path Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自作自受 自作自受 zì zuò - zì shòu (idiom) to reap what one has sown; to stew in one's own juice Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
吃不消 吃不消 chī bu xiāo to be unable to tolerate or endure; to find sth difficult to manage Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6