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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shì ma isn't that so? ∼HSK 1
rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
děng huì r erhua variant of ∼HSK 1
zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
shān folk song; mountain song ∼HSK 1
shì de yes, that's right; variant of ∼HSK 1
tiān tiān every day ∼HSK 1
zài together ∼HSK 1
děng first class; grade A ∼HSK 1
hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
hǎo several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
jiào zuò to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 1
yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
gān ér zi adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) ∼HSK 1
mǎi huí to buy back; to redeem; repurchase ∼HSK 1
xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
zuì duō at most; maximum; greatest (amount); maximal ∼HSK 1
shí forty; 40 ∼HSK 1
zuò gōng to work with one's hands; manual work; workmanship ∼HSK 1
zhè shì this is; this is the ... ∼HSK 1
ge which ∼HSK 1
ge which; who ∼HSK 1
huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
kàn shàng to look upon; to take a fancy to; to fall for ∼HSK 1
zhe r where I am; my place ∼HSK 1
pǎo to travel on foot; (informal) to run off; to abscond ∼HSK 1
fēng gale ∼HSK 1
cure, heal; doctor, medical ∼HSK 1
huā qián to spend money ∼HSK 1
suì how old are you? (familiar, or to a child) ∼HSK 1
zhǎo bu zháo to be unable to find ∼HSK 1
shí èr twelve; 12 ∼HSK 1
zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
bu guò to be unable to defeat; to be no match for (sb) ∼HSK 1
de woman ∼HSK 1
gōng labor, work; worker, laborer ∼HSK 1
bǎi bìng every illness ∼HSK 1
yuǎn rén an estranged person; sb who is alienated; people far from home ∼HSK 1
xiǎo qián a small amount of money ∼HSK 1
yǒu ài friendly affection; fraternal love ∼HSK 1
gāo lóu high building; multistory building; skyscraper ∼HSK 1
hǎo péng you good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) ∼HSK 1
yǒu qián rén rich person; the rich ∼HSK 1
hǎo not at all...; how very... ∼HSK 1
hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
cóng lái méi yǒu there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never ∼HSK 1
first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1