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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| 不是吗 不是嗎 | isn't that so? | |
| 儿 兒 | son, child; KangXi radical 10 | |
| 明 明 | bright, light, brilliant; clear | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 等一会儿 等一會兒 | erhua variant of | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 不想 不想 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise | |
| 山歌 山歌 | folk song; mountain song | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 天天 天天 | every day | |
| 在一起 在一起 | together | |
| 一等 一等 | first class; grade A | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 好几 好幾 | several; quite a few | |
| 叫做 叫做 | to be called; to be known as | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 干儿子 乾兒子 | adopted son (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) | |
| 买回 買回 | to buy back; to redeem; repurchase | |
| 一下 一下 | (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly | |
| 最多 最多 | at most; maximum; greatest (amount); maximal | |
| 四十 四十 | forty; 40 | |
| 做工 做工 | to work with one's hands; manual work; workmanship | |
| 这是 這是 | this is; this is the ... | |
| 哪一个 哪一個 | which | |
| 哪个 哪個 | which; who | |
| 还给 還給 | to return sth to sb | |
| 看上 看上 | to look upon; to take a fancy to; to fall for | |
| 我这儿 我這兒 | where I am; my place | |
| 跑路 跑路 | to travel on foot; (informal) to run off; to abscond | |
| 大风 大風 | gale | |
| 医 醫 | cure, heal; doctor, medical | |
| 花钱 花錢 | to spend money | |
| 几岁 幾歲 | how old are you? (familiar, or to a child) | |
| 找不着 找不著 | to be unable to find | |
| 十二 十二 | twelve; 12 | |
| 做事 做事 | to work; to handle matters; to have a job | |
| 打不过 打不過 | to be unable to defeat; to be no match for (sb) | |
| 女的 女的 | woman | |
| 工 工 | labor, work; worker, laborer | |
| 百病 百病 | every illness | |
| 远人 遠人 | an estranged person; sb who is alienated; people far from home | |
| 小钱 小錢 | a small amount of money | |
| 友爱 友愛 | friendly affection; fraternal love | |
| 高楼 高樓 | high building; multistory building; skyscraper | |
| 好朋友 好朋友 | good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) | |
| 有钱人 有錢人 | rich person; the rich | |
| 好不 好不 | not at all...; how very... | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 从来没有 從來沒有 | there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) |