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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说出 說出 shuō chū to speak out; to declare (one's view) ∼HSK 1
等一等 等一等 děng yī děng wait a moment ∼HSK 1
有话快说 有話快說 yǒu huà kuài shuō spit it out! ∼HSK 1
喜 喜 xǐ like, love, enjoy; joyful thing ∼HSK 1
来日 來日 lái rì future days; (literary) the next day; (old) past days ∼HSK 1
这几天 這幾天 zhè jǐ tiān the past few days ∼HSK 1
这下 這下 zhè xià this time ∼HSK 1
我这个人 我這個人 wǒ zhè ge rén me personally; the sort of person I am ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
外快 外快 wài kuài extra income ∼HSK 1
一家 一家 yī jiā the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group ∼HSK 1
二十 二十 èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
跟人 跟人 gēn rén to marry (of woman) ∼HSK 1
不在了 不在了 bù zài le to be dead; to have passed away ∼HSK 1
爸妈 爸媽 bà mā dad and mom ∼HSK 1
跟着 跟著 gēn zhe to follow after; immediately afterwards ∼HSK 1
怎么回事 怎麼回事 zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
三包 三包 sān bāo "three-guarantee service": repair, exchange, refund ∼HSK 1
每天 每天 měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
在那儿 在那兒 zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) ∼HSK 1
打烊 打烊 dǎ yàng to close shop in the evening; also pr. [da3 yang2] ∼HSK 1
妈咪 媽咪 mā mi mommy (loanword) ∼HSK 1
拿来 拿來 ná lái to bring; to fetch; to get ∼HSK 1
后门 後門 hòu mén back door; back gate; (fig.) back-door influence; under-the-table dealings; anus; (computing) backdoor ∼HSK 1
帮帮忙 幫幫忙 bāng bang máng to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! ∼HSK 1
去你的 去你的 qù nǐ de Get along with you! ∼HSK 1
十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
好玩 好玩 hǎo wán amusing; fun; interesting ∼HSK 1
十七 十七 shí qī seventeen; 17 ∼HSK 1
要钱 要錢 yào qián to charge; to demand payment ∼HSK 1
干妈 乾媽 gān mā adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) ∼HSK 1
最新 最新 zuì xīn latest; newest ∼HSK 1
一种 一種 yī zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
白痴 白痴 bái chī idiocy; idiot ∼HSK 1
花会 花會 huā huì flower fair or festival ∼HSK 1
花俏 花俏 huā qiào fancy; gaudy ∼HSK 1
花儿 花兒 huā ér style of folk song popular in Gansu, Qinghai and Ningxia ∼HSK 1
不用找 不用找 bù yòng zhǎo "keep the change" (restaurant expression) ∼HSK 1
月老 月老 yuè lǎo matchmaker; go-between; same as ∼HSK 1
请坐 請坐 qǐng zuò please, have a seat HSK 1
外边 外邊 wài bian outside; outer surface; abroad; place other than one's home HSK 1
里边 裡邊 lǐ bian inside HSK 1
一点儿 一點兒 yī diǎn r erhua variant of 一点; a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more HSK 1
上车 上車 shàng chē to get on or into (a bus, train, car etc) HSK 1
不大 不大 bù dà not very; not too; not often HSK 1
中学 中學 zhōng xué middle school HSK 1
白天 白天 bái tiān daytime; during the day; day HSK 1
姐 姐 jiě older sister HSK 1
鸡蛋 雞蛋 jī dàn (chicken) egg; hen's egg HSK 1
那儿 那兒 nà r there HSK 1