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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自作多情 自作多情 zì zuò - duō qíng to imagine that one's love is reciprocated; to shower affection on an uninterested party Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
肉麻 肉麻 ròu má sickening; corny; sappy; maudlin; fulsome (of praise) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
叔公 叔公 shū gōng great uncle; grandfather's younger brother; husband's father's younger brother ∼HSK 6
干爹 乾爹 gān diē adoptive father (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications) ∼HSK 6
仙境 仙境 xiān jìng fairyland; wonderland; paradise ∼HSK 6
游荡 遊蕩 yóu dàng to wander; to roam about; to loaf about; to be idle ∼HSK 6
监牢 監牢 jiān láo prison; jail ∼HSK 6
欢畅 歡暢 huān chàng happy; cheerful; jubilant ∼HSK 6
老伯 老伯 lǎo bó uncle (polite form of address for older male) ∼HSK 6
宵夜 宵夜 xiāo yè midnight snack; late-night snack ∼HSK 6
讲理 講理 jiǎng lǐ to argue; to reason with sb; to talk sense; to be reasonable ∼HSK 6
仁兄 仁兄 rén xiōng (honorific written address) My dear friend ∼HSK 6
档口 檔口 dàng kǒu stall; booth ∼HSK 6
阔佬 闊佬 kuò lǎo wealthy person; millionaire ∼HSK 6
钻戒 鑽戒 zuàn jiè diamond ring ∼HSK 6
泪珠 淚珠 lèi zhū teardrop; tear ∼HSK 6
乳燕 乳燕 rǔ yàn baby swallow ∼HSK 6
残月 殘月 cán yuè waning moon ∼HSK 6
混进 混進 hùn jìn to infiltrate; to sneak into ∼HSK 6
惹麻烦 惹麻煩 rě má fan to create difficulties; to be troublesome; to invite trouble ∼HSK 6
娇滴滴 嬌滴滴 jiāo dī dī sweet; cute; delicately pretty ∼HSK 6
历尽沧桑 歷盡滄桑 lì jìn cāng sāng to have been through the hardships of life; to have been through the mill ∼HSK 6
跌价 跌價 diē jià to fall in price ∼HSK 6
临头 臨頭 lín tóu to befall; to be imminent ∼HSK 6
番薯 番薯 fān shǔ (dialect) sweet potato; yam ∼HSK 6
心肝宝贝 心肝寶貝 xīn gān bǎo bèi precious darling (often refers to one's child); sweetheart ∼HSK 6
心肝 心肝 xīn gān darling; (in negative sentences) heart; humanity ∼HSK 6
刁蛮 刁蠻 diāo mán crafty and unruly ∼HSK 6
样样 樣樣 yàng yàng all kinds ∼HSK 6
凑成 湊成 còu chéng to put together; to make up (a set); to round up (a number to a convenient multiple); resulting in... ∼HSK 6
无缘无故 無緣無故 wú yuán - wú gù (idiom) no cause or reason; completely uncalled for ∼HSK 6
横祸 橫禍 hèng huò unexpected calamity ∼HSK 6
跌打损伤 跌打損傷 diē dǎ sǔn shāng injury such as contusion, sprain or fracture from falling, blow etc ∼HSK 6
消灾 消災 xiāo zāi to avoid calamities ∼HSK 6
消损 消損 xiāo sǔn wear and tear; to wear away over time ∼HSK 6
安祥 安祥 ān xiáng serene; composed; unruffled ∼HSK 6
夜景 夜景 yè jǐng nightscape ∼HSK 6
耕田 耕田 gēng tián to cultivate soil; to till fields ∼HSK 6
消夏 消夏 xiāo xià to spend the summer; to take a summer vacation ∼HSK 6
泛舟 泛舟 fàn zhōu to go boating ∼HSK 6
禾稻 禾稻 hé dào paddy (rice) ∼HSK 6
晚霞 晚霞 wǎn xiá sunset glow; sunset clouds; afterglow ∼HSK 6
火炉 火爐 huǒ lú stove ∼HSK 6
甩开 甩開 shuǎi kāi to shake off; to get rid of ∼HSK 6
冤大头 冤大頭 yuān dà tóu spendthrift and foolish; sb with more money than sense ∼HSK 6
混饭 混飯 hùn fàn to work for a living ∼HSK 6
楼宇 樓宇 lóu yǔ building ∼HSK 6