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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甩掉 甩掉 shuǎi diào to throw off; to abandon; to cast off; to get rid of; to dump ∼HSK 6
喳喳 喳喳 chā chā (onom.) whisper ∼HSK 6
竖起 豎起 shù qǐ to erect (a tent etc); to prick up (one's ears); to raise (one's eyebrows); to stick up (one's thumb); to turn up (one's collar); (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers) ∼HSK 6
人情冷暖 人情冷暖 rén qíng lěng nuǎn the warmth and coldness of human feelings (idiom); fickleness of human relationships ∼HSK 6
窝藏 窩藏 wō cáng to harbor; to shelter ∼HSK 6
凄苦 悽苦 qī kǔ bleak; miserable ∼HSK 6
消逝 消逝 xiāo shì to fade away ∼HSK 6
打劫 打劫 dǎ jié to loot; to rob; to plunder; to ransack ∼HSK 6
霸王 霸王 bà wáng hegemon; overlord; despot ∼HSK 6
临时演员 臨時演員 lín shí yǎn yuán an extra (in a movie) ∼HSK 6
远景 遠景 yuǎn jǐng scenery in the distance; long-term prospects; (photography) long shot ∼HSK 6
婚嫁 婚嫁 hūn jià marriage ∼HSK 6
情意 情意 qíng yì friendly regard; affection ∼HSK 6
蜜语 蜜語 mì yǔ sweet words; sweet talk ∼HSK 6
野花 野花 yě huā wildflower; woman of easy virtue ∼HSK 6
看得起 看得起 kàn de qǐ to show respect for; to think highly of HSK 6
好容易 好容易 hǎo róng yì (idiomatic usage) with great difficulty; to have a hard time (convincing sb, relinquishing sth etc); (literal usage) so easy HSK 6
照应 照應 zhào yìng to correlate with; to correspond to HSK 6
腮 腮 sāi cheek HSK 6
待会儿 待會兒 dāi huì r in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] HSK 6
播种 播種 bō zhǒng to sow seeds HSK 6
歌星 歌星 gē xīng singing star; famous singer HSK 6
观光 觀光 guān guāng to tour; sightseeing; tourism HSK 6
就是说 就是說 jiù shì shuō in other words; that is HSK 6
一道 一道 yī dào together HSK 6
富人 富人 fù rén rich person; the rich HSK 6
特地 特地 tè dì specially; for a special purpose HSK 6
收养 收養 shōu yǎng to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc); to adopt (a child); adoption HSK 6
心愿 心願 xīn yuàn cherished desire; dream; craving; wish; aspiration HSK 6
要不然 要不然 yào bù rán otherwise; or else; or HSK 6
枝 枝 zhī branch; classifier for sticks, rods, pencils etc HSK 6
笑声 笑聲 xiào shēng laughter HSK 6
歌唱 歌唱 gē chàng to sing HSK 6
哎哟 哎喲 āi yō hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise HSK 6
有事 有事 yǒu shì to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter HSK 6
宴会 宴會 yàn huì banquet; feast; dinner party HSK 6
出名 出名 chū míng well-known for sth; to become well known; to make one's mark; to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc) HSK 6
村庄 村莊 cūn zhuāng village; hamlet HSK 6
打断 打斷 dǎ duàn to interrupt; to break off; to break (a bone) HSK 6
杂 雜 zá mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix HSK 6
嫌 嫌 xián to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect HSK 6
担忧 擔憂 dān yōu to worry; to be concerned HSK 6
洋 洋 yáng ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin HSK 6
顾 顧 gù to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to HSK 6
晓得 曉得 xiǎo de to know HSK 6
时装 時裝 shí zhuāng fashion; fashionable clothes HSK 6
阴谋 陰謀 yīn móu to conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot HSK 6
分裂 分裂 fēn liè to split up; to divide; to break up; fission; schism HSK 6
添 添 tiān to add; to increase; to replenish HSK 6
肿 腫 zhǒng to swell; swelling; swollen HSK 6