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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祸 禍 huò misfortune, calamity, disaster ∼HSK 5
茂 茂 mào thick, lush, dense; talented ∼HSK 5
何 何 hé what (literary) ∼HSK 5
蔽 蔽 bì cover, hide, conceal; shelter ∼HSK 5
荐 薦 jiàn repeat, reoccur; recommend ∼HSK 5
胆敢 膽敢 dǎn gǎn to dare (negative connotation); to have the audacity to (do sth) ∼HSK 5
箩 籮 luó bamboo basket ∼HSK 5
轻狂 輕狂 qīng kuáng frivolous ∼HSK 5
可好 可好 kě hǎo good or not?; luckily; fortuitously ∼HSK 5
灿 燦 càn vivid, illuminating; bright ∼HSK 5
耀 耀 yào shine, sparkle, dazzle; glory ∼HSK 5
金饰 金飾 jīn shì gold ornaments ∼HSK 5
玉器 玉器 yù qì jade artifact ∼HSK 5
心绪 心緒 xīn xù state of mind; mood ∼HSK 5
傻子 傻子 shǎ zi idiot; fool ∼HSK 5
孤 孤 gū I (used by rulers); alone ∼HSK 5
伶 伶 líng lonely, solitary; actor ∼HSK 5
垃圾堆 垃圾堆 lā jī duī garbage heap ∼HSK 5
小鬼 小鬼 xiǎo guǐ little demon (term of endearment for a child); mischievous child; imp ∼HSK 5
拜寿 拜壽 bài shòu congratulate an elderly person on his birthday; offer birthday felicitations ∼HSK 5
难搞 難搞 nán gǎo hard to deal with; hard to get along with ∼HSK 5
妞 妞 niū girl ∼HSK 5
乡下人 鄉下人 xiāng xià rén country folk; rustic; rural folk ∼HSK 5
装傻 裝傻 zhuāng shǎ to act stupid; to pretend to be naive ∼HSK 5
遭 遭 zāo encounter, suffer ∼HSK 5
眉 眉 méi eyebrows; upper margin of book ∼HSK 5
仁 仁 rén humaneness, benevolence, kindness ∼HSK 5
童 童 Tóng boy, child ∼HSK 5
岗 崗 gāng post; position ∼HSK 5
劳力 勞力 láo lì labor; able-bodied worker; laborer; work force ∼HSK 5
惟 惟 wéi but, however, nevertheless; only ∼HSK 5
农户 農戶 nóng hù farmer; farmer household ∼HSK 5
菱 菱 líng water-chestnut, water caltrop ∼HSK 5
遥 遙 yáo far away, distant, remote ∼HSK 5
似 似 sì resemble (literary) ∼HSK 5
翠 翠 cuì color green; kingfisher ∼HSK 5
啼 啼 tí weep, whimper; howl, twitter ∼HSK 5
柳 柳 Liǔ willow tree; pleasure ∼HSK 5
枯 枯 kū dried out, withered, decayed ∼HSK 5
辉 輝 huī brightness, luster, brilliance ∼HSK 5
颂 頌 sòng laud, acclaim; hymn; ode ∼HSK 5
无可 無可 wú kě can't ∼HSK 5
辈子 輩子 bèi zi all one's life; lifetime ∼HSK 5
潢 潢 huáng expanse of water, lake, pond ∼HSK 5
肮 骯 āng dirty ∼HSK 5
凌乱 凌亂 líng luàn messy; disarrayed; disheveled ∼HSK 5
恨事 恨事 hèn shì a matter for regret or resentment ∼HSK 5
汗毛 汗毛 hàn máo hair; soft hair; down ∼HSK 5
疯话 瘋話 fēng huà crazy talk; ravings; nonsense ∼HSK 5
胡说八道 胡說八道 hú shuō bā dào to talk rubbish ∼HSK 5