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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上流社会 上流社會 shàng liú shè huì upper class; high society ∼HSK 5
衣冠 衣冠 yī guān hat and clothes; attire ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
莲 蓮 lián lotus, water lily; paradise ∼HSK 5
发疯 發瘋 fā fēng to go mad; to go crazy; to lose one's mind ∼HSK 5
宝贝儿 寶貝兒 bǎo bèi r erhua variant of ∼HSK 5
埠 埠 bù port city ∼HSK 5
妾 妾 qiè concubine; I (humble, female) ∼HSK 5
臣 臣 Chén minister, statesman, official ∼HSK 5
拜 拜 bài bow, worship ∼HSK 5
石榴 石榴 shí liu pomegranate ∼HSK 5
义父 義父 yì fù adoptive father ∼HSK 5
出汗 出汗 chū hàn to perspire; to sweat HSK 5
涨价 漲價 zhǎng jià to appreciate (in value); to increase in price HSK 5
丰收 豐收 fēng shōu bumper harvest HSK 5
火柴 火柴 huǒ chái match (for lighting fire) HSK 5
报答 報答 bào dá to repay; to requite HSK 5
儿女 兒女 ér nǚ children; sons and daughters; a young man and a young woman (in love) HSK 5
用不着 用不著 yòng bu zháo not need; have no use for HSK 5
风光 風光 fēng guāng scene; view; sight; landscape; to be well-regarded; to be well-off; grand (dialect); impressive (dialect) HSK 5
珍珠 珍珠 zhēn zhū pearl HSK 5
洒 灑 sǎ to sprinkle; to spray; to spill; to shed HSK 5
发觉 發覺 fā jué to become aware; to detect; to realize; to perceive HSK 5
胆 膽 dǎn gall bladder; courage; guts; gall; inner container (e.g. bladder of a football, inner container of a thermos) HSK 5
城里 城裡 chénglǐ In the city HSK 5
看待 看待 kàn dài to look upon; to regard HSK 5
赔 賠 péi to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss HSK 5
客气 客氣 kè qi polite; courteous; formal; modest HSK 5
一流 一流 yī liú top quality; front ranking HSK 5
朵 朵 duǒ flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc HSK 5
闯 闖 chuǎng to rush; to charge; to dash; to break through; to temper oneself (through battling hardships) HSK 5
真诚 真誠 zhēn chéng sincere; genuine; true HSK 5
干脆 乾脆 gān cuì candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well HSK 5
天才 天才 tiān cái talent; gift; genius; talented; gifted HSK 5
完了 完了 wán le to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no HSK 5
情形 情形 qíng xing circumstances; situation HSK 5
脾气 脾氣 pí qi character; temperament; disposition; bad temper HSK 5
丑 丑 chǒu clown; 2nd earthly branch: 1-3 a.m., 12th solar month (6th January to 3rd February), year of the Ox; ancient Chinese compass point: 30° HSK 5
消除 消除 xiāo chú to eliminate; to remove HSK 5
劝 勸 quàn to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe HSK 5
糟糕 糟糕 zāo gāo too bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad HSK 5
认 認 rèn to recognize; to know; to admit HSK 5
尝 嘗 cháng to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once HSK 5
全都 全都 quán dōu all; without exception HSK 5
瞧 瞧 qiáo to look at; to see; to see (a doctor); to visit HSK 5
挤 擠 jǐ to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule) HSK 5
当年 當年 dāng nián in those days; then; in those years; during that time HSK 5
青 青 Qīng abbr. for 海, Qinghai Province HSK 5
回头 回頭 huí tóu to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by HSK 5
骂 罵 mà to scold; to abuse; to curse HSK 5