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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穷苦 窮苦 qióng kǔ impoverished; destitute ∼HSK 4
这阵子 這陣子 zhè zhèn zi now; at present; at this juncture ∼HSK 4
饰 飾 shì decorate, ornament, adorn ∼HSK 4
七彩 七彩 qī cǎi seven colors; a variety of colors; multicolored; rainbow-colored ∼HSK 4
暗自 暗自 àn zì inwardly; to oneself; secretly ∼HSK 4
怜 憐 lián pity, sympathize ∼HSK 4
闪亮 閃亮 shǎn liàng brilliant; shiny; a flare; to glisten; to twinkle ∼HSK 4
研 研 yán grind, rub; study, research ∼HSK 4
警局 警局 jǐng jú police department; police station; abbr. of 警察局 ∼HSK 4
这样子 這樣子 zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
伯 伯 bà variant of ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
穷光蛋 窮光蛋 qióng guāng dàn poor wretch; pauper; destitute man; poverty-stricken peasant; penniless good-for-nothing; impecunious vagabond ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
吃味 吃味 chī wèi to be jealous ∼HSK 4
走江湖 走江湖 zǒu jiāng hú to travel around the country (as itinerant peddler or entertainer) ∼HSK 4
症 症 zhèng disease, illness, ailment ∼HSK 4
专治 專治 zhuān zhì (of medicine) to use specifically for the treatment of ∼HSK 4
无名 無名 wú míng nameless; obscure ∼HSK 4
重色轻友 重色輕友 zhòng sè qīng yǒu paying more attention to a lover than friends (idiom); to value sex over friendship ∼HSK 4
隔夜 隔夜 gé yè overnight; of the previous day ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
江湖 江湖 jiāng hú rivers and lakes; all corners of the country; remote areas to which hermits retreat; section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law; the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf.); ( ∼HSK 4
恶魔 惡魔 è mó demon; fiend ∼HSK 4
风湿 風濕 fēng shī rheumatism ∼HSK 4
骨 骨 gū bone; skeleton; frame, framework ∼HSK 4
暗流 暗流 àn liú undercurrent ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
明丽 明麗 míng lì bright and beautiful; (of a landscape) gorgeous; (of a color) vibrant ∼HSK 4
幽香 幽香 yōu xiāng delicate fragrance ∼HSK 4
红叶 紅葉 hóng yè red autumnal leaves ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
窗 牎 chuāng window ∼HSK 4
沦落 淪落 lún luò to degenerate; impoverished; to fall (into poverty); to be reduced (to begging) ∼HSK 4
这一阵子 這一陣子 zhè yī zhèn zi recently; currently ∼HSK 4
双倍 雙倍 shuāng bèi twofold; double ∼HSK 4
三倍 三倍 sān bèi triple ∼HSK 4
冲天 沖天 chōng tiān (lit. and fig.) to soar; to shoot upwards ∼HSK 4
寒 寒 hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
精神学 精神學 jīng shén xué psychology ∼HSK 4
效 俲 xiào result, effect; effectiveness ∼HSK 4
庆 慶 qìng congratulate, celebrate ∼HSK 4
轮到 輪到 lún dào to be (sb's or sth's) turn ∼HSK 4
失掉 失掉 shī diào to lose; to miss ∼HSK 4
商业化 商業化 shāng yè huà to commercialize ∼HSK 4
蒂 蒂 dì peduncle or stem of plants ∼HSK 4
甜言 甜言 tián yán sweet words; fine talk ∼HSK 4
娃 娃 wá baby; doll; pretty girl ∼HSK 4
登山 登山 dēng shān to climb a mountain; climbing; mountaineering HSK 4
西瓜 西瓜 xī guā watermelon HSK 4