Learn from movie plots – 1990 HK film – Days of Being WildLearn from movie plots – 80 vocab

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co1early
靚仔leng3 zai2handsome boy
有型jau5 jing4Stylish
上海soeng6 hoi2Shanghai
移民ji4 man4migrant

香港1960年代[初],[靚仔] [有型]既Lesile係[上海][移民]。

hoeng1 gong21960 nin4 doi6 [co1],[ leng3 zai2] [ jau5 jing4] gei3Lesile hai6[ soeng6 hoi2][ ji4 man4].

In Hong Kong in the early 1960s, the handsome and stylish Lesile immigrated from Shanghai.

從未cung4 mei6never
見過gin3 gwo3seen
生母sang1mou5biological mother
自細zi6 sai3Self-discipline
前交際花cin4 gaau1 zai3 faa1former social butterfly
jau4Depend on
養母joeng5 mou5foster mother
養大joeng5 daai6raised

佢 [從未] [見過] [生母],[自細] [由] [前交際花] [養母] [養大]。

keoi5 [ cung4 mei6] [ gin3 gwo3] [sang1 mou5],[ zi6 sai3]  [jau4] [ cin4 gaau1 zai3 faa1] [ joeng5 mou5] [ joeng5 daai6].

He has never met his biological mother and was raised by his adoptive mother, a former socialite.

因為jan1 wai6because
原因jyun4 jan1reason
長大zoeng2 daai6grow up
生命sang1 ming6life
遇到jyu6 dou2meet
每個mui5 go3each
冷酷laang5 huk6cold
無情mou4 cing4ruthless

[因為]呢個[原因],[長大]後,佢對[生命]中[遇到]既[每個]女人都[冷酷][無情]。

[ jan1 wai6] ni1 go3[ jyun4 jan1],[ zoeng2 daai6] hau6, keoi5 deoi3[ sang1 ming6] zung1[ jyu6 dou2] gei3[ mui5 go3] neoi5 jan2 dou1[ laang5 huk6][ mou4 cing4].

For this reason, when he grew up, he became ruthless towards every woman he met in his life.

放蕩fong3 dong6dissolute
先後sin1 hau6successively
售票員sau6 piu3 jyun4conductor
舞女mou5 neoi5dancing hostess
後來hau6 loi4later
拋棄paau1 hei3abandon

[放蕩]既佢[先後]同[售票員]Maggie同[舞女]Carina同居,[後來]都[拋棄]咗佢哋。

[fong3 dong6] gei3 keoi5[ sin1 hau6] tung4[ sau6 piu3 jyun4]Maggie tung4[ mou5 neoi5]Carina tung4 geoi1, [hau6 loi4] dou1[ paau1 hei3] zo2 keoi5 dei6.

As a wild man, he lived with conductor Maggie and dancing hostess Carina, but later abandoned them.