American Dreams in China

American Dreams in China 2013

中国合伙人 zhōngguó héhuǒrén

Three Chinese friends build a successful English language school to help Chinese teenagers fulfil their dreams.

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4.19 Intermediate Director Peter Chan Ho-Sun IMDb 6.9

Cast

Huang Xiaoming Huang Xiaoming 成冬青 Deng Chao Deng Chao 孟晓骏 Tong Dawei Tong Dawei 王阳 Du Juan Du Juan 苏梅 Tong Lei Tong Lei 许文 Liu Tianzuo Liu Tianzuo 牛咏啸 Yang Yi Yang Yi 警察 Wang Zhener Wang Zhener 良琴 Zhang Zimu Zhang Zimu 良琴（6岁） Daniel Martin Berkey Daniel Martin Berkey 波诺

Vocabulary

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竞争力 競爭力 jìng zhēng lì competitive strength; competitiveness ∼HSK 4
申 申 Shēn to state to a superior, report; extend; 9th terrestrial branch ∼HSK 4
弗 弗 fú not, negative ∼HSK 4
拒 拒 jù ward off with hand, defend ∼HSK 4
留守 留守 liú shǒu to stay behind to take care of things ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
废弃 廢棄 fèi qì to discard; to abandon (old ways); to invalidate ∼HSK 4
教学法 教學法 jiào xué fǎ teaching method; pedagogy ∼HSK 4
背弃 背棄 bèi qì to abandon; to desert; to renounce ∼HSK 4
申请表 申請表 shēn qǐng biǎo application form ∼HSK 4
海归 海歸 hǎi guī sb who has come back to China after gaining overseas experience (a pun on); to return to China after a period of study or work overseas ∼HSK 4
赤 赤 chì red; scarlet; bare; naked ∼HSK 4
旗 旂 qí banner, flag, streamer ∼HSK 4
申明 申明 shēn míng to declare; to aver; to state formally ∼HSK 4
屎 屎 shǐ excrement, shit, dung ∼HSK 4
思潮 思潮 sī cháo tide of thought; way of thinking characteristic of a historical period; Zeitgeist ∼HSK 4
此时此刻 此時此刻 cǐ shí cǐ kè at this very moment ∼HSK 4
校方 校方 xiào fāng the school (as a party in a contract, dispute etc); the school authorities ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
乒乓 乒乓 pīng pāng (onom.) rattle; clatter; (sports) ping-pong; table tennis ∼HSK 4
现实主义 現實主義 xiàn shí zhǔ yì realism ∼HSK 4
管理员 管理員 guǎn lǐ yuán manager; administrator ∼HSK 4
当地居民 當地居民 dāng dì jū mín a local person; the local population ∼HSK 4
归国 歸國 guī guó to go home (to one's native country); to return from abroad ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
非官方 非官方 fēi guān fāng unofficial ∼HSK 4
教程 教程 jiào chéng course of study (commonly used in book titles) ∼HSK 4
叫醒 叫醒 jiào xǐng to awaken; to wake sb up; to rouse ∼HSK 4
召唤 召喚 zhào huàn to summon; to beckon; to call ∼HSK 4
一堆 一堆 yī duī pile ∼HSK 4
周末愉快 週末愉快 zhōu mò yú kuài Have a nice weekend! ∼HSK 4
校规 校規 xiào guī school rules and regulations ∼HSK 4
反观 反觀 fǎn guān by contrast; but as for this...; viewed from another angle; subjectively; introspection ∼HSK 4
大肚子 大肚子 dà dù zi pregnant; potbelly; big eater ∼HSK 4
经学 經學 jīng xué study of the Confucian classics ∼HSK 4
法子 法子 fǎ zi way; method; Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5] ∼HSK 4
一无是处 一無是處 yī wú shì chù (idiom) not one good point; everything about it is wrong ∼HSK 4
法定 法定 fǎ dìng statutory; law-based; legal ∼HSK 4
博学 博學 bó xué learned; erudite ∼HSK 4
应得 應得 yīng dé to deserve ∼HSK 4
首长 首長 shǒu zhǎng senior official ∼HSK 4
一直以来 一直以來 yī zhí yǐ lái in the past always; for a long time now; until now ∼HSK 4
不清楚 不清楚 bù qīng chu unclear; not understood; currently unknown ∼HSK 4
个例 個例 gè lì specific example; rare instance ∼HSK 4
无处不在 無處不在 wú chù bù zài to be everywhere ∼HSK 4
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
职称 職稱 zhí chēng one's professional position; title; job title ∼HSK 4
意识到 意識到 yì shí dào to be aware of; to realize ∼HSK 4
弯路 彎路 wān lù winding road; roundabout route; detour; (fig.) wrong way (of doing sth) ∼HSK 4
升职 升職 shēng zhí to get promoted (at work etc); promotion ∼HSK 4