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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已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
世界 世界 shì jiè world HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
难受 難受 nán shòu to feel unwell; to suffer pain; to be difficult to bear Xiehouyu HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
够朋友 夠朋友 gòu péng you (coll.) to be a true friend Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
蛋蛋 蛋蛋 dàn dàn (coll.) balls (testicles) Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
字典 字典 zì diǎn Chinese character dictionary (containing entries for single characters, contrasted with a 词典, which has entries for words of one or more characters); (coll.) dictionary Colloquialism HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
天安门 天安門 Tiān ān mén Tiananmen Gate, entrance of the Imperial City in Beijing Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
美国人民 美國人民 Měi guó rén mín the American people Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
纽约 紐約 Niǔ yuē New York Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
米国 米國 Mǐ guó United States; name of a country that formerly existed near Samarkand Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
海南 海南 Hǎi nán Hainan Province, capital Haikou; Hainan Island in South China Sea; Hainan District of Wuhait City, Inner Mongolia; Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in Qinghai Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
下周 下週 xià zhōu next week HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
那时候 那時候 nà shí hou at that time HSK 2
波 波 Bō waves, breakers; undulations ∼HSK 2
苏 蘇 sū used in ∼HSK 2
奥 奧 Ào mysterious, obscure, profound ∼HSK 2
所有人 所有人 suǒ yǒu rén everyone; owner ∼HSK 2
在座 在座 zài zuò to be present ∼HSK 2
不正当 不正當 bù zhèng dàng dishonest; unfair; improper ∼HSK 2
借钱 借錢 jiè qián to borrow money; to lend money ∼HSK 2
进取 進取 jìn qǔ to show initiative; to be a go-getter; to push forward with one's agenda ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
天亮 天亮 tiān liàng to grow light (at daybreak) ∼HSK 2
得很 得很 de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
知道了 知道了 zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
街上 街上 jiē shang on the street; in town ∼HSK 2
成了 成了 chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
而言 而言 ér yán (typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as... is concerned; speaking in terms of... ∼HSK 2
黑人 黑人 hēi rén black person; an illegal ∼HSK 2
年轻人 年輕人 nián qīng rén young people; youngster ∼HSK 2
变回 變回 biàn huí to revert; to change back into ∼HSK 2