American Dreams in China

American Dreams in China 2013

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

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Vocabulary

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dāng jiā to manage the household; to be the one in charge of the family; to call the shots; to be in charge ∼HSK 2
zhù jiào teaching assistant ∼HSK 2
yīng gāi de (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem ∼HSK 2
foundation, base ∼HSK 2
néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
qiáng miàn the surface of a wall (esp. an interior wall) ∼HSK 2
kuài chicken nugget; chicken piece ∼HSK 2
dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
wàn rén ten thousand people; all the people; everyman ∼HSK 2
wǎng qián (in) the past; ahead; forward; in the future ∼HSK 2
zǒu gǒu hunting dog; hound; (fig.) running dog; lackey ∼HSK 2
zuò wéi to act as; used erroneously for 作為|作为 ∼HSK 2
shí wàn hundred thousand ∼HSK 2
nián cheng the year's harvest ∼HSK 2
shǐ to defecate; to shit; to crap ∼HSK 2
biàn constant; unvarying; (math.) invariant ∼HSK 2
dào dài rewind (media player) ∼HSK 2
xiū xué to suspend schooling; to defer study ∼HSK 2
jiào dào to call; to shout ∼HSK 2
chéng all day long; the whole day; the whole time ∼HSK 2
shēng xià to give birth to ∼HSK 2
jiāng huì auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause); should (enable); going to ∼HSK 2
imperial examination ∼HSK 2
chéng shū to finish (writing a book); to appear in book form; a book already in circulation ∼HSK 2
wài huà off-topic comment; digression ∼HSK 2
xíng zhuāng clothes and other items packed for traveling; baggage; luggage ∼HSK 2
dài shàng to take along with one ∼HSK 2
gòu yòng adequate; sufficient; enough ∼HSK 2
měi every time ∼HSK 2
cóng qīng to be lenient (in sentencing) ∼HSK 2
Ào yùn Olympic Games; the Olympics ∼HSK 2
jīng zhǎn economic development ∼HSK 2
bèi bad luck ∼HSK 2
tīng bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is hearing ∼HSK 2
zhí duty, profession; office, post ∼HSK 2
Shǐ history, chronicle, annals ∼HSK 2
grade 4; fourth class; category D ∼HSK 2
diǎo rén (vulgar) damned wretch; fucker; also pr. [niao3 ren2] ∼HSK 2
zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
tīng dǒng to understand (on hearing); to catch (what is spoken) ∼HSK 2
jiǎng dào to talk about sth ∼HSK 2
Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
zǎi load; carry; transport, convey ∼HSK 2
绿 permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card) ∼HSK 2
shǒu zhǐ toilet paper ∼HSK 2
bào dǎo to report (in the media); (news) report ∼HSK 2
kàn bu dǒng unable to make sense of what one is looking at ∼HSK 2
jiǔ to drink (alcohol) ∼HSK 2
tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
bié to leave (on a long journey); to part from sb ∼HSK 2