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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灰 灰 huī ash; dust; lime; gray; discouraged; dejected HSK 7
眼神 眼神 yǎn shén expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect) HSK 7
业 業 yè line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already HSK 7
主义 主義 zhǔ yì -ism; ideology HSK 7
吻 吻 wěn kiss; to kiss; mouth HSK 7
率 率 lǜ rate; frequency HSK 7
家族 家族 jiā zú family; clan HSK 7
艘 艘 sōu classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sāo] HSK 7
粉 粉 fěn powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of HSK 7
恭喜 恭喜 gōng xǐ to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
嫁 嫁 jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
制 製 zhì to manufacture; to make HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
同志 同志 tóng zhì comrade; (slang) homosexual HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
及 及 jí and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
以 㕥 yǐ to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
以卵击石 以卵擊石 yǐ luǎn jī shí lit. to strike a stone with egg (idiom); to attempt the impossible; to invite disaster by overreaching oneself Idiom ∼HSK 6
命中注定 命中註定 mìng zhōng zhù dìng decreed by fate (idiom); destined; fated Idiom ∼HSK 6
心悦诚服 心悅誠服 xīn yuè chéng fú to submit cheerfully; to accept willingly (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
乘虚而入 乘虛而入 chéng xū ér rù to enter by exploiting a weak spot (idiom); to take advantage of a lapse Idiom ∼HSK 6
釜底抽薪 釜底抽薪 fǔ dǐ chōu xīn to take drastic measures to deal with a situation; to pull the carpet from under sb Idiom ∼HSK 6
窝里横 窩裡橫 wō li hèng (coll.) meek and civil in public, but a tyrant at home Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
关你屁事 關你屁事 guān nǐ pì shì (coll.) None of your goddamn business!; Mind your own business! Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
死缠烂打 死纏爛打 sǐ chán làn dǎ (coll.) to pester; to harass Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
死磕 死磕 sǐ kē (coll.) to fight to the death Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
擦屁股 擦屁股 cā pì gu to wipe one’s ass; (fig.) (coll.) to clean up sb else's mess Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
卖国贼 賣國賊 mài guó zéi traitor ∼HSK 6
杆子 杆子 gān zi pole ∼HSK 6
恐惧症 恐懼症 kǒng jù zhèng phobia ∼HSK 6
窃贼 竊賊 qiè zéi thief ∼HSK 6
稻子 稻子 dào zi rice (crop); unhulled rice ∼HSK 6
碎裂 碎裂 suì liè to disintegrate; to shatter into small pieces ∼HSK 6
肺结核 肺結核 fèi jié hé tuberculosis; TB ∼HSK 6
牛逼 牛逼 niú bī variant of ∼HSK 6
外文系 外文系 wài wén xì department of foreign languages; modern languages (college department) ∼HSK 6
淹死 淹死 yān sǐ to drown ∼HSK 6
遥控器 遙控器 yáo kòng qì a remote control ∼HSK 6
幽默感 幽默感 yōu mò gǎn sense of humor ∼HSK 6
垃圾股 垃圾股 lā jī gǔ junk bonds; high-yield bonds ∼HSK 6
杂工 雜工 zá gōng unskilled worker ∼HSK 6