Be Somebody 2021
扬名立万
During the Republican era, a group of frustrated people from the movie industry is invited in a luxurious mansion to make a movie out of a gruesome case that has recently rattled the city of Shanghai, in the hopes that it would turn into a huge sensation and make them famous. However, they never expected that the murderer would be in their midst and that the truth behind the case would be far more bizarre than their fictional movie plot.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 倒行逆施 倒行逆施 | to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong; to try to turn back history; a perverse way of doing things | Idiom |
| 仗义执言 仗義執言 | to speak out for justice (idiom); to take a stand on a matter of principle | Idiom |
| 破门而入 破門而入 | to break the door down and enter (idiom) | Idiom |
| 徇私枉法 徇私枉法 | to bend the law in order to favor one's relatives or associates (idiom) | Idiom |
| 花花世界 花花世界 | the teeming world; the world of sensual pleasures | Xiehouyu |
| 来者不善 來者不善 | 来: come, coming; return, returning · 者: that which; he who; those who · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 善: good, virtuous, charitable, kind | Xiehouyu |
| 争风吃醋 爭風吃醋 | to rival sb for the affection of a man or woman; to be jealous of a rival in a love affair | Xiehouyu |
| 窝里横 窩裡橫 | (coll.) meek and civil in public, but a tyrant at home | Xiehouyu |
| 露馅 露餡 | to leak; to expose (sb's secret); to spill the beans; to let the cat out of the bag | Xiehouyu |
| 胡扯 胡扯 | to chatter; nonsense; blather | Xiehouyu |
| 倚老卖老 倚老賣老 | (idiom) to flaunt one's seniority; to rely on one's age or length of experience to control or belittle others | Xiehouyu |
| 装聋作哑 裝聾作啞 | to play deaf-mute | Xiehouyu |
| 光棍 光棍 | gangster; hoodlum; bachelor; single man; (dialect) wise person; astute person | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 同行 同行 | person of the same profession; of the same trade, occupation or industry | Xiehouyu |
| 兴许 興許 | (coll.) perhaps | Colloquialism |
| 不赖 不賴 | (coll.) not bad; good; fine | Colloquialism |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (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)? | |
| 碎尸 碎屍 | dismembered body | |
| 扬名 揚名 | to become famous; to become notorious | |
| 搭把手 搭把手 | to help out | |
| 失礼 失禮 | discourteous | |
| 凶器 兇器 | lethal weapon; murder weapon | |
| 分尸 分屍 | to dismember a corpse | |
| 影评 影評 | film review | |
| 高利贷 高利貸 | high-interest loan; usury | |
| 黄漂 黃漂 | rafting on the Yellow River | |
| 豹子 豹子 | leopard | |
| 隐喻 隱喻 | metaphor | |
| 儒雅 儒雅 | scholarly; refined; cultured; courteous | |
| 消气 消氣 | to cool one's temper | |
| 有劳 有勞 | thank you for the trouble | |
| 不顺 不順 | unfavorable; adverse | |
| 显灵 顯靈 | (of a supernatural or divine being) to appear; to make itself manifest | |
| 人犯 人犯 | criminal; culprit; suspect (old) | |
| 邀请函 邀請函 | invitation letter | |
| 许愿 許願 | to make a wish; to make a vow; to promise a reward | |
| 灭火 滅火 | to extinguish a fire; firefighting | |
| 余年 餘年 | one's remaining years | |
| 从业者 從業者 | people in the (aforementioned) industry; practitioner; industry professional | |
| 影坛 影壇 | moviedom; the world of movies; film circles | |
| 佳作 佳作 | masterpiece; fine piece of writing | |
| 阔气 闊氣 | lavish; generous; bounteous; prodigal | |
| 浮夸 浮誇 | to exaggerate; to be boastful; pompous; grandiose | |
| 佳人 佳人 | beautiful woman | |
| 伏法 伏法 | to be executed | |
| 德高望重 德高望重 | (idiom) a person of virtue and prestige; a person of good moral standing and reputation | |
| 乾坤 乾坤 | yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe |