Big Shot's Funeral

Big Shot's Funeral 2001

大腕 dàwàn

Don Tyler, a famous film-maker, falls ill on the sets of his movie. Fascinated by the funereal traditions of China, he requests a cameraman named Yoyo to arrange a grand, comedic funeral for him.

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4.35 Intermediate Director Feng Xiaogang 🍅 20%

Cast

Ge You Ge You YoYo Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lam Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lam Lucy Donald Sutherland Donald Sutherland Tyler Ying Da Ying Da Wang Xiaozhu Paul Mazursky Paul Mazursky Tony Zhang Hanyu Zhang Hanyu Fu Biao Fu Biao Li Chengru Li Chengru Liu Yiwei Liu Yiwei Christopher Baden Pete

Vocabulary

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好朋友 好朋友 hǎo péng you good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) ∼HSK 1
玩笑 玩笑 wán xiào to joke; joke; jest ∼HSK 1
听起来 聽起來 tīng qi lai to sound like ∼HSK 1
他用 他用 tā yòng other use; other purpose ∼HSK 1
后事 後事 hòu shì future events; and what happened next... (in fiction); funeral arrangements ∼HSK 1
大水 大水 dà shuǐ flood ∼HSK 1
早茶 早茶 zǎo chá morning tea ∼HSK 1
在下 在下 zài xià under; myself (humble) ∼HSK 1
不在 不在 bù zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
我这儿 我這兒 wǒ zhe r where I am; my place ∼HSK 1
要说 要說 yào shuō as for; when it comes to ∼HSK 1
老老 老老 lǎo lao maternal grandmother; same as 姥姥 ∼HSK 1
坏了 壞了 huài le shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost ∼HSK 1
早来 早來 zǎo lái to arrive early ∼HSK 1
外事 外事 wài shì foreign affairs ∼HSK 1
本国 本國 běn guó one's own country ∼HSK 1
看不出 看不出 kàn bu chū can't discern ∼HSK 1
茉莉花 茉莉花 mò li huā jasmine ∼HSK 1
笑星 笑星 xiào xīng popular comedian; comic star ∼HSK 1
记起 記起 jì qǐ to recall; to recollect ∼HSK 1
最喜爱 最喜愛 zuì xǐ ài favorite ∼HSK 1
女星 女星 nǚ xīng female star; famous actress ∼HSK 1
话说 話說 huà shuō It is said that... (at the start of a narrative); to discuss; to recount ∼HSK 1
多多 多多 duō duō many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more ∼HSK 1
女的 女的 nǚ de woman ∼HSK 1
俄罗斯 俄羅斯 É luó sī Russia ∼HSK 1
对了 對了 duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
打钱 打錢 dǎ qián to collect money from sb; to give money to sb ∼HSK 1
大鳄 大鱷 dà è lit. big crocodile; fig. major figure; big shot; top boss (esp. criminal) ∼HSK 1
说好 說好 shuō hǎo to come to an agreement; to complete negotiations ∼HSK 1
一种 一種 yī zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
找钱 找錢 zhǎo qián to give change; to seek funding; (dialect) to make money; to earn a living ∼HSK 1
太过 太過 tài guò excessively; too ∼HSK 1
一说 一說 yī shuō an expression of opinion; according to some ∼HSK 1
一对 一對 yī duì couple; pair ∼HSK 1
五四 五四 wǔ sì fourth of May, cf 五四運動|五四运动, national renewal movement that started with 4th May 1919 protest against the Treaty of Versailles ∼HSK 1
有请 有請 yǒu qǐng to request the pleasure of seeing sb; to ask sb in; to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speech) ∼HSK 1
四十 四十 sì shí forty; 40 ∼HSK 1
六十 六十 liù shí sixty; 60 ∼HSK 1
八十 八十 bā shí eighty; 80 ∼HSK 1
九十 九十 jiǔ shí ninety ∼HSK 1
机 機 Jī desk; machine; moment ∼HSK 1
爱上 愛上 ài shàng to fall in love with; to be in love with ∼HSK 1
在那儿 在那兒 zài na r (adverbial expression indicating that the attention of the subject of the verb is focused on what they are doing, not distracted by anything else); just...ing (and nothing else) ∼HSK 1
在地 在地 zài dì (Tw) local; native (from Taiwanese 在地, Tai-lo pr. [tsāi-tē]) ∼HSK 1
军 軍 jūn army, military; soldiers, troops ∼HSK 1
怎么说呢 怎麼說呢 zěn me shuō ne Why is that?; How come? ∼HSK 1
大风 大風 dà fēng gale ∼HSK 1
记不住 記不住 jì bu zhù can't remember ∼HSK 1
怎么了 怎麼了 zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1