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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砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
即 即 jí namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near 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
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) 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
哦 哦 é to chant 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
一视同仁 一視同仁 yī shì tóng rén to treat everyone equally favorably (idiom); not to discriminate between people Idiom ∼HSK 6
国泰民安 國泰民安 guó tài mín ān the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity Idiom ∼HSK 6
蒙在鼓里 矇在鼓裡 méng zài gǔ lǐ variant of Idiom ∼HSK 6
求之不得 求之不得 qiú zhī bù dé lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for Idiom ∼HSK 6
趁热打铁 趁熱打鐵 chèn rè dǎ tiě to strike while the iron is hot Idiom ∼HSK 6
生米煮成熟饭 生米煮成熟飯 shēng mǐ zhǔ chéng shú fàn the rice is cooked; what's done is done; it's too late to change anything now (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
拍马屁 拍馬屁 pāi mǎ pì to flatter; to fawn on; to butter sb up; toadying; bootlicking Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
脱裤子放屁 脫褲子放屁 tuō kù zi fàng pì lit. to take off trousers to fart; fig. to do something absolutely unnecessary; fig. to make things too complicated Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
肥水不流外人田 肥水不流外人田 féi shuǐ bù liú wài rén tián lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field; fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
无穷无尽 無窮無盡 wú qióng wú jìn endless; boundless; infinite Xiehouyu HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
打水漂 打水漂 dǎ shuǐ piāo to skip stones (on water); (coll.) to squander one's money on a bad investment Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
甭管 甭管 béng guǎn (coll.) regardless of; no matter (where, who etc) 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
纠错 糾錯 jiū cuò to correct an error ∼HSK 6
广告商 廣告商 guǎng gào shāng advertising company ∼HSK 6
黑纱 黑紗 hēi shā black armband ∼HSK 6
捐给 捐給 juān gěi to donate ∼HSK 6
悼词 悼詞 dào cí memorial speech; eulogy ∼HSK 6
特写 特寫 tè xiě feature article; close-up (filmmaking, photography etc) ∼HSK 6
不觉 不覺 bù jué unconsciously ∼HSK 6
恶棍 惡棍 è gùn scoundrel; rogue; bully; villain ∼HSK 6
不以为耻 不以為恥 bù yǐ wéi chǐ to not regard sth as shameful (idiom); shameless; without a sense of shame ∼HSK 6
报丧 報喪 bào sāng to announce sb's demise ∼HSK 6
飞艇 飛艇 fēi tǐng airship ∼HSK 6
灵车 靈車 líng chē hearse ∼HSK 6
睁开 睜開 zhēng kāi to open (one's eyes) ∼HSK 6
头皮屑 頭皮屑 tóu pí xiè dandruff ∼HSK 6
哀乐 哀樂 āi yuè funeral music; plaint; dirge ∼HSK 6
尊姓大名 尊姓大名 zūn xìng dà míng your honorable surname and great name (idiom); polite way of asking someone's name ∼HSK 6
直译 直譯 zhí yì literal translation ∼HSK 6
临时演员 臨時演員 lín shí yǎn yuán an extra (in a movie) ∼HSK 6
一丁点 一丁點 yī dīng diǎn a tiny bit ∼HSK 6
利尿剂 利尿劑 lì niào jì diuretic ∼HSK 6
滥调 濫調 làn diào hackneyed talk; platitude ∼HSK 6
陈腐 陳腐 chén fǔ trite; clichéd; empty and trite; banality; platitude ∼HSK 6
达成协议 達成協議 dá chéng xié yì to reach agreement ∼HSK 6
六道轮回 六道輪迴 liù dào lún huí the six paths of reincarnation (Buddhism); the cycle of rebirth (idiom) ∼HSK 6
西方极乐世界 西方極樂世界 xī fāng jí lè shì jiè Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss or Sukhavati (Sanskrit) ∼HSK 6