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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势利小人 勢利小人 shì li xiǎo rén snob ∼HSK 6
早死早超生 早死早超生 zǎo sǐ zǎo chāo shēng to end one's suffering by dying quickly and being reincarnated; (fig.) to get it over with ∼HSK 6
犯浑 犯渾 fàn hún confused; mixed up; muddled up; befuddled ∼HSK 6
灵柩 靈柩 líng jiù coffin containing a corpse ∼HSK 6
洁白 潔白 jié bái spotlessly white; pure white ∼HSK 6
生母 生母 shēng mǔ natural mother; birth mother ∼HSK 6
哀思 哀思 āi sī grief-stricken thoughts; mourning ∼HSK 6
专攻 專攻 zhuān gōng to specialize in; to major in ∼HSK 6
煽情 煽情 shān qíng to stir up emotion; to arouse sympathy; moving ∼HSK 6
人缘 人緣 rén yuán relations with other people ∼HSK 6
欢迎光临 歡迎光臨 huān yíng guāng lín welcome ∼HSK 6
制片人 製片人 zhì piàn rén film producer ∼HSK 6
闭上 閉上 bì shang to close; to shut up ∼HSK 6
斯诺克 斯諾克 sī nuò kè snooker (loanword) ∼HSK 6
抗母 抗母 kàng mǔ (loanword) com (as in "dot-com") ∼HSK 6
同仁 同仁 tóng rén (formal) colleague; fellow member (of an organization or profession) ∼HSK 6
医治 醫治 yī zhì medical treatment ∼HSK 6
硬仗 硬仗 yìng zhàng tough battle; difficult task; big challenge ∼HSK 6
恶仗 惡仗 è zhàng hard fighting; fierce battle ∼HSK 6
殡仪馆 殯儀館 bìn yí guǎn the undertaker's; funeral parlor ∼HSK 6
缓步 緩步 huǎn bù to walk slowly; to amble along; gradually; slowly ∼HSK 6
两国之间 兩國之間 liǎng guó zhī jiān between the two countries; bilateral ∼HSK 6
横空出世 橫空出世 héng kōng chū shì (idiom) to come to the fore in spectacular fashion; to emerge from obscurity to achieve great success ∼HSK 6
原声 原聲 yuán shēng acoustic (musical instrument) ∼HSK 6
黑手党 黑手黨 hēi shǒu dǎng mafia ∼HSK 6
通讯卫星 通訊衛星 tōng xùn wèi xīng communications satellite ∼HSK 6
言之有理 言之有理 yán zhī yǒu lǐ 言: words, speech; speak, say · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 有: have, own, possess; exist · 理: reason, logic; manage ∼HSK 6
咽气 嚥氣 yàn qì to die; to breathe one's last ∼HSK 6
垫上 墊上 diàn shàng to pay for sb ∼HSK 6
瞎忙 瞎忙 xiā máng to putter around; to work to no avail ∼HSK 6
剧集 劇集 jù jí (serialized TV or Internet drama) show; series ∼HSK 6
一夜之间 一夜之間 yī yè zhī jiān (lit. and fig.) overnight ∼HSK 6
捧红 捧紅 pěng hóng to make popular; to make famous ∼HSK 6
扬名 揚名 yáng míng to become famous; to become notorious ∼HSK 6
特约 特約 tè yuē specially engaged; employed or commissioned for a special task ∼HSK 6
赚大钱 賺大錢 zhuàn dà qián to earn a fortune ∼HSK 6
悬疑 懸疑 xuán yí suspense ∼HSK 6
云集 雲集 yún jí to gather (in a crowd); to converge; to swarm ∼HSK 6
业内 業內 yè nèi (within) the industry; the profession ∼HSK 6
好样的 好樣的 hǎo yàng de (idiom) a good person, used to praise sb's moral integrity or courage ∼HSK 6
闹剧 鬧劇 nào jù farce ∼HSK 6
良药 良藥 liáng yào good medicine; panacea; fig. a good solution; a good remedy (e.g. to a social problem) ∼HSK 6
离谱 離譜 lí pǔ inappropriate; improper; out of place ∼HSK 6
遥遥领先 遙遙領先 yáo yáo - lǐng xiān (idiom) a long way in front; to lead by a wide margin ∼HSK 6
钱串子 錢串子 qián chuàn zi string of copper coins (in ancient China); (fig.) an overly money-oriented person; (zoology) centipede ∼HSK 6
不道德 不道德 bù dào dé immoral ∼HSK 6
识数 識數 shí shù to know how to count and do sums; numerate; numeracy ∼HSK 6
德性 德性 dé xìng moral integrity ∼HSK 6
丰乳 豐乳 fēng rǔ to enlarge one's breasts (e.g. by surgery); large breasts ∼HSK 6
代理商 代理商 dài lǐ shāng agent ∼HSK 6