King of Comedy 1999
喜剧之王
Wan Tin-Sau is an actor who cannot seem to catch a break, since his only professional jobs are limited to being a movie extra. As well as being an actor, he is also the head of his village's community center.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 吐气扬眉 吐氣揚眉 | 吐: vomit, spew out, cough up · 气: steam, vapor; KangXi radical 84 · 扬: scatter, spread; praise · 眉: eyebrows; upper margin of book | Idiom |
| 跑龙套 跑龍套 | to play a small role | Idiom |
| 耳熟能详 耳熟能詳 | what's frequently heard can be repeated in detail (idiom) | Idiom |
| 开口 開口 | to open one's mouth; to start to talk | Xiehouyu |
| 向着 向著 | towards; facing (sb or sth); (coll.) to side with; to favor | Colloquialism |
| 歪 歪 | askew; at a crooked angle; devious; noxious; (coll.) to lie on one's side | Colloquialism |
| 家伙 傢伙 | household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon | Colloquialism |
| 不服气 不服氣 | unwilling to concede; defiant; indignant; to find it galling | |
| 受过 受過 | to take the blame (for sb else) | |
| 过奖 過獎 | to overpraise; to flatter | |
| 譬如说 譬如說 | for example | |
| 酒楼 酒樓 | restaurant | |
| 揣摩 揣摩 | to analyze; to try to figure out; to try to fathom | |
| 服气 服氣 | to be convinced; to accept | |
| 指教 指教 | to give advice or comments | |
| 总而言之 總而言之 | in short; in a word; in brief | |
| 贬值 貶值 | to become devaluated; to devaluate; to depreciate | |
| 对白 對白 | dialogue (in a movie or a play) | |
| 迁就 遷就 | to yield; to adapt to; to accommodate to (sth) | |
| 感染力 感染力 | infectiousness (of a disease); appeal; power; impact (of an image, marketing message, performance etc) | |
| 机灵 機靈 | clever; quick-witted | |
| 不景气 不景氣 | slack; in a slump | |
| 名著 名著 | masterpiece | |
| 捧场 捧場 | to cheer on (originally esp. as paid stooge); to root for sb; to sing sb's praises; to flatter | |
| 摆平 擺平 | to be fair; to be impartial; to settle (a matter etc) | |
| 替身 替身 | stand-in; substitute; body double; stuntman; scapegoat; fall guy; to stand in for sb else | |
| 固然 固然 | admittedly (it's true that...) | |
| 平日 平日 | ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually | |
| 拍戏 拍戲 | to shoot a movie | |
| 煲 煲 | to cook slowly over a low flame; pot; saucepan | |
| 譬如 譬如 | for example; for instance; such as | |
| 顺手 順手 | easily; without trouble; while one is at it; in passing; handy | |
| 精髓 精髓 | marrow; pith; quintessence; essence | |
| 衰退 衰退 | to decline; to fall; to drop; to falter; a decline; recession (in economics) | |
| 提拔 提拔 | to promote to a higher job; to select for promotion | |
| 做主 做主 | see 主 | |
| 抽象 抽象 | abstract; abstraction | |
| 鼻涕 鼻涕 | nasal mucus; snivel; snot | |
| 领悟 領悟 | to understand; to comprehend | |
| 姨 姨 | mother's sister; aunt | |
| 振作 振作 | to bestir oneself; to pull oneself together; to cheer up; to uplift; to stimulate | |
| 休克 休克 | shock (loanword); to go into shock | |
| 点火 點火 | to ignite; to light a fire; to agitate; to start an engine; ignition; fig. to stir up trouble | |
| 见解 見解 | opinion; view; understanding | |
| 耳光 耳光 | a slap on the face | |
| 贪 貪 | to have a voracious desire for; to covet; greedy; corrupt | |
| 立体 立體 | three-dimensional; solid; stereoscopic | |
| 心血 心血 | heart's blood; expenditure (for some project); meticulous care | |
| 关照 關照 | to take care; to keep an eye on; to look after; to tell; to remind | |
| 路人 路人 | passer-by; stranger |