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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| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 拍摄 拍攝 | to take (a picture); to shoot (a film) | |
| 加上 加上 | plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that | |
| 舞 舞 | to dance; to wield; to brandish | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 呆 呆 | foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay | |
| 拒绝 拒絕 | to refuse; to decline; to reject | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 人物 人物 | person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting) | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 棒 棒 | stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 抢 搶 | (literary) to knock against (esp. to knock one's head on the ground in grief or rage); opposite in direction; contrary | |
| 分析 分析 | to analyze; analysis | |
| 居然 居然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 至 至 | to arrive; most; to; until | |
| 令 令 | to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 一言为定 一言為定 | (idiom) it's a deal; that's settled then | Idiom |
| 随机应变 隨機應變 | to change according to the situation (idiom); pragmatic | Idiom |
| 受不了 受不了 | unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand | Xiehouyu |
| 恶心 惡心 | nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating; to embarrass (deliberately) | Xiehouyu |
| 穷 窮 | poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 东亚病夫 東亞病夫 | (derog.) the sick man of Asia (term used in the West in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to refer to China in its weakened state after the Opium Wars) | Proper Noun |
| 六合彩 六合彩 | Mark Six (Hong Kong lotto game) | Proper Noun |
| 尼斯 尼斯 | Nice (city in France) | Proper Noun |
| 法国人 法國人 | Frenchman; French person | Proper Noun |
| 索罗斯 索羅斯 | Soros (name); George Soros or György Schwartz (1930-), Hungarian American financial speculator and millionaire philanthropist | Proper Noun |
| 印尼盾 印尼盾 | Indonesian rupiah | Proper Noun |
| 香港大学 香港大學 | The University of Hong Kong | Proper Noun |
| 孙 孫 | Sun (surname) | Proper Noun |
| 会安 會安 | Hoi An (in Vietnam) | Proper Noun |
| 香港警察 香港警察 | Hong Kong Police Force (since 1997) | Proper Noun |
| 会同 會同 | Huitong county in Huaihua, Hunan | Proper Noun |
| 屎 屎 | excrement, shit, dung | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 嘉 嘉 | excellent; joyful; auspicious | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 杜 杜 | stop, prevent; restrict; surname | |
| 王八蛋 王八蛋 | bastard; son of a bitch | |
| 婆婆 婆婆 | husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma | |
| 屁 屁 | break wind; fart; buttocks |