King of Comedy

King of Comedy 1999

喜剧之王 xǐjù zhī wáng

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.

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4.11 Intermediate Director Stephen Chow, Lee Lik-Chi IMDb 7.2

Cast

Stephen Chow Stephen Chow Wan Tin Sau Cecilia Cheung Cecilia Cheung Lau Piu Piu Karen Mok Man-Wai Karen Mok Man-Wai Sister Cuckoo Richard Ng Man-Tat Richard Ng Man-Tat Mao Jazz Lam Tsz-Sin Jazz Lam Tsz-Sin Hung Tenky Tin Kai-Man Tenky Tin Kai-Man Hung's Man Lee Siu-Kay Lee Siu-Kay Brother Kei Jackie Chan Jackie Chan Stunt Double on Set (uncredited) Cheng Man-Fai Cheng Man-Fai Hung's Man Steven Fung Min-Hang Steven Fung Min-Hang Pui's First Boyfriend

Vocabulary

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一世 一世 yī shì generation; period of 30 years; one's whole lifetime; lifelong; age; era; times; the whole world; the First (of numbered European kings) ∼HSK 3
突然间 突然間 tū rán jiān suddenly ∼HSK 3
转位 轉位 zhuǎn wèi transposition; displacement; inversion; translocation; to displace; to transpose ∼HSK 3
张嘴 張嘴 zhāng zuǐ to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape ∼HSK 3
受够 受夠 shòu gòu to have had enough of; to be fed up with; to have had one's fill of ∼HSK 3
有心 有心 yǒu xīn to have a mind to; to intend to; deliberately; considerate ∼HSK 3
小龙 小龍 xiǎo lóng snake (as one of the 12 Chinese zodiac animals) ∼HSK 3
拍片 拍片 pāi piàn to shoot a film; to have a medical imaging procedure ∼HSK 3
谈谈 談談 tán tán to discuss; to have a chat ∼HSK 3
另一 另一 lìng yī another; the other ∼HSK 3
正派 正派 zhèng pài (of a person) upright; respectable; decent; (Tw) (of a business etc) reputable ∼HSK 3
所见 所見 suǒ jiàn (literary) what one sees; (literary) opinion; view ∼HSK 3
视乎 視乎 shì hū to be determined by; to depend on ∼HSK 3
时菜 時菜 shí cài seasonal vegetable ∼HSK 3
不合 不合 bù hé to not conform to; to be unsuited to; to be out of keeping with; should not; ought out ∼HSK 3
新年快乐 新年快樂 xīn nián kuài lè Happy New Year! ∼HSK 3
老实说 老實說 lǎo shí shuō honestly speaking; to be frank, ... ∼HSK 3
职业病 職業病 zhí yè bìng occupational disease ∼HSK 3
有的是 有的是 yǒu de shì have plenty of; there's no lack of HSK 3
有所不同 有所不同 yǒu suǒ bù tóng to differ to some extent (idiom) ∼HSK 3
夜总会 夜總會 yè zǒng huì nightclub; nightspot ∼HSK 3
请教 請教 qǐng jiào to ask for guidance; to consult HSK 3
话剧 話劇 huà jù stage play; modern drama HSK 3
武术 武術 wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times); all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development); self-defense; tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage); also called kungfu 功夫 HSK 3
剧场 劇場 jù chǎng theater HSK 3
底下 底下 dǐ xia the location below sth; afterwards HSK 3
全场 全場 quán chǎng everyone present; the whole audience; across-the-board; unanimously; whole duration (of a competition or match) HSK 3
香蕉 香蕉 xiāng jiāo banana HSK 3
巧 巧 qiǎo opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely HSK 3
文学 文學 wén xué literature HSK 3
整体 整體 zhěng tǐ whole entity; entire body; synthesis; as a whole (situation, construction, team etc); global; macrocosm; integral; holistic; whole HSK 3
热烈 熱烈 rè liè enthusiastic; ardent; warm HSK 3
其次 其次 qí cì next; secondly HSK 3
跳舞 跳舞 tiào wǔ to dance HSK 3
基本上 基本上 jī běn shang basically; on the whole HSK 3
功夫 功夫 gōng fu skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort HSK 3
部长 部長 bù zhǎng head of a (government etc) department; section chief; section head; secretary; minister HSK 3
整天 整天 zhěng tiān all day long; whole day HSK 3
创作 創作 chuàng zuò to create; to produce; to write; creative work; creation HSK 3
从事 從事 cóng shì to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do HSK 3
上来 上來 shàng lái to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) HSK 3
能不能 能不能 néng bùnéng Can you HSK 3
把握 把握 bǎ wò to grasp (also fig.); to seize; to hold; assurance; certainty; sure (of the outcome) HSK 3
性格 性格 xìng gé nature; disposition; temperament; character HSK 3
加强 加強 jiā qiáng to reinforce; to strengthen; to enhance HSK 3
订 訂 dìng to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order HSK 3
深入 深入 shēn rù to penetrate deeply; thorough HSK 3
表面 表面 biǎo miàn surface; face; outside; appearance HSK 3
丰富 豐富 fēng fù to enrich; rich; plentiful; abundant HSK 3
吵 吵 chǎo to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise HSK 3