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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| 时代 時代 | Time, US weekly news magazine | |
| 经济 經濟 | economy; economic | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 效果 效果 | result; effect; efficacy; (theater) sound or visual effects | |
| 空 空 | empty; air; sky; in vain | |
| 后面 後面 | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards | |
| 直到 直到 | until | |
| 刀 刀 | knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs | |
| 经验 經驗 | experience; to experience | |
| 美丽 美麗 | beautiful | |
| 观众 觀眾 | spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc) | |
| 感情 感情 | emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons | |
| 痛 痛 | ache; pain; sorrow; deeply; thoroughly | |
| 现实 現實 | reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested | |
| 实际上 實際上 | in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice | |
| 正式 正式 | formal; official | |
| 适合 適合 | to fit; to suit | |
| 乱 亂 | in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 老板 老闆 | boss; business proprietor | |
| 更加 更加 | more (than sth else); even more | |
| 火 火 | fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 | |
| 环境 環境 | environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient | |
| 照 炤 | according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before | |
| 对方 對方 | the other person; the other side; the other party | |
| 状态 狀態 | condition; state; state of affairs | |
| 牛 牛 | ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome | |
| 专业 專業 | specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university); major; professional | |
| 警察 警察 | police; police officer | |
| 表演 表演 | play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate | |
| 反应 反應 | to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 基本 基本 | basic; fundamental; main; elementary | |
| 本来 本來 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | |
| 紧张 緊張 | nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce | |
| 深 㴱 | deep (lit. and fig.) | |
| 由于 由於 | due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because | |
| 压力 壓力 | pressure | |
| 步 步 | a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation | |
| 失去 失去 | to lose | |
| 自然 自然 | nature; natural; naturally | |
| 敢 敢 | to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture | |
| 首先 首先 | first (of all); in the first place | |
| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 金 金 | gold; chemical element Au; generic term for lustrous and ductile metals; money; golden; highly respected; one of the eight categories of ancient musical instruments 音 | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you | |
| 设计 設計 | to design; to plan; design; plan | |
| 好好 好好 | well; carefully; nicely; properly | |
| 坚持 堅持 | to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on |