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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| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 不好 不好 | no good | |
| 不能 不能 | cannot; must not; should not | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 对了 對了 | Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... | |
| 拿来 拿來 | to bring; to fetch; to get | |
| 桌 桌 | table, desk, stand | |
| 是的 是的 | yes, that's right; variant of | |
| 我去 我去 | (slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! | |
| 着呢 著呢 | comes at the end of the sentence to indicate a strong degree; quite; rather | |
| 不可以 不可以 | may not | |
| 妈咪 媽咪 | mommy (loanword) | |
| 这就 這就 | immediately; at once | |
| 试一试 試一試 | to have a try | |
| 等等 等等 | et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! | |
| 还给 還給 | to return sth to sb | |
| 三十 三十 | thirty; 30 | |
| 一号 一號 | first day of the month; toilet; (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship) | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 做错 做錯 | to make an error | |
| 第一次 第一次 | the first time; first; number one | |
| 开门 開門 | to open a door (lit. and fig.); to open for business | |
| 这位 這位 | this (person) | |
| 正点 正點 | (of a train etc) on time; punctual; (slang) awesome; (Tw) on the hour | |
| 客 客 | guest, traveller; customer | |
| 还好 還好 | not bad; tolerable; fortunately | |
| 在外 在外 | outer; excluded | |
| 多多 多多 | many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more | |
| 要有 要有 | to need; to require; must have | |
| 帮帮忙 幫幫忙 | to help; to do a favor; (Shanghainese) Come on!; Give me a break! | |
| 试试看 試試看 | to give it a try | |
| 每天 每天 | every day | |
| 会不会 會不會 | (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not | |
| 衣 衣 | clothes, clothing; cover, skin | |
| 十二 十二 | twelve; 12 | |
| 影后 影后 | movie queen; best actress award winner | |
| 也就是 也就是 | in other words; i.e. | |
| 好几 好幾 | several; quite a few | |
| 那个人 那個人 | lit. that person; fig. the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams | |
| 几点 幾點 | what time?; when? | |
| 大后天 大後天 | three days from now; day after day after tomorrow | |
| 明晚 明晚 | tomorrow evening | |
| 个中 個中 | therein; in this | |
| 国人 國人 | compatriots (literary); fellow countrymen | |
| 看开 看開 | to come to accept an unpleasant fact; to get over sth; to cheer up | |
| 说到 說到 | to talk about; to mention; (preposition) as for | |
| 俄国 俄國 | Russia | |
| 试做 試做 | to try doing (sth) to see how well it turns out; to experiment | |
| 百几 百幾 | more than a hundred | |
| 老爸 老爸 | father; dad |