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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| 唇膏 唇膏 | lip balm; lipstick | |
| 鬼混 鬼混 | to hang around; to fool around; to live aimlessly | |
| 不顺 不順 | unfavorable; adverse | |
| 看得起 看得起 | to show respect for; to think highly of | |
| 球拍 球拍 | racket | |
| 用得着 用得著 | to be able to use; useable; to have a use for; (in a question) to be necessary to | |
| 霞 霞 | rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset | |
| 待会儿 待會兒 | in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] | |
| 祖母 祖母 | father's mother; paternal grandmother | |
| 影迷 影迷 | film enthusiast; movie fan | |
| 很难说 很難說 | Hard to say | |
| 番茄 番茄 | tomato | |
| 探讨 探討 | to investigate; to probe | |
| 总监 總監 | head; director (of an organizational unit); (police) commissioner; inspector-general; rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration | |
| 高档 高檔 | superior quality; high grade; top grade | |
| 拿走 拿走 | to take away | |
| 特意 特意 | specially; intentionally | |
| 懒 懶 | lazy | |
| 杂 雜 | mixed; miscellaneous; various; to mix | |
| 嫌 嫌 | to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect | |
| 难忘 難忘 | unforgettable | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 吞 吞 | to swallow; to take | |
| 扁 扁 | small boat | |
| 好转 好轉 | to improve; to take a turn for the better; improvement | |
| 嘉宾 嘉賓 | esteemed guest; honored guest; guest (on a show) | |
| 串 串 | to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across | |
| 园 園 | land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc | |
| 新人 新人 | newcomer; fresh talent; newlywed, esp. new bride; bride and groom; (paleoanthropology) Homo sapiens | |
| 吊 吊 | to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person | |
| 上演 上演 | to screen (a movie); to stage (a play); a screening; a staging | |
| 焦点 焦點 | focal point; focus (lit. and fig.) | |
| 忽略 忽略 | to neglect; to overlook; to ignore | |
| 节奏 節奏 | rhythm; tempo; musical pulse; cadence; beat | |
| 约定 約定 | to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange; to promise; to stipulate; to make an appointment; stipulated (time, amount, quality etc); an arrangement; a deal; appointment; undertaking; commitment; understanding; engagement; stipulation | |
| 凶 兇 | terrible; fearful | |
| 金钱 金錢 | money; currency | |
| 娃娃 娃娃 | baby; small child; doll | |
| 救命 救命 | to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! | |
| 策划 策劃 | to plot; to scheme; to bring about; to engineer; planning; producer; planner | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 主角 主角 | leading role; lead; protagonist | |
| 伤口 傷口 | wound; cut | |
| 幻想 幻想 | delusion; fantasy | |
| 遭遇 遭遇 | to meet with; to encounter; (bitter) experience | |
| 大师 大師 | great master; master | |
| 道歉 道歉 | to apologize | |
| 肯 肎 | to agree; to consent; to be willing to | |
| 牺牲 犧牲 | to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice | |
| 踩 跴 | to step on; to tread; to stamp; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike); (online) to downvote |