Look for a Star

Look for a Star 2009

游龙戏凤 yóu lóng xì fèng

Wealthy construction mogul Sam Ching and cabaret dancer Milan Sit fall madly in love with one another despite the class differences that would keep many couples apart. However, what Sit doesn't know is that Ching is the man responsible for razing a building representing cherished memories from her childhood.

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3.89 Beginner Director Andrew Lau Wai-Keung IMDb 5.6

Cast

Andy Lau Andy Lau Sam Ching Shu Qi Shu Qi Milan Sit Zhang Hanyu Zhang Hanyu Lin Jiu Denise Ho Wan-Si Denise Ho Wan-Si Jo Kwok Zhang Xinyi Zhang Xinyi Shannon Fok David Chiang Da-Wei David Chiang Da-Wei Uncle George Lam Tsz-Cheung George Lam Tsz-Cheung Mr. Yamazaki Rebecca Pan Rebecca Pan Sam's Mother Maria Cordero Maria Cordero Auntie Cheung Tat-Ming Cheung Tat-Ming Tommy

Vocabulary

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性感 性感 xìng gǎn sex appeal; eroticism; sexuality; sexy HSK 7
时尚 時尚 shí shàng fashion; fad; fashionable HSK 7
所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
而已 而已 ér yǐ that's all; nothing more HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
家破人亡 家破人亡 jiā pò rén wáng family bankrupt and the people dead (idiom); ruined and orphaned; destitute and homeless Idiom ∼HSK 6
恩将仇报 恩將仇報 ēn jiāng chóu bào to bite the hand that feeds one (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
光棍 光棍 guāng gùn gangster; hoodlum; bachelor; single man; (dialect) wise person; astute person Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
露骨 露骨 lù gǔ blatant; unsubtle; frank; (of sex, violence etc) explicit Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自作聪明 自作聰明 zì zuò - cōng míng (idiom) to think oneself clever Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
横冲直撞 橫衝直撞 héng chōng - zhí zhuàng (idiom) to barge through, jostling and elbowing; to charge around; to rampage Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成 不成 bù chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
炒鱿鱼 炒魷魚 chǎo yóu yú (coll.) to fire sb; to sack sb Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
雷 雷 léi thunder; (bound form) (military) mine, as in 雷 land mine; (coll.) to shock; to stun; to astound; (Tw) (coll.) spoiler; (Tw) (coll.) to reveal plot details to (sb) Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
霸王 霸王 bà wáng hegemon; overlord; despot ∼HSK 6
高利贷 高利貸 gāo lì dài high-interest loan; usury ∼HSK 6
姻缘 姻緣 yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate ∼HSK 6
捉弄 捉弄 zhuō nòng to tease ∼HSK 6
睾丸素 睪丸素 gāo wán sù testosterone ∼HSK 6
不负 不負 bù fù to live up to ∼HSK 6
心窍 心竅 xīn qiào the mind; capacity for clear thinking ∼HSK 6
赌棍 賭棍 dǔ gùn hardened gambler; professional gambler ∼HSK 6
土特产 土特產 tǔ tè chǎn local specialty ∼HSK 6
短讯 短訊 duǎn xùn SMS; text message ∼HSK 6
斗地主 鬥地主 dòu dì zhǔ dou dizhu ("fight the landlord") (card game) ∼HSK 6
许愿 許願 xǔ yuàn to make a wish; to make a vow; to promise a reward ∼HSK 6
年度报告 年度報告 nián dù bào gào annual report ∼HSK 6
税前 稅前 shuì qián pretax; before taxes ∼HSK 6
自残 自殘 zì cán to mutilate oneself; self-harm ∼HSK 6
姨父 姨父 yí fu husband of mother's sister; uncle ∼HSK 6
妄想症 妄想症 wàng xiǎng zhèng delusional disorder; (fig.) paranoia ∼HSK 6
事业心 事業心 shì yè xīn devotion to one's work; professional ambition ∼HSK 6
铲平 剷平 chǎn píng to level the ground (with a hoe, shovel etc); to raze (a building, forest etc) ∼HSK 6
胸围 胸圍 xiōng wéi chest measurement; bust ∼HSK 6
气宇 氣宇 qì yǔ bearing; manner ∼HSK 6
公仔 公仔 gōng zǎi doll; cuddly toy ∼HSK 6
火坑 火坑 huǒ kēng pit of fire; fig. living hell ∼HSK 6
消气 消氣 xiāo qì to cool one's temper ∼HSK 6
守则 守則 shǒu zé rules; regulations ∼HSK 6
眼罩 眼罩 yǎn zhào eye-patch; blindfold; eye mask; goggles; eyeshade; blinkers (for a horse etc) ∼HSK 6
晕船 暈船 yùn chuán to become seasick ∼HSK 6
搞砸 搞砸 gǎo zá to mess (sth) up; to foul up; to spoil ∼HSK 6
丰胸 豐胸 fēng xiōng to enlarge the breasts; breast enlargement ∼HSK 6
结帐 結帳 jié zhàng variant of ∼HSK 6
宵夜 宵夜 xiāo yè midnight snack; late-night snack ∼HSK 6
施主 施主 shī zhǔ donor (Buddhist address) ∼HSK 6