The Dream Factory

The Dream Factory 1997

甲方乙方 jiǎfāng yǐfāng

Four friends come up with an unusual idea to make some money and have fun doing it. For a small fee, they will impersonate and act out any character role for their customers. In the course of executing this novel service, they encounter a whole spectrum of people in society, finding ways to genuinely help them boost their morale and overcome their fears, while gaining unusual and new insights into the human condition.

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4.44 Intermediate Director Feng Xiaogang IMDb 7.3

Cast

Ge You Ge You Yao Yuan Liu Bei Liu Bei Zhou Beiyan He Bing He Bing Liang Zi Feng Xiaogang Feng Xiaogang Qian Kang Ying Da Ying Da Patton Xu Fan Xu Fan Tang Lijun Yang Lixin Yang Lixin Technician Li Qi Li Qi Fat Cook Fu Biao Fu Biao Zhang Fugui Li Bin Li Bin Aunt Qi

Vocabulary

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仪表堂堂 儀表堂堂 yí biǎo táng táng of imposing and dignified appearance (idiom); impressive in looks and bearing Idiom ∼HSK 7
是是非非 是是非非 shì shì fēi fēi lit. the rights and the wrongs (idiom); fig. matters of right and wrong; squabbles over who is right; to distinguish right from wrong Idiom ∼HSK 7
落井投石 落井投石 luò jǐng tóu shí lit. to throw stones at someone who has fallen down a well (idiom); fig. to kick someone when they are down; to hit a person when down Idiom ∼HSK 7
疲惫不堪 疲憊不堪 pí bèi bù kān exhausted; fatigued to the extreme Idiom HSK 7
雪上加霜 雪上加霜 xuě shàng jiā shuāng (idiom) to make matters even worse; to add insult to injury Idiom HSK 7
乱七八糟 亂七八糟 luàn qī bā zāo (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled Idiom HSK 7
扫兴 掃興 sǎo xìng to spoil things; to dampen spirits; to feel deflated; to be dispirited Xiehouyu HSK 7
留神 留神 liú shén to take care; to be careful Xiehouyu HSK 7
淘气 淘氣 táo qì naughty; mischievous Xiehouyu HSK 7
衣裳 衣裳 yī shang (coll.) clothes Colloquialism HSK 7
嫂子 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law Colloquialism HSK 7
人品 人品 rén pǐn moral standing; moral quality; character; personality; appearance; looks (colloquial); bearing Colloquialism HSK 7
好坏 好壞 hǎo huài good or bad; good and bad; standard; quality; (coll.) very bad Colloquialism HSK 7
逮 逮 dǎi (coll.) to catch; to seize Colloquialism HSK 7
戳 戳 chuō to jab; to poke; to stab; (coll.) to sprain; to blunt; to fuck (vulgar); to stand; to stand (sth) upright; stamp; seal Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
括弧 括弧 kuò hú parenthesis HSK 7
陶冶 陶冶 táo yě lit. to fire pots and smelt metal; fig. to educate HSK 7
赐教 賜教 cì jiào (honorific) to impart one's wisdom; to enlighten HSK 7
沏 沏 qī to steep (tea) HSK 7
成心 成心 chéng xīn intentional; deliberate; on purpose HSK 7
壮胆 壯膽 zhuàng dǎn to get one’s courage up; to embolden HSK 7
不辞而别 不辭而別 bù cí ér bié to leave without saying good-bye HSK 7
难能可贵 難能可貴 nán néng kě guì rare and precious; valuable; remarkable HSK 7
无可奉告 無可奉告 wú kě fèng gào (idiom) "no comment" HSK 7
恼羞成怒 惱羞成怒 nǎo xiū chéng nù to fly into a rage out of humiliation; to be ashamed into anger (idiom) HSK 7
味精 味精 wèi jīng monosodium glutamate (MSG) HSK 7
边远 邊遠 biān yuǎn far from the center; remote; outlying HSK 7
谢绝 謝絕 xiè jué to refuse politely HSK 7
敢情 敢情 gǎn qing actually; as it turns out; indeed; of course HSK 7
馋 饞 chán gluttonous; greedy; to have a craving HSK 7
吃苦 吃苦 chī kǔ to bear hardships HSK 7
请柬 請柬 qǐng jiǎn invitation card; written invitation HSK 7
国宝 國寶 guó bǎo national treasure HSK 7
受惊 受驚 shòu jīng startled HSK 7
原装 原裝 yuán zhuāng genuine; intact in original packaging (not locally assembled and packaged) HSK 7
跟上 跟上 gēn shàng to catch up with; to keep pace with HSK 7
够呛 夠嗆 gòu qiàng unbearable; terrible; enough; unlikely HSK 7
乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home HSK 7
爱惜 愛惜 ài xī to cherish; to treasure; to use sparingly HSK 7
屯 屯 tún to station (soldiers); to store up; village HSK 7
顺路 順路 shùn lù by the way; while out doing sth else; conveniently HSK 7
大款 大款 dà kuǎn very wealthy person HSK 7
气派 氣派 qì pài impressive; stylish; magnificent; imposing manner; dignified air HSK 7
叫好 叫好 jiào hǎo to applaud; to cheer HSK 7
受罪 受罪 shòu zuì to endure; to suffer; hardships; torments; a hard time; a nuisance HSK 7
祸害 禍害 huò hài disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck HSK 7
转眼 轉眼 zhuǎn yǎn in a flash; in the blink of an eye; to glance HSK 7
冤 冤 yuān injustice; grievance; wrong HSK 7
演艺圈 演藝圈 yǎn yì quān show business HSK 7