The Dream Factory 1997
甲方乙方
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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Vocabulary
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| 仪表堂堂 儀表堂堂 | 仪: ceremony, rites gifts; admire · 表: show, express, manifest, display · 堂: hall; government office · 堂: hall; government office | Idiom |
| 是是非非 是是非非 | 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that · 非: not, negative, non-; oppose · 非: not, negative, non-; oppose | Idiom |
| 落井投石 落井投石 | 落: fall, drop; net income, surplus · 井: well, mine shaft, pit · 投: throw, cast, fling, pitch; jump · 石: stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 | Idiom |
| 疲惫不堪 疲憊不堪 | exhausted; fatigued to the extreme | Idiom |
| 雪上加霜 雪上加霜 | (idiom) to make matters even worse; to add insult to injury | Idiom |
| 乱七八糟 亂七八糟 | (idiom) chaotic; in disorder; muddled | Idiom |
| 扫兴 掃興 | to spoil things; to dampen spirits; to feel deflated; to be dispirited | Xiehouyu |
| 留神 留神 | to take care; to be careful | Xiehouyu |
| 淘气 淘氣 | naughty; mischievous | Xiehouyu |
| 衣裳 衣裳 | (coll.) clothes | Colloquialism |
| 嫂子 嫂子 | (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law | Colloquialism |
| 人品 人品 | moral standing; moral quality; character; personality; appearance; looks (colloquial); bearing | Colloquialism |
| 好坏 好壞 | good or bad; good and bad; standard; quality; (coll.) very bad | Colloquialism |
| 逮 逮 | (coll.) to catch; to seize | Colloquialism |
| 戳 戳 | to jab; to poke; to stab; (coll.) to sprain; to blunt; to fuck (vulgar); to stand; to stand (sth) upright; stamp; seal | Colloquialism |
| 娘 娘 | mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate | Colloquialism |
| 括弧 括弧 | parenthesis | |
| 陶冶 陶冶 | lit. to fire pots and smelt metal; fig. to educate | |
| 赐教 賜教 | (honorific) to impart one's wisdom; to enlighten | |
| 沏 沏 | to steep (tea) | |
| 成心 成心 | intentional; deliberate; on purpose | |
| 壮胆 壯膽 | to get one’s courage up; to embolden | |
| 不辞而别 不辭而別 | to leave without saying good-bye | |
| 难能可贵 難能可貴 | rare and precious; valuable; remarkable | |
| 无可奉告 無可奉告 | (idiom) "no comment" | |
| 恼羞成怒 惱羞成怒 | to fly into a rage out of humiliation; to be ashamed into anger (idiom) | |
| 味精 味精 | monosodium glutamate (MSG) | |
| 边远 邊遠 | far from the center; remote; outlying | |
| 谢绝 謝絕 | to refuse politely | |
| 敢情 敢情 | actually; as it turns out; indeed; of course | |
| 馋 饞 | gluttonous; greedy; to have a craving | |
| 吃苦 吃苦 | to bear hardships | |
| 请柬 請柬 | invitation card; written invitation | |
| 国宝 國寶 | national treasure | |
| 受惊 受驚 | startled | |
| 原装 原裝 | genuine; intact in original packaging (not locally assembled and packaged) | |
| 跟上 跟上 | to catch up with; to keep pace with | |
| 够呛 夠嗆 | unbearable; terrible; enough; unlikely | |
| 乡亲 鄉親 | fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home | |
| 爱惜 愛惜 | to cherish; to treasure; to use sparingly | |
| 屯 屯 | to station (soldiers); to store up; village | |
| 顺路 順路 | by the way; while out doing sth else; conveniently | |
| 大款 大款 | very wealthy person | |
| 气派 氣派 | impressive; stylish; magnificent; imposing manner; dignified air | |
| 叫好 叫好 | to applaud; to cheer | |
| 受罪 受罪 | to endure; to suffer; hardships; torments; a hard time; a nuisance | |
| 祸害 禍害 | disaster; harm; scourge; bad person; to damage; to harm; to wreck | |
| 转眼 轉眼 | in a flash; in the blink of an eye; to glance | |
| 冤 冤 | injustice; grievance; wrong | |
| 演艺圈 演藝圈 | show business |