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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可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
避重就轻 避重就輕 bì zhòng jiù qīng to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial; to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
摸底 摸底 mō dǐ to have a clear view (of a situation); to fish for information; fact-finding Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
来不及 來不及 lái bu jí there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) Xiehouyu HSK 4
受不了 受不了 shòu bù liǎo unbearable; unable to endure; can't stand Xiehouyu HSK 4
恶心 惡心 ě xīn nausea; to feel sick; disgust; nauseating; to embarrass (deliberately) Xiehouyu HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
轻松 輕鬆 qīng sōng light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously Xiehouyu HSK 4
倍儿 倍兒 bèi r (coll.) very; really Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
老婆 老婆 lǎo pó (coll.) wife Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
俩 倆 liǎ two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
北非 北非 Běi Fēi North Africa Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
汤姆 湯姆 Tāng mǔ Tom (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
新泽西 新澤西 Xīn zé xī New Jersey, US state Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
列宁 列寧 Liè níng Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
亚历山大 亞歷山大 Yà lì shān dà Alexander (name); Alexandria (town name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
彼得 彼得 Bǐ dé Peter (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
可口可乐 可口可樂 Kě kǒu kě lè Coca-Cola Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
安特卫普 安特衛普 Ān tè wèi pǔ Antwerp (city in Belgium) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
比利时 比利時 Bǐ lì shí Belgium Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中巴 中巴 Zhōng Bā China-Pakistan (relations); China-Bahamas Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
玄武 玄武 Xuán wǔ Black Tortoise (the seven mansions of the north sky); (in Daoism) God of the north sky Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
蒙哥马利 蒙哥馬利 Méng gē mǎ lì Bernard Montgomery (Montie) (1887-1976), Second World War British field marshal; Montgomery or Montgomerie (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
犹他 猶他 Yóu tā Utah Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
白素贞 白素貞 Bái Sù zhēn (name of a person) Bai Suzhen, from Madame White Snake Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
布哈林 布哈林 Bù hā lín Nikolai Ivanovich Bukharin (1888-1938), Soviet revolutionary theorist, executed after a show trial in 1937 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
瓦西里 瓦西里 Wǎ xī lǐ Vasily (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
内蒙 內蒙 Nèi měng Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, capital Hohhot Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
川菜 川菜 Chuān cài Sichuan or Szechuan cuisine Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
专线 專線 zhuān xiàn special-purpose phone line or communications link; hotline; special rail line (e.g. between airport and city) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
邓丽君 鄧麗君 Dèng Lì jūn Teresa Teng (1953-1995), Taiwanese pop idol Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中央电视台 中央電視台 Zhōng yāng Diàn shì tái China Central Television (CCTV), PRC state TV network Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
名利场 名利場 Míng lì chǎng Vanity Fair (novel and magazine title) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
青海 青海 Qīng hǎi Qinghai Province, capital Xining Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
丽 麗 Lí beautiful, magnificent, elegant ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
尤 尤 Yóu especially, particularly ∼HSK 4
弗 弗 fú not, negative ∼HSK 4
咱俩 咱倆 zán liǎ the two of us ∼HSK 4
好象 好象 hǎo xiàng variant of 好像 ∼HSK 4
厨子 廚子 chú zi cook ∼HSK 4
玩牌 玩牌 wán pái to play cards; to play mahjong ∼HSK 4
少将 少將 shào jiàng major general; rear admiral; air vice marshal ∼HSK 4
冲出 衝出 chōng chū to rush out ∼HSK 4
布雷 佈雷 bù léi to lay mines ∼HSK 4
蒂 蒂 dì peduncle or stem of plants ∼HSK 4