The Dream Factory

The Dream Factory 1997

jiǎfāng fāng

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

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Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
huǒ jǐng fire alarm ∼HSK 4
dǎo direct, guide, lead, conduct ∼HSK 4
稿 gǎo draft, manuscript, rough copy ∼HSK 4
yǎn performing arts ∼HSK 4
chóng insects, worms; KangXi radical 142 ∼HSK 4
rén uninhabited region ∼HSK 4
méi bàn there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
méi zhì hopeless; helpless; incurable; fantastic; out of this world ∼HSK 4
huà tóu bàn duō (idiom) when views are irreconcilable, it's a waste of breath to continue discussion ∼HSK 4
àn suàn to plot against ∼HSK 4
mo to reckon; to guess ∼HSK 4
huǒ everybody; everyone; we all ∼HSK 4
sàn huǒ to disband; (of a partnership, group etc) to break up ∼HSK 4
jiàn liàng please forgive me ∼HSK 4
qián tou in front; at the head; ahead; above HSK 4
same; uniformly; all; without exception HSK 4
father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) HSK 4
gǎn xìng to be interested HSK 4
jiě big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) HSK 4
tòng kuài delighted; to one's heart's content; straightforward; also pr. [tòng kuai] HSK 4
qiè urgent; pressing HSK 4
kàn wàng to pay a visit to; to see (sb) HSK 4
使 使 shǐ jìn to exert all one's strength HSK 4
bié individually; one by one; just one or two; exceptional; rare HSK 4
lǎo jiā native place; place of origin; home state or region HSK 4
zhǔn shí on time; punctual; on schedule HSK 4
yíng to do business; to trade HSK 4
yán tight (closely sealed); stern; strict; rigorous; severe; father HSK 4
bài to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated HSK 4
zàn zhù to support; to assist; to sponsor HSK 4
méi cuò that's right; sure!; rest assured!; that's good; can't go wrong HSK 4
zhāo hu to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not HSK 4
yóu gasoline HSK 4
zuò mèng to dream; to have a dream; fig. illusion; fantasy; pipe dream HSK 4
fēn score HSK 4
dài treatment; pay; salary; status; rank HSK 4
shì xiān in advance; before the event; beforehand; prior HSK 4
zhì to put in order; to arrange; to decorate; to fix up; to deploy HSK 4
shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe HSK 4
sǎo to sweep HSK 4
zháo to worry; to feel anxious; to feel a sense of urgency; to be in a hurry; Taiwan pr. [zhāo jí] HSK 4
ā maternal aunt; step-mother; childcare worker; nursemaid; woman of similar age to one's parents (term of address used by child) HSK 4
pàng zi fat person; fatty HSK 4
shōu to absorb; to assimilate; to ingest; to recruit HSK 4
duō nián many years; for many years; longstanding HSK 4
chuāng hu window HSK 4
huǒ companion; partner; group; classifier for groups of people; to combine; together HSK 4
even; even if; even though; no matter how HSK 4
cóng from now on; since then; henceforth HSK 4