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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Vocabulary

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míng rén personage; celebrity HSK 4
duàn liàn to toughen; to temper; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; (fig.) to develop one's skills; to train oneself HSK 4
thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal HSK 4
怀 huái niàn to cherish the memory of; to think of; to reminisce HSK 4
kuò to expand; to enlarge; to broaden one's scope HSK 4
jiē dào street; subdistrict; residential district HSK 4
gōng yìng to supply; to provide; to offer HSK 4
yāo waist; lower back; pocket; middle; loins HSK 4
wěn settled; steady; stable HSK 4
zhōu Asia (abbr. for 亚细亚洲) HSK 4
yǒng courage; valor HSK 4
jiàng to reduce; to lower; to bring down HSK 4
xué medicine; medical science; study of medicine HSK 4
dān alone; by oneself; on one's own HSK 4
zhēn needle; pin; injection; stitch HSK 4
dài pouch; bag; sack; pocket HSK 4
yuán circle; round; circular; spherical; (of the moon) full; unit of Chinese currency (yuan); tactful; to make consistent and whole (the narrative of a dream or a lie) HSK 4
to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance HSK 4
zài hu to care about; equivalent of 在于 HSK 4
hot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting; to burn HSK 4
dēng to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) HSK 4
zi belly; abdomen; stomach HSK 4
nǎo dai head; skull; brains; mental capability HSK 4
to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract HSK 4
zhǐ huī to conduct; to command; to direct; conductor (of an orchestra) HSK 4
xīn xiān fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon HSK 4
féi fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure HSK 4
hūn wedding ceremony; wedding HSK 4
shì de seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] HSK 4
bīng soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike HSK 4
chōng fèn ample; sufficient; adequate; full; fully; to the full HSK 4
shì bīng soldier HSK 4
háng trade; profession; industry; business HSK 4
tiāo to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick HSK 4
guī to return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor HSK 4
nào noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke HSK 4
hào number HSK 4
zhì to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research HSK 4
chū to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time) HSK 4
jiē (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié] HSK 4
tiē to stick; to paste; to post (e.g. on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g. money for food or housing); sticker; classifier for sticking plaster: strip HSK 4
to rub; to scratch; to towel; to wipe with a towel; to apply (lipstick, lotion etc); to touch; to brush (past); to shred (vegetables etc) HSK 4
jiē duàn stage; section; phase; period HSK 4
dòng to move emotionally; to stir up (emotions); to excite HSK 4
访 cǎi fǎng to interview; to gather news; to hunt for and collect; to cover HSK 4
tǎng to recline; to lie down HSK 4
rén jiā household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
dài to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support HSK 4
tong (business) contract HSK 4