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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| 名人 名人 | personage; celebrity | |
| 锻炼 鍛鍊 | to toughen; to temper; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; (fig.) to develop one's skills; to train oneself | |
| 细 細 | thin or slender; finely particulate; thin and soft; fine; delicate; trifling; (of a sound) quiet; frugal | |
| 怀念 懷念 | to cherish the memory of; to think of; to reminisce | |
| 扩大 擴大 | to expand; to enlarge; to broaden one's scope | |
| 街道 街道 | street; subdistrict; residential district | |
| 供应 供應 | to supply; to provide; to offer | |
| 腰 腰 | waist; lower back; pocket; middle; loins | |
| 稳 穩 | settled; steady; stable | |
| 亚洲 亞洲 | Asia (abbr. for 亚细亚洲) | |
| 勇气 勇氣 | courage; valor | |
| 降低 降低 | to reduce; to lower; to bring down | |
| 医学 醫學 | medicine; medical science; study of medicine | |
| 单独 單獨 | alone; by oneself; on one's own | |
| 针 針 | needle; pin; injection; stitch | |
| 袋 袋 | pouch; bag; sack; pocket | |
| 圆 圓 | 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) | |
| 遇 遇 | to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance | |
| 在乎 在乎 | to care about; equivalent of 在于 | |
| 辣 辢 | hot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting; to burn | |
| 登 登 | 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) | |
| 肚子 肚子 | belly; abdomen; stomach | |
| 脑袋 腦袋 | head; skull; brains; mental capability | |
| 摸 摸 | to feel with the hand; to touch; to stroke; to grope; to steal; to abstract | |
| 指挥 指揮 | to conduct; to command; to direct; conductor (of an orchestra) | |
| 新鲜 新鮮 | fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon | |
| 肥 肥 | fat; fertile; loose-fitting or large; to fertilize; to become rich by illegal means; fertilizer; manure | |
| 婚礼 婚禮 | wedding ceremony; wedding | |
| 似的 似的 | seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] | |
| 兵 兵 | soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike | |
| 充分 充分 | ample; sufficient; adequate; full; fully; to the full | |
| 士兵 士兵 | soldier | |
| 行业 行業 | trade; profession; industry; business | |
| 挑 挑 | to carry on a shoulder pole; to choose; to pick; to nitpick | |
| 归 歸 | 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 | |
| 闹 鬧 | 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 | |
| 号码 號碼 | number | |
| 治 治 | 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 | |
| 付出 付出 | to pay; to expend; to invest (energy or time) | |
| 结 結 | (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié] | |
| 贴 貼 | 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 | |
| 擦 擦 | 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) | |
| 阶段 階段 | stage; section; phase; period | |
| 激动 激動 | to move emotionally; to stir up (emotions); to excite | |
| 采访 採訪 | to interview; to gather news; to hunt for and collect; to cover | |
| 躺 躺 | to recline; to lie down | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 戴 戴 | to put on or wear (glasses, hat, gloves etc); to respect; to bear; to support | |
| 合同 合同 | (business) contract |