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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怀 huái to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that HSK 4
rán since; as; this being the case HSK 4
chōu to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash HSK 4
secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret HSK 4
land; soil; territory HSK 4
mèng xiǎng (fig.) to dream of; dream HSK 4
zhù míng famous; noted; well-known; celebrated HSK 4
luò to fall or drop; (of the sun) to set; (of a tide) to go out; to lower; to decline or sink; to lag or fall behind; to fall onto; to rest with; to get or receive; to write down; whereabouts; settlement HSK 4
miǎn fèi free (of charge) HSK 4
ēn (a groaning sound) HSK 4
dài to look forward to; to await; expectation HSK 4
zhàn zhēng war; conflict HSK 4
tóu investment; to invest HSK 4
gòng common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party HSK 4
gēn root; basis; classifier for long slender objects, e.g. cigarettes, guitar strings; radical (chemistry) HSK 4
shì thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence HSK 4
liào material; resources; data; information; profile (Internet) HSK 4
lún wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn HSK 4
xiōng brothers; younger brother; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal HSK 4
wáng king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great HSK 4
yīng to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall HSK 4
zǒng tǒng president (of a country) HSK 4
fēi to not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must Colloquialism HSK 4
mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
biǎo shì to express; to show; to say; to state; to indicate; to mean HSK 4
xiàng back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc HSK 4
yán zhòng grave; serious; severe; critical HSK 4
wèi lái future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending HSK 4
huò to obtain; to receive; to get HSK 4
gēn according to; based on; basis; foundation HSK 4
shǒu head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc HSK 4
gōng to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish HSK 4
xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several HSK 4
kǎo to think over; to consider; consideration HSK 4
self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely HSK 4
shì fǒu whether (or not); if; is or isn't HSK 4
céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
zhèng government HSK 4
chù place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point HSK 4
duì regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to HSK 4
zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
shèn zhì even; so much so that HSK 4
ya (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) HSK 4
this; these HSK 4
zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
kāi ròu zhàn flesh lacerated from corporal punishment (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 3
tòng pain; suffering; painful Xiehouyu HSK 3