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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跳河 跳河 tiào hé to drown oneself by jumping into the river ∼HSK 3
退下 退下 tuì xià to retire; to withdraw; to retreat; to step down ∼HSK 3
空中小姐 空中小姐 kōng zhōng xiǎo jiě stewardess; air hostess ∼HSK 3
过活 過活 guò huó to live one's life; to make a living ∼HSK 3
二指 二指 èr zhǐ index finger ∼HSK 3
亲口 親口 qīn kǒu one's own mouth; fig. in one's own words; to say sth personally ∼HSK 3
张嘴 張嘴 zhāng zuǐ to open one's mouth (to speak, esp. to make a request); to gape ∼HSK 3
重活 重活 zhòng huó heavy work ∼HSK 3
极大 極大 jí dà maximum; enormous ∼HSK 3
之上 之上 zhī shàng above ∼HSK 3
志 志 zhì purpose, will, determination; annals ∼HSK 3
富贵 富貴 fù guì riches and honor ∼HSK 3
干活 幹活 gàn huó to work; to be employed ∼HSK 3
劲 勁 jìn strong, unyielding, tough, power ∼HSK 3
不好受 不好受 bù hǎo shòu unpleasant; hard to take ∼HSK 3
饿死 餓死 è sǐ to starve to death; to be very hungry ∼HSK 3
上心 上心 shàng xīn carefully; meticulously; to set one's heart on sth ∼HSK 3
在世 在世 zài shì to be alive ∼HSK 3
亿万富翁 億萬富翁 yì wàn fù wēng billionaire; multimillionaire ∼HSK 3
照会 照會 zhào huì a diplomatic note; letter of understanding or concern exchanged between governments ∼HSK 3
相思病 相思病 xiāng sī bìng lovesickness ∼HSK 3
性地 性地 xìng dì innate quality; natural disposition ∼HSK 3
报上 報上 bào shàng in the newspaper ∼HSK 3
派出所 派出所 pài chū suǒ local police station ∼HSK 3
企业家 企業家 qǐ yè jiā entrepreneur ∼HSK 3
亲笔 親筆 qīn bǐ in one's own handwriting ∼HSK 3
有线 有線 yǒu xiàn wired; cable (television) ∼HSK 3
鲁 魯 Lǔ foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar ∼HSK 3
金秋 金秋 jīn qiū fall; autumn ∼HSK 3
模特 模特 mó tè (fashion) model (loanword) ∼HSK 3
婚前 婚前 hūn qián premarital; prenuptial ∼HSK 3
活人 活人 huó rén living person ∼HSK 3
分居 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple); to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) ∼HSK 3
婚 婚 hūn get married; marriage, wedding ∼HSK 3
有办法 有辦法 yǒu bàn fǎ can find methods; resourceful; creative ∼HSK 3
痛痛快快 痛痛快快 tòng tong kuài kuài immediately; without a moment's hesitation; with alacrity; firing from the hip ∼HSK 3
保不齐 保不齊 bǎo bu qí more likely than not; quite possible; on the cards ∼HSK 3
京剧 京劇 Jīng jù Beijing opera HSK 3
长期以来 長期以來 cháng qī yǐ lái for a long time ∼HSK 3
试用期 試用期 shì yòng qī trial period; probationary period ∼HSK 3
口香糖 口香糖 kǒu xiāng táng chewing gum ∼HSK 3
本领 本領 běn lǐng skill; ability; capability HSK 3
结实 結實 jiē shí to bear fruit HSK 3
总的来说 總的來說 zǒng de lái shuō generally speaking; to sum up; in summary; in short ∼HSK 3
广大 廣大 guǎng dà (of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale; widespread; (of people) numerous HSK 3
老百姓 老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng ordinary people; the "person in the street" HSK 3
打听 打聽 dǎ ting to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around HSK 3
不光 不光 bù guāng not the only one; not only HSK 3
大夫 大夫 dà fū senior official (in imperial China) HSK 3
底下 底下 dǐ xia the location below sth; afterwards HSK 3