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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fèi yòng cost; expenditure; expense HSK 3
qīn personally; in person; oneself HSK 3
xiǎn de to seem; to look; to appear HSK 3
hǎn "cliff" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 27), occurring in 原, 历, 压 etc HSK 3
qián to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance HSK 3
yóu to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel HSK 3
zhǔ rèn director; head HSK 3
dào to reach; to arrive HSK 3
shàng to go up HSK 3
cún to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive HSK 3
yān cigarette or pipe tobacco; smoke; mist; vapour; tobacco plant; (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke HSK 3
dǎo yǎn to direct; director (film etc) HSK 3
xiāng each other; mutually; mutual HSK 3
fèi to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses HSK 3
gǎn jǐn hurriedly; without delay HSK 3
fǎn zhèng anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side HSK 3
xiāng fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick HSK 3
duì xiàng target; object; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend HSK 3
yuán person; employee; member HSK 3
qiáng large; formidable; powerful; strong HSK 3
jiǎn zhí simply; really HSK 3
xiāng guān related; relevant; pertinent; to be interrelated; (statistics) correlation HSK 3
biǎo to issue; to publish HSK 3
píng Heping District of Shenyang city 沈阳市, Liaoning; Heping or Hoping Township in Taichung County 台中县, Taiwan HSK 3
qiān wàn ten million; countless; many; one must by all means HSK 3
màn màn slowly HSK 3
complicated; complex HSK 3
guài strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled HSK 3
zhōu wéi environs; surroundings; periphery HSK 3
yǎn yuán actor or actress; performer HSK 3
concrete; definite; specific HSK 3
wén huà culture; civilization; cultural HSK 3
dùn to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal HSK 3
yǎn to develop; to evolve; to practice; to perform; to play; to act HSK 3
shì century HSK 3
Bǎo Bulgaria; Bulgarian; abbr. for 保加利亚 HSK 3
zhū hog; pig; swine HSK 3
happy; cheerful; to laugh HSK 3
huài destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy HSK 3
měi hǎo beautiful; fine HSK 3
zhuā zhù to grab hold of; to capture HSK 3
chuàng zào to create; to bring about; to produce; to set (a record) HSK 3
niang girl; young woman; young lady; daughter; paternal aunt (old) HSK 3
xià miàn below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] HSK 3
lǐng dǎo lead; leading; to lead; leadership; leader HSK 3
nián dài a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period HSK 3
zhí straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters HSK 3
zhǔn to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of HSK 3
(onom.) laughing out loud HSK 3
shì room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy HSK 3