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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yǒu xiào effective; in effect; valid HSK 3
shì undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation HSK 3
cháo imperial or royal court; government; dynasty; reign of a sovereign or emperor; court or assembly held by a sovereign or emperor; to make a pilgrimage to; facing; towards HSK 3
měi beautiful HSK 3
guān zhòng spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc) HSK 3
jiù to save; to assist; to rescue HSK 3
zhèng shì formal; official HSK 3
zhù to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies HSK 3
yào necessary; essential; indispensable; required HSK 3
lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor HSK 3
huǒ fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 HSK 3
zhào according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before HSK 3
nán dào don't tell me ...; could it be that...? HSK 3
kùn nan difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation HSK 3
jǐng chá police; police officer HSK 3
tiào to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate HSK 3
guà to hang or suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried or concerned; to make a phone call (dialect); to register or record; classifier for sets or clusters of objects; (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam) HSK 3
réng rán still; as before; yet HSK 3
each; every HSK 3
shēn deep (lit. and fig.) HSK 3
xùn liàn to train; to drill; training HSK 3
jié hūn to marry; to get married HSK 3
a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation HSK 3
bào to announce; to inform; report; newspaper; recompense; revenge HSK 3
rèn responsibility; blame; duty HSK 3
rán nature; natural; naturally HSK 3
rén shēng life (one's time on earth) HSK 3
gǎn to dare; daring; (polite) may I venture HSK 3
ān pái to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans HSK 3
father and mother; parents HSK 3
jiě to comprehend; to understand HSK 3
tán to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss HSK 3
zhǎn development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand HSK 3
què shí indeed; really; reliable; real; true HSK 3
zhě reporter; journalist HSK 3
xià to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw HSK 3
bìng qiě and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition HSK 3
guāng light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered HSK 3
zhuā to grab; to catch; to arrest; to snatch; to scratch HSK 3
wèi everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you HSK 3
hǎo hǎo well; carefully; nicely; properly HSK 3
jué duì absolute; unconditional HSK 3
dào finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last HSK 3
lìng wài additional; in addition; besides; separate; other; moreover; furthermore HSK 3
shāng to injure; injury; wound HSK 3
bào gào to inform; to report; to make known; report; speech; talk; lecture HSK 3
线 xiàn thread; string; wire; line; (after a number) tier (unofficial ranking of a Chinese city) HSK 3
àn to press; to push; to leave aside or shelve; to control; to restrain; to keep one's hand on; to check or refer to; according to; in the light of; (of an editor or author) to make a comment HSK 3
róng easy; straightforward; likely; liable to; apt to HSK 3
miàn inside; interior; also pr. [lǐ mian] HSK 3