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.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 介 介 | forerunner, herald, harbinger; to lie between; sea shell; to wear armor | |
| 外宾 外賓 | foreign guest; international visitor | |
| 带走 帶走 | to carry; to take away | |
| 面儿 面兒 | cover; outside | |
| 和面 和麵 | to knead dough | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 言 言 | words, speech; speak, say | |
| 跟头 跟頭 | tumble; somersault | |
| 上街 上街 | to go onto the streets; to go shopping | |
| 碰头 碰頭 | to meet; to hold a meeting | |
| 正道 正道 | the correct path; the right way (Buddhism) | |
| 称得上 稱得上 | can be counted as | |
| 在身 在身 | to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) | |
| 轻轻 輕輕 | lightly; softly | |
| 收下 收下 | to accept; to receive | |
| 大鱼大肉 大魚大肉 | dishes with generous amounts of meat and fish; lavish meal | |
| 可就 可就 | certainly | |
| 租子 租子 | rent (payment) | |
| 咱家 咱家 | I; me; my; (often used in early vernacular literature) | |
| 身 身 | body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 | |
| 哪像 哪像 | unlike; in contrast to | |
| 掉下 掉下 | to drop down; to fall | |
| 得要 得要 | to need; must | |
| 今晚 今晚 | tonight | |
| 生米 生米 | coarse rice; uncooked rice | |
| 成了 成了 | to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! | |
| 小狗 小狗 | pup; puppy | |
| 案 案 | table, bench; legal case | |
| 狗肉 狗肉 | dog meat | |
| 刘 劉 | surname; kill, destroy | |
| 息 息 | rest, put stop to, end, cease | |
| 过得 過得 | How are you getting by?; How's life?; contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by; tolerably well; not too bad | |
| 养鸡场 養雞場 | chicken farm | |
| 一只 一隻 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 只: only, just, simply | |
| 名叫 名叫 | called; named | |
| 不带 不帶 | not to have; without; un- | |
| 得很 得很 | (after an adjective) very | |
| 走红 走紅 | to be popular; to be in luck; to have good luck; to develop smoothly | |
| 奥 奧 | mysterious, obscure, profound | |
| 房 房 | surname Fang | |
| 成全 成全 | to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; to round off | |
| 吃完 吃完 | to finish eating | |
| 一级 一級 | first class; category A | |
| 春节 春節 | Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) | |
| 难听 難聽 | unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful | |
| 晚报 晚報 | evening newspaper; (in a newspaper's name) Evening News | |
| 心里话 心裡話 | (to express one's) true feelings; what is on one's mind; secret mind | |
| 饭馆 飯館 | restaurant | |
| 过年 過年 | to celebrate the Chinese New Year | |
| 饺子 餃子 | dumpling; pot-sticker |