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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jiè forerunner, herald, harbinger; to lie between; sea shell; to wear armor ∼HSK 2
wài bīn foreign guest; international visitor ∼HSK 2
dài zǒu to carry; to take away ∼HSK 2
miàn r cover; outside ∼HSK 2
huó miàn to knead dough ∼HSK 2
zhī dào le OK!; Got it! ∼HSK 2
yán words, speech; speak, say ∼HSK 2
gēn tou tumble; somersault ∼HSK 2
shàng jiē to go onto the streets; to go shopping ∼HSK 2
pèng tóu to meet; to hold a meeting ∼HSK 2
zhèng dào the correct path; the right way (Buddhism) ∼HSK 2
chēng de shàng can be counted as ∼HSK 2
zài shēn to possess; to be occupied or burdened with (work, a contract, a lawsuit) ∼HSK 2
qīng qīng lightly; softly ∼HSK 2
shōu xià to accept; to receive ∼HSK 2
ròu dishes with generous amounts of meat and fish; lavish meal ∼HSK 2
jiù certainly ∼HSK 2
zi rent (payment) ∼HSK 2
jiā I; me; my; (often used in early vernacular literature) ∼HSK 2
shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
xiàng unlike; in contrast to ∼HSK 2
diào xià to drop down; to fall ∼HSK 2
děi yào to need; must ∼HSK 2
jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
shēng coarse rice; uncooked rice ∼HSK 2
chéng le to be done; to be ready; that's enough!; that will do! ∼HSK 2
xiǎo gǒu pup; puppy ∼HSK 2
àn table, bench; legal case ∼HSK 2
gǒu ròu dog meat ∼HSK 2
Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
rest, put stop to, end, cease ∼HSK 2
guò How are you getting by?; How's life?; contraction of 過得去|过得去, can get by; tolerably well; not too bad ∼HSK 2
yǎng chǎng chicken farm ∼HSK 2
zhǐ 一: one; a, an; alone · 只: only, just, simply ∼HSK 2
míng jiào called; named ∼HSK 2
dài not to have; without; un- ∼HSK 2
de hěn (after an adjective) very ∼HSK 2
zǒu hóng to be popular; to be in luck; to have good luck; to develop smoothly ∼HSK 2
Ào mysterious, obscure, profound ∼HSK 2
Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
chéng quán to help sb accomplish his aim; to help sb succeed; to complete; to make whole; to round off ∼HSK 2
chī wán to finish eating ∼HSK 2
first class; category A ∼HSK 2
Chūn jié Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) HSK 2
nán tīng unpleasant to hear; coarse; vulgar; offensive; shameful HSK 2
wǎn bào evening newspaper; (in a newspaper's name) Evening News HSK 2
xīn li huà (to express one's) true feelings; what is on one's mind; secret mind ∼HSK 2
fàn guǎn restaurant HSK 2
guò nián to celebrate the Chinese New Year HSK 2
jiǎo zi dumpling; pot-sticker HSK 2