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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因为 因為 yīn wèi because; owing to; on account of HSK 2
如果 如果 rú guǒ if; in case; in the event that HSK 2
已经 已經 yǐ jīng already HSK 2
这样 這樣 zhè yàng this kind of; so; this way; like this; such HSK 2
得 得 dé to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished HSK 2
可以 可以 kě yǐ can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
为 為 wéi as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) HSK 2
自己 自己 zì jǐ oneself; one's own HSK 2
但 但 dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just HSK 2
让 讓 ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
啊 啊 ā interjection of surprise; Ah!; Oh! HSK 2
不动 不動 bù dòng motionless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
大喜 大喜 dà xǐ exultation Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
不快 不快 bù kuài unhappy; in low spirits; (of a knife) not sharp Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
中看不中用 中看不中用 zhōng kàn bù zhōng yòng impressive-looking but useless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
大不了 大不了 dà bù liǎo at worst; if worst comes to worst; (usu. in the negative) serious; alarming Xiehouyu ∼HSK 1
好听 好聽 hǎo tīng pleasant to hear Xiehouyu HSK 1
没关系 沒關係 méi guān xi it doesn't matter Xiehouyu HSK 1
对不起 對不起 duì bu qǐ I'm sorry; excuse me; I beg your pardon; to let (sb) down; to disappoint Xiehouyu HSK 1
干 乾 gān dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder Xiehouyu HSK 1
那是 那是 nà shi (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
真是 真是 zhēn shi indeed; truly; (coll.) (used to express disapproval, annoyance etc) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
这不 這不 zhè bu (coll.) As a matter of fact,... (used to introduce evidence for what one has just asserted) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
不会 不會 bù huì improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
明儿 明兒 míng r (coll.) tomorrow; one of these days; some day Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
今儿 今兒 jīn r (coll.) today Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
哥们 哥們 gē men Brothers!; brethren; dude (colloquial); brother (diminutive form of address between males) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
明儿个 明兒個 míng r ge (coll.) tomorrow Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
看看 看看 kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
丫子 丫子 yā zi (coll.) foot Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
对不对 對不對 duì bù duì right or wrong?; Is it right?; OK, yes? (colloquial) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
昨儿 昨兒 zuó r (coll.) yesterday Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
吃的 吃的 chī de (coll.) food Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
一块 一塊 yī kuài a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
一块儿 一塊兒 yī kuài r erhua variant of 一块; a piece; a chunk; (coll.) one yuan; one dollar Colloquialism HSK 1
菜 菜 cài dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor Colloquialism HSK 1
肉 肉 ròu meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 Colloquialism HSK 1
山 山 shān mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on Colloquialism HSK 1
块 塊 kuài lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units Colloquialism HSK 1
花 花 huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
吗 嗎 má (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
那 那 nà (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
着 著 zhāo (chess) move; trick; all right!; (dialect) to add HSK 1
德国 德國 Dé guó Germany Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
南京 南京 Nán jīng Nanjing, sub-provincial city and capital of Jiangsu Province; Nanjing, capital of the Ming dynasty (1368-1421) and of the Republic of China (1927-1937 and 1946-1949) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
美国人 美國人 Měi guó rén American; American person; American people Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
香港 香港 Xiāng gǎng Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
回回 回回 Huí hui (old) the Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims); a Hui person Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
好莱坞 好萊塢 Hǎo lái wù Hollywood; also pr. [Hao3lai2wu1] Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
北京人 北京人 Běi jīng rén Beijing resident; Peking ape-man, Homo erectus pekinensis (c. 600,000 BC), discovered in 1921 at Zhoukoudian, Beijing Proper Noun ∼HSK 1