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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人儿 人兒 rén r figurine ∼HSK 1
到手 到手 dào shǒu to take possession of; to get hold of ∼HSK 1
一会 一會 yī huì a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
开票 開票 kāi piào to open ballot boxes; to count votes; to make out a voucher or invoice etc; to write out a receipt ∼HSK 1
上前 上前 shàng qián to advance; to step forward ∼HSK 1
均 均 jūn equal, even, fair; all, also ∼HSK 1
妓女 妓女 jì nǚ prostitute; hooker ∼HSK 1
看不见 看不見 kàn bu jiàn cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible ∼HSK 1
为上 為上 wéi shàng to be valued above all else ∼HSK 1
怎么着 怎麼著 zěn me zhāo what?; how?; how about?; whatever; also pr. [zen3 me5 zhe5] ∼HSK 1
找不着 找不著 zhǎo bu zháo to be unable to find ∼HSK 1
师 師 Shī teacher, master, specialist ∼HSK 1
中人 中人 zhōng rén go-between; mediator; intermediary ∼HSK 1
再不 再不 zài bù or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
坏了 壞了 huài le shoot!; gosh!; oh, no!; (suffix) to the utmost ∼HSK 1
什么的 什麼的 shén me de and so on; and so forth; and what not ∼HSK 1
老老 老老 lǎo lao maternal grandmother; same as 姥姥 ∼HSK 1
不着 不著 bù zháo no need; need not ∼HSK 1
早点 早點 zǎo diǎn breakfast ∼HSK 1
飞过 飛過 fēi guò to fly over; to fly past ∼HSK 1
外人 外人 wài rén outsider; foreigner; stranger ∼HSK 1
天儿 天兒 tiān r the weather ∼HSK 1
一口 一口 yī kǒu readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite ∼HSK 1
我等 我等 wǒ děng we; us (archaic) ∼HSK 1
做菜 做菜 zuò cài to cook; cooking ∼HSK 1
忘我 忘我 wàng wǒ selflessness; altruism ∼HSK 1
哥儿 哥兒 gē r brothers; boys ∼HSK 1
慢走 慢走 màn zǒu Stay a bit!; Wait a minute!; (to a departing guest) Take care! ∼HSK 1
好话 好話 hǎo huà friendly advice; words spoken on sb's behalf; a good word; kind words; words that sound fine but are not followed up with actions ∼HSK 1
四十 四十 sì shí forty; 40 ∼HSK 1
七十 七十 qī shí seventy; 70 ∼HSK 1
三十 三十 sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
买东西 買東西 mǎi dōng xi to do one's shopping ∼HSK 1
要说 要說 yào shuō as for; when it comes to ∼HSK 1
有钱 有錢 yǒu qián well-off; wealthy ∼HSK 1
想要 想要 xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
学好 學好 xué hǎo to follow good examples ∼HSK 1
做不到 做不到 zuò bù dào impossible ∼HSK 1
前儿 前兒 qián r before; day before yesterday ∼HSK 1
西打 西打 xī dá cider (loanword) ∼HSK 1
骡子 騾子 luó zi mule ∼HSK 1
拿来 拿來 ná lái to bring; to fetch; to get ∼HSK 1
买菜 買菜 mǎi cài to buy groceries ∼HSK 1
上一个 上一個 shàng yī ge previous one ∼HSK 1
点水 點水 diǎn shuǐ to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水); skin-deep ∼HSK 1
手腕子 手腕子 shǒu wàn zi wrist ∼HSK 1
电门 電門 diàn mén electric switch ∼HSK 1
打点 打點 dǎ dian to bribe; to get (luggage) ready; to put in order; to organize things; (baseball) RBI (run batted in) ∼HSK 1
仆人 僕人 pú rén servant ∼HSK 1