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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Vocabulary

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huí guī to return to; to retreat; regression (statistics) HSK 7
yào otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
shòu quán to authorize HSK 7
zéi thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely HSK 7
to take a wife; to marry (a woman) HSK 7
to depend on; to comply with or listen to sb; according to; in the light of HSK 7
guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal HSK 7
xún to search; to look for; to seek HSK 7
tǒng bucket; (trash) can; barrel (of oil etc) HSK 7
lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent HSK 7
wǎn night HSK 7
fáng chǎn real estate HSK 7
kǎn to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb HSK 7
miracle; miraculous; wonder; marvel HSK 7
curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general; act (of a play) HSK 7
使 使 tiān shǐ angel HSK 7
jìng unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed HSK 7
gu buttocks; bottom; butt; back part HSK 7
yuán běn originally; original HSK 7
gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue HSK 7
shuǎ to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) HSK 7
to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge HSK 7
line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already HSK 7
wěn kiss; to kiss; mouth HSK 7
hēng to groan; to snort; to hum; to croon; humph! HSK 7
hēi hey HSK 7
to rein in; to compel; to force; to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead; bridle; (physics) abbr. for 斯, lux HSK 7
huàn to suffer (from illness); to contract (a disease); misfortune; trouble; danger; worry HSK 7
āi interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh HSK 7
shè to set up; to put in place; (math.) given; suppose; if HSK 7
dīng to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at HSK 7
jià (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) HSK 7
āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
hūn yīn matrimony; wedding; marriage HSK 7
to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 HSK 7
tóng zhì comrade; (slang) homosexual HSK 7
Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
é to chant HSK 7
zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
shǒu kǒu píng lit. to guard one's mouth like a closed bottle (idiom); tight-lipped; reticent; not breathing a word Idiom ∼HSK 6
tān shēng greedy for life, afraid of death (idiom); craven and cowardly; clinging abjectly to life; only interested in saving one's neck Idiom ∼HSK 6
shén hún diān dǎo lit. spirit and soul upside down (idiom); infatuated and head over heels in love; fascinated; captivated Idiom ∼HSK 6
shān qīng shuǐ xiù lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom); fig. enchanting scenery Idiom ∼HSK 6