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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rén mín jiě fàng jūn People's Liberation Army ∼HSK 6
yǒu - wàng to stand a good chance; to have great hopes; to be promising ∼HSK 6
gòng to extort a confession ∼HSK 6
yán xíng kǎo torture; interrogation by torture ∼HSK 6
mo saliva; spittle ∼HSK 6
láng gǒu wolfdog ∼HSK 6
É méi variant of ∼HSK 6
xiān shān mountain of Immortals ∼HSK 6
měi rén honey trap; sexual entrapment ∼HSK 6
dào yìng to reflect (producing an inverted image) ∼HSK 6
guāng gleaming reflection of waves in sunlight ∼HSK 6
shàng xíng severe punishment; worst punishment; to torture ∼HSK 6
ráo mìng to spare sb's life ∼HSK 6
quán to do shadowboxing ∼HSK 6
jiáo zi bit; mouthpiece ∼HSK 6
jiū piān to correct an error ∼HSK 6
zhuān rural household that specializes in a particular type of product; (fig.) specialist ∼HSK 6
dǎo gòu shopper's guide; shop assistant; sales staff ∼HSK 6
xiǎng to live comfortably; happy and prosperous life ∼HSK 6
gōng xīn jiē céng salaried class ∼HSK 6
西 西 suit; Western-style clothes (historical usage) ∼HSK 6
shi variant of ∼HSK 6
ái r to suffer a rebuke; criticized ∼HSK 6
wèi rén mín Serve the People!, CCP political slogan ∼HSK 6
ài bìng variant of ∼HSK 6
xué yǒu chéng to be successful in one's studies; academic success ∼HSK 6
lóng xiā lobster ∼HSK 6
cài wild herb; potherb ∼HSK 6
hūn xīng meat and fish ∼HSK 6
liáng surplus grain ∼HSK 6
shēng kou animals used for their physical strength (mules, oxen etc); beast of burden ∼HSK 6
yàng r appearance; manner; pattern; model ∼HSK 6
xiāo to cool one's temper ∼HSK 6
shǒu to let go of sth; to give up ∼HSK 6
xún to attempt suicide; to court death ∼HSK 6
pàn tou hopes; good prospects ∼HSK 6
殿 殿 diàn xià Your Highness ∼HSK 6
shì li xiǎo rén snob ∼HSK 6
suàn mìng fortune-telling; to tell fortune ∼HSK 6
yīn yuán a marriage predestined by fate ∼HSK 6
jué zhèng incurable disease; terminal illness ∼HSK 6
chuí dying ∼HSK 6
jié zhàng variant of ∼HSK 6
jiǎ zhēn zuò 假: falsehood, deception; vacation · 戏: theatrical play, show · 真: real, actual, true, genuine · 做: work, make; act ∼HSK 6
qīng frivolous; careless; giddy ∼HSK 6
chéng xié to reach agreement ∼HSK 6
zhòng tuō great trust ∼HSK 6
kàng act of God; force majeure (law); irresistible (idiom) ∼HSK 6
xià to collapse ∼HSK 6
r erhua variant of ∼HSK 6