The Dream Factory 1997
甲方乙方
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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Vocabulary
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| 露怯 露怯 | to display one's ignorance; to make a fool of oneself by an ignorant blunder | |
| 墨镜 墨鏡 | sunglasses | |
| 冷冷清清 冷冷清清 | deserted; desolate; unfrequented; cold and cheerless; lonely; in quiet isolation | |
| 全权 全權 | full powers; total authority; plenipotentiary powers | |
| 影坛 影壇 | moviedom; the world of movies; film circles | |
| 勾出 勾出 | to delineate; to articulate; to evoke; to draw out; to tick off | |
| 黄鼠狼 黃鼠狼 | Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica) | |
| 耗子 耗子 | (dialect) mouse; rat | |
| 土窑 土窯 | earthen kiln; loess cave | |
| 售后服务 售後服務 | after-sales service | |
| 扎针 扎針 | to give or have an acupuncture treatment | |
| 肝癌 肝癌 | liver cancer | |
| 素昧平生 素昧平生 | (idiom) to have never met sb before; entirely unacquainted | |
| 虚头 虛頭 | to play tricks; to deceive | |
| 酬宾 酬賓 | bargain sale; discount | |
| 濒于 瀕於 | near to; approaching (collapse) | |
| 绝种 絕種 | extinct (species); extinction | |
| 临走 臨走 | before leaving; on departure | |
| 一知半解 一知半解 | (idiom) to have a superficial knowledge of a subject; to know a smattering of sth | |
| 气功 氣功 | qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 气 through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation | |
| 特快 特快 | express (train, delivery etc) | |
| 片断 片斷 | section; fragment; segment | |
| 甭 甭 | (contraction of 用) need not; please don't | |
| 打官司 打官司 | to file a lawsuit; to sue; to dispute | |
| 觉悟 覺悟 | to come to understand; to realize; consciousness; awareness; Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda) | |
| 影星 影星 | film star | |
| 分工 分工 | to divide up the work; division of labor | |
| 影迷 影迷 | film enthusiast; movie fan | |
| 伤员 傷員 | wounded person | |
| 整顿 整頓 | to tidy up; to reorganize; to consolidate; to rectify | |
| 酱油 醬油 | soy sauce | |
| 发电 發電 | to generate electricity; to send a telegram | |
| 国旗 國旗 | flag (of a country) | |
| 照样 照樣 | as before; (same) as usual; in the same manner; still; nevertheless | |
| 敢于 敢於 | to have the courage to do sth; to dare to; bold in | |
| 诸位 諸位 | (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs | |
| 凡是 凡是 | each and every; every; all; any | |
| 不至于 不至於 | unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as | |
| 寺 寺 | Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old) | |
| 名誉 名譽 | fame; reputation; honor; honorary; emeritus (of retired professor) | |
| 车牌 車牌 | license plate | |
| 拐 枴 | cane; walking stick; crutch; old man's staff | |
| 哎哟 哎喲 | hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise | |
| 协商 協商 | to consult with; to talk things over; agreement | |
| 账 賬 | account; bill; debt | |
| 粥 粥 | used in 荤粥 | |
| 医药 醫藥 | medical care and medicines; medicine (drug); medical; pharmaceutical | |
| 没收 沒收 | to confiscate; to seize | |
| 拿走 拿走 | to take away | |
| 挨 挨 | in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to |