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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lòu qiè to display one's ignorance; to make a fool of oneself by an ignorant blunder ∼HSK 6
jìng sunglasses ∼HSK 6
lěng lěng qīng qīng deserted; desolate; unfrequented; cold and cheerless; lonely; in quiet isolation ∼HSK 6
quán quán full powers; total authority; plenipotentiary powers ∼HSK 6
yǐng tán moviedom; the world of movies; film circles ∼HSK 6
gōu chū to delineate; to articulate; to evoke; to draw out; to tick off ∼HSK 6
huáng shǔ láng Siberian weasel (Mustela sibirica) ∼HSK 6
hào zi (dialect) mouse; rat ∼HSK 6
yáo earthen kiln; loess cave ∼HSK 6
shòu hòu after-sales service ∼HSK 6
zhā zhēn to give or have an acupuncture treatment ∼HSK 6
gān ái liver cancer ∼HSK 6
mèi - píng shēng (idiom) to have never met sb before; entirely unacquainted ∼HSK 6
tóu to play tricks; to deceive ∼HSK 6
chóu bīn bargain sale; discount ∼HSK 6
bīn near to; approaching (collapse) ∼HSK 6
jué zhǒng extinct (species); extinction ∼HSK 6
lín zǒu before leaving; on departure ∼HSK 6
zhī - bàn jiě (idiom) to have a superficial knowledge of a subject; to know a smattering of sth ∼HSK 6
gōng qigong, a traditional Chinese system of cultivating vital energy 气 through coordinated breathing, movement and meditation HSK 6
kuài express (train, delivery etc) HSK 6
piàn duàn section; fragment; segment HSK 6
béng (contraction of 用) need not; please don't HSK 6
guān si to file a lawsuit; to sue; to dispute HSK 6
jué to come to understand; to realize; consciousness; awareness; Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda) HSK 6
yǐng xīng film star HSK 6
fēn gōng to divide up the work; division of labor HSK 6
yǐng film enthusiast; movie fan HSK 6
shāng yuán wounded person HSK 6
zhěng dùn to tidy up; to reorganize; to consolidate; to rectify HSK 6
jiàng yóu soy sauce HSK 6
diàn to generate electricity; to send a telegram HSK 6
guó flag (of a country) HSK 6
zhào yàng as before; (same) as usual; in the same manner; still; nevertheless HSK 6
gǎn to have the courage to do sth; to dare to; bold in HSK 6
zhū wèi (pron) everyone; Ladies and Gentlemen; Sirs HSK 6
fán shì each and every; every; all; any HSK 6
zhì unlikely to go so far as to; not as bad as HSK 6
Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old) HSK 6
míng fame; reputation; honor; honorary; emeritus (of retired professor) HSK 6
chē pái license plate HSK 6
guǎi cane; walking stick; crutch; old man's staff HSK 6
āi hey; ow; ouch; interjection of pain or surprise HSK 6
xié shāng to consult with; to talk things over; agreement HSK 6
zhàng account; bill; debt HSK 6
used in 荤粥 HSK 6
yào medical care and medicines; medicine (drug); medical; pharmaceutical HSK 6
shōu to confiscate; to seize HSK 6
zǒu to take away HSK 6
āi in order; in sequence; close to; adjacent to HSK 6