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.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 党 黨 | party; association; club; society | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 觉 覺 | a nap; a sleep | |
| 部队 部隊 | army; armed forces; troops; force; unit | |
| 遗憾 遺憾 | regret; to regret; to be sorry that | |
| 说实话 說實話 | to speak the truth; truth to tell; frankly | |
| 理 理 | texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up | |
| 允许 允許 | to permit; to allow | |
| 英雄 英雄 | hero | |
| 招 招 | to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 队伍 隊伍 | ranks; troops; queue; line; procession | |
| 副 副 | secondary; auxiliary; deputy; assistant; vice-; abbr. for 副词 adverb; classifier for pairs, sets of things & facial expressions | |
| 利 利 | sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit | |
| 权 權 | authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary | |
| 犯罪 犯罪 | to commit a crime; crime; offense | |
| 啥 啥 | dialectal equivalent of 什么; also pr. [shà] | |
| 特 特 | special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 斯, tex | |
| 有关 有關 | to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning | |
| 同 同 | like; same; similar; together; alike; with | |
| 如 如 | as; as if; such as | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 于 於 | (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 宁死不屈 寧死不屈 | rather die than submit (idiom) | Idiom |
| 五彩缤纷 五彩繽紛 | all the colors in profusion (idiom); a garish display | Idiom |
| 神通广大 神通廣大 | (idiom) to possess great magical power; to possess remarkable abilities | Idiom |
| 混蛋 混蛋 | scoundrel; bastard; hoodlum; wretch | Xiehouyu |
| 臭 臭 | stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) | Xiehouyu |
| 没戏 沒戲 | (coll.) not a chance; no way; hopeless | Colloquialism |
| 骆驼 駱駝 | camel (CL:,,); (coll.) blockhead; ninny | Colloquialism |
| 搞不好 搞不好 | (coll.) maybe; perhaps | Colloquialism |
| 有戏 有戲 | (coll.) promising; likely to turn out well | Colloquialism |
| 礼拜 禮拜 | to attend a religious service; (coll.) week; (coll.) Sunday | Colloquialism |
| 收拾 收拾 | to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb | Colloquialism |
| 估计 估計 | to estimate; to reckon; (coll.) to suppose | Colloquialism |
| 秒 秒 | second (unit of time); arc second (angular measurement unit); (coll.) instantly | Colloquialism |
| 姚 姚 | handsome, elegant; surname | |
| 雁 雁 | wild goose | |
| 舅 舅 | maternal uncle | |
| 君 君 | lord, sir | |
| 甲方 甲方 | party A (in a contract) (cf., party B) | |
| 乙方 乙方 | party B (in a contract) (cf., party A) | |
| 毙 斃 | kill; die violent death | |
| 攻占 攻佔 | to seize control of (an enemy position); (fig.) to take by storm; to gain (awards, control of a market etc) | |
| 花盆 花盆 | flower pot | |
| 柬 柬 | letter, invitation; choose | |
| 篷 篷 | awning, covering; sail; boat | |
| 口琴 口琴 | harmonica | |
| 冰淇淋 冰淇淋 | ice cream |