The Movie Emperor

The Movie Emperor 2024

hóngtǎn xiānsheng

In an attempt to win back the public's interest, has-been Hong Kong film star Lau Wai-chi makes a comeback film with a major director. To prepare for his role as a peasant farmer in the 1960s, he travels to the mainland China countryside to experience rural life there, but his arrogance triggers a series of farces.

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4.06 Intermediate Director Ning Hao 🍅 100%

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Vocabulary

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Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Lóng wáng Dragon King (mythology) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Ān Ang Li (1954-), Taiwanese-American film director (films include Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 臥虎藏龍|卧虎藏龙 and Brokeback Mountain 斷背山|断背山) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Tóng luó Wān Causeway Bay Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
ān Ji'an, prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province; Ji'an county in Ji'an 吉安, Jiangxi; Ji'an or Chi'an township in Hualien County, east Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
lín Boolean (math.) (Tw) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Shì jiè Wèi shēng zhī World Health Organization (WHO) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Wēi xìn Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 腾讯) HSK 4
ài paternal love ∼HSK 4
bào yìng (Buddhism) divine retribution; karma ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
qiàn deficient, lacking, insufficient ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
dǎo direct, guide, lead, conduct ∼HSK 4
shè xiàng tóu webcam; surveillance camera ∼HSK 4
guǎng rough; rude; boorish; straightforward; uninhibited ∼HSK 4
lǐng jiǎng to receive an award ∼HSK 4
shòu sǔn to suffer damage ∼HSK 4
yǐng zhǎn film festival; photography exhibition ∼HSK 4
wěi tail, extremity; end, stern ∼HSK 4
jié hero; heroic, outstanding ∼HSK 4
zhī know ∼HSK 4
zhù to block up ∼HSK 4
xiǎo biān editor or creator of online content (diminutive term, often used to refer to oneself: I, me, this writer) ∼HSK 4
fāng the owners of a private enterprise; management; capital (as opposed to labor) ∼HSK 4
shēn chǔ in (some place); to be in (adversity, a difficult situation, danger, turmoil etc); to find oneself in; placed in; surrounded by ∼HSK 4
bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
lǐng jié bow tie; loop of a necktie; lavaliere ∼HSK 4
shǐ excrement, shit, dung ∼HSK 4
kǒu swear words; obscene language; foul language ∼HSK 4
fang shuō for example; for instance ∼HSK 4
niú zǎi cowboy ∼HSK 4
meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
dān tiǎo to pick; to choose; to fight a duel; Taiwan pr. [dan1 tiao1] ∼HSK 4
jìng mirror; lens; glass; glasses ∼HSK 4
shōu kuǎn to receive payment; to collect money ∼HSK 4
xìng huì nice to meet you ∼HSK 4
guā guǒ fruit (plural sense); melons and fruit ∼HSK 4
饿 è zi to go hungry; to starve ∼HSK 4
shī poetry; poetic quality or flavor ∼HSK 4
jīn huì foundation (institution supported by an endowment) ∼HSK 4
jiǎng to win a prize ∼HSK 4
zhǐ polyester ∼HSK 4
shǒu to scrupulously abide by ∼HSK 4
guó international law ∼HSK 4
shì wēi zhě demonstrator; protester ∼HSK 4
bǎo ān duì security forces ∼HSK 4
jiān jìn to imprison; to jail; to take into custody ∼HSK 4
stockings; pantyhose ∼HSK 4
rǎo le sorry to interrupt you, but...; sorry to have bothered you; sorry, I have to go; (slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable ∼HSK 4