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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zuò wéi one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be HSK 4
xuǎn to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative HSK 4
zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
quē qián shortage of money Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
máo bìng fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment Xiehouyu HSK 3
méi yòng useless Xiehouyu HSK 3
qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
shū to lose; to be beaten; (bound form) to transport; (literary) to donate; to contribute; (coll.) to enter (a password) Colloquialism HSK 3
zhěng exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb Colloquialism HSK 3
cūn zhǎng village chief; village head Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Duì Tsushima Island, between Japan and South Korea Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
西 西 piàn Western (film) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
cūn village; hamlet Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Shí bào "Times" (newspaper, e.g. New York Times) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
Zhōng huán Central, Hong Kong Island Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
hóng jiǔ red wine HSK 3
lǎo tiě (slang) very close friend; bro ∼HSK 3
name of warring state; surname ∼HSK 3
tái an actor's lines; dialogue; Taiwanese word ∼HSK 3
lucky, propitious, good ∼HSK 3
gàn what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
lǎo old-fashioned; unstylish ∼HSK 3
Nóng agriculture, farming; farmer ∼HSK 3
to ride a horse ∼HSK 3
tíng huǒ to cease fire; ceasefire ∼HSK 3
jiàn strong, robust, healthy; strength ∼HSK 3
zhǔn bèi hǎo le to be ready ∼HSK 3
shū eldest of father's younger brothers; uncle (term used to address a man about the age of one's father) ∼HSK 3
niú cowhide; leather; fig. flexible and tough; boasting; big talk ∼HSK 3
recklessly, foolishly; wildly ∼HSK 3
zhǐ bǎn cardboard ∼HSK 3
shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
shēng to produce a sound; to vocalize; to give voice; to articulate views or demands ∼HSK 3
nòng shāng to bruise; to hurt (something) ∼HSK 3
bān zǒu to carry ∼HSK 3
xīng guāng starlight ∼HSK 3
yǒu xiē rén some people ∼HSK 3
Liáng bridge; beam; rafters; surname ∼HSK 3
gōng zuò rén yuán staff member ∼HSK 3
diàn yǐng yǎn yuán movie actor; movie actress ∼HSK 3
yóu to play a game ∼HSK 3
pāi diǎn (music) beat ∼HSK 3
yǒu xìng interested; interesting ∼HSK 3
xiǎng xiàng conception; imagination ∼HSK 3
tiě shā shot (in shotgun); pellets ∼HSK 3
zhì rule of law; to rule by law ∼HSK 3
Jiǎ surname; merchant; buy, trade ∼HSK 3
jìn strong, unyielding, tough, power ∼HSK 3