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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jǐn jǐn barely; only; merely; only (this and nothing more) HSK 3
gǎn to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) HSK 3
dǎo yǎn to direct; director (film etc) HSK 3
science and technology HSK 3
xuān chuán to disseminate; to give publicity to; propaganda HSK 3
jǐn urgent; emergency HSK 3
lǐng neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc HSK 3
táng sugar; sweets; candy HSK 3
調 tiáo zhěng to adjust; adjustment; revision HSK 3
huà to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学 HSK 3
tái (lit. and fig.) stage; arena HSK 3
jìn to go a step further; (develop, understand, improve etc) more; further HSK 3
gǎn jǐn hurriedly; without delay HSK 3
fǎn zhèng anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side HSK 3
wén zhāng article; essay; literary works; writings; hidden meaning HSK 3
làng fèi to waste; to squander HSK 3
forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once HSK 3
shēng to ascend; to rise to the rank of; to promote; to hoist; liter; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth dou 斗 HSK 3
gōng kāi open; overt; public; to make public; to release HSK 3
xìng yùn fortunate; lucky; fortune; luck HSK 3
zhèng evidence; proof; testimony HSK 3
qiáng large; formidable; powerful; strong HSK 3
jiù old; opposite: new 新; former; worn (with age) HSK 3
bǎn board; plank; plate; shutter; table tennis bat; clappers (music); accented beat in Chinese music; hard; stiff; to stop smiling or look serious HSK 3
píng Heping District of Shenyang city 沈阳市, Liaoning; Heping or Hoping Township in Taichung County 台中县, Taiwan HSK 3
zhōng clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell HSK 3
qiān wàn ten million; countless; many; one must by all means HSK 3
gòu enough; sufficient HSK 3
to press; to push down; to keep under (control); pressure HSK 3
màn màn slowly HSK 3
biǎo to express; to convey HSK 3
zhōu wéi environs; surroundings; periphery HSK 3
yǎn yuán actor or actress; performer HSK 3
100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 HSK 3
concrete; definite; specific HSK 3
wén huà culture; civilization; cultural HSK 3
tíng zhǐ to stop; to halt; to cease HSK 3
gòng tóng common; joint; jointly; together; collaborative HSK 3
yǎn to develop; to evolve; to practice; to perform; to play; to act HSK 3
gài roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea HSK 3
zhèng to admonish; variant of 证 HSK 3
jǐn tight; strict; close at hand; near; urgent; tense; hard up; short of money; to tighten HSK 3
zhū hog; pig; swine HSK 3
yǎn chū to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show HSK 3
pèi to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate HSK 3
lóng dragon; imperial HSK 3
fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
shù art HSK 3
調 diào to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody HSK 3
xià miàn below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] HSK 3