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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huì improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
xiǎo di little brother; little boy; (coll.) penis Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
kuài a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as) aspect; area; dimension (Example: "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
men Brothers!; brethren; dude (colloquial); brother (diminutive form of address between males) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
ròu meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 Colloquialism HSK 1
shān mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on Colloquialism HSK 1
ba (coll.) father; dad Colloquialism HSK 1
(coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 1
(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
zháo to touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding in Colloquialism HSK 1
Xiāng gǎng Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Hán Korean language (esp. in context of South Korea) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Lǎo Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, by Laozi Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Měi guó United States; USA; US Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
guó France Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Sān xīng Samsung (South Korean electronics company); Sanxing or Sanhsing Township in Yilan County, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Shuǐ Shuili Township in Nantou County, central Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
Bali or Pali township in New Taipei City, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
shuō zhēn de to tell the truth; honestly; in fact ∼HSK 1
zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
ge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
ge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
méi shì it's not important; it's nothing; never mind; to have nothing to do; to be free; to be all right (out of danger or trouble) ∼HSK 1
first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
may not ∼HSK 1
Asia; second ∼HSK 1
kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
mi mommy (loanword) ∼HSK 1
dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
xià ge the next one ∼HSK 1
zǎo diǎn breakfast ∼HSK 1
zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
xiǎo qiú sports such as ping-pong and badminton that use small balls; see also ∼HSK 1
liǎng guó both countries; the two countries ∼HSK 1
xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
yǒu qǐng to request the pleasure of seeing sb; to ask sb in; to ask sb to do sth (e.g. make a speech) ∼HSK 1
rén by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) ∼HSK 1
liǎng xià twice; for a little while ∼HSK 1
děng (archaic) you all ∼HSK 1
(slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1