The Movie Emperor

The Movie Emperor 2024

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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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jìng (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely HSK 7
cuī to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite HSK 7
diē dad HSK 7
cuì ruò weak; frail HSK 7
huà zhuāng to put on makeup HSK 7
zài to care about; to mind HSK 7
làng wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble HSK 7
huì city; metropolis HSK 7
qiān shǔ to sign (an agreement) HSK 7
dǎo dàn (guided) missile HSK 7
xiā blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose HSK 7
píng wěi evaluation committee; judging panel; judging panel member; adjudicator (abbr. for 评选委员会委员) HSK 7
chéng xiàn to appear; to emerge; to present (a certain appearance); to demonstrate HSK 7
yào otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
suàn budget HSK 7
shàn benevolent; charitable HSK 7
guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal HSK 7
dǒng shì huì board of directors HSK 7
kǎn to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb HSK 7
mán barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless HSK 7
kǎo to roast; to bake; to broil HSK 7
to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) HSK 7
yuán běn originally; original HSK 7
gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue HSK 7
mìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) HSK 7
yǎn shén expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect) HSK 7
line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already HSK 7
hēi hey HSK 7
táo tài to wash out; (fig.) to cull; to weed out; to eliminate; to die out; to phase out HSK 7
líng chén very early in the morning; in the wee hours HSK 7
fěn bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; Chinese vermicelli; cellophane noodles; fan (loanword); enthusiast for sb or sth HSK 7
gōng to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
qiě and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) HSK 7
to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
attack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack HSK 7
to require; to need; to want; necessity; need HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
ér that's all; nothing more HSK 7
gǎn to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ HSK 7
zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
é to chant HSK 7
abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
zhèng qiāng yuán to enunciate beautifully (in speaking or singing) (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
qiú zhī lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for Idiom ∼HSK 6
(idiom) impervious to reason; unreasonable Idiom ∼HSK 6
xuān rán huge waves; (fig.) ruckus; controversy; sensation Idiom ∼HSK 6
chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6