The Movie Emperor 2024
红毯先生
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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Vocabulary
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| 敬 敬 | (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely | |
| 催 催 | to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush sb; to hasten sth; to expedite | |
| 爹 爹 | dad | |
| 脆弱 脆弱 | weak; frail | |
| 化妆 化妝 | to put on makeup | |
| 在意 在意 | to care about; to mind | |
| 浪 浪 | wave; breaker; unrestrained; dissipated; to stroll; to ramble | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 签署 簽署 | to sign (an agreement) | |
| 导弹 導彈 | (guided) missile | |
| 瞎 瞎 | blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose | |
| 评委 評委 | evaluation committee; judging panel; judging panel member; adjudicator (abbr. for 评选委员会委员) | |
| 呈现 呈現 | to appear; to emerge; to present (a certain appearance); to demonstrate | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 预算 預算 | budget | |
| 慈善 慈善 | benevolent; charitable | |
| 乖 乖 | (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal | |
| 董事会 董事會 | board of directors | |
| 砍 砍 | to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb | |
| 蛮 蠻 | barbarian; bullying; very; quite; rough; reckless | |
| 烤 烤 | to roast; to bake; to broil | |
| 惹 惹 | to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) | |
| 原本 原本 | originally; original | |
| 告 告 | to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue | |
| 革命 革命 | 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) | |
| 眼神 眼神 | expression or emotion showing in one's eyes; meaningful glance; wink; eyesight (dialect) | |
| 业 業 | line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already | |
| 嘿 嘿 | hey | |
| 淘汰 淘汰 | to wash out; (fig.) to cull; to weed out; to eliminate; to die out; to phase out | |
| 凌晨 凌晨 | very early in the morning; in the wee hours | |
| 粉丝 粉絲 | bean vermicelli; mung bean starch noodles; Chinese vermicelli; cellophane noodles; fan (loanword); enthusiast for sb or sth | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 且 且 | and; moreover; yet; for the time being; to be about to; both (... and...) | |
| 砸 砸 | to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle | |
| 袭击 襲擊 | attack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack | |
| 需 需 | to require; to need; to want; necessity; need | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 文 文 | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 | |
| 而已 而已 | that's all; nothing more | |
| 感 感 | to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 未 未 | 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° | |
| 及 及 | and; to reach; up to; in time for | |
| 哦 哦 | to chant | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 字正腔圆 字正腔圓 | to enunciate beautifully (in speaking or singing) (idiom) | Idiom |
| 求之不得 求之不得 | lit. seek but fail to get (idiom); fig. exactly what one’s been looking for | Idiom |
| 不可理喻 不可理喻 | (idiom) impervious to reason; unreasonable | Idiom |
| 轩然大波 軒然大波 | huge waves; (fig.) ruckus; controversy; sensation | Idiom |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |