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.
Cast
Vocabulary
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| 大佬 大佬 | big shot (leading some field or group); godfather (in an organization) | |
| 您好 您好 | hello (polite) | |
| 要看 要看 | (it) depends on... | |
| 要说 要說 | as for; when it comes to | |
| 有钱 有錢 | well-off; wealthy | |
| 放开 放開 | to let go; to release | |
| 三十 三十 | thirty; 30 | |
| 有点 有點 | a little | |
| 一家 一家 | the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group | |
| 你好 你好 | hello; hi | |
| 第一次 第一次 | the first time; first; number one | |
| 哪个 哪個 | which; who | |
| 多个 多個 | many; multiple; multi- (faceted, ethnic etc) | |
| 找不到 找不到 | can't find | |
| 自己人 自己人 | those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us | |
| 韭菜 韭菜 | garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives; (fig.) retail investors who lose their money to more experienced operators (i.e. they are "harvested" like garlic chives) | |
| 这位 這位 | this (person) | |
| 还给 還給 | to return sth to sb | |
| 做错 做錯 | to make an error | |
| 十七 十七 | seventeen; 17 | |
| 从影 從影 | to make movies; to be a movie actor (or actress) | |
| 第三十 第三十 | thirtieth | |
| 那个人 那個人 | lit. that person; fig. the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams | |
| 要有 要有 | to need; to require; must have | |
| 不等 不等 | unequal; varied | |
| 没了 沒了 | to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist | |
| 在后 在後 | behind | |
| 再不 再不 | or else; alternatively | |
| 考进 考進 | to gain entry by passing an exam; to be admitted to (a college etc) | |
| 什么的 什麼的 | and so on; and so forth; and what not | |
| 有了 有了 | I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven | |
| 对我来说 對我來說 | as far as I'm concerned | |
| 打进 打進 | to breach; to invade | |
| 二次 二次 | second (i.e. number two); second time; twice; (math.) quadratic (of degree two) | |
| 漱口 漱口 | to rinse one's mouth; to gargle | |
| 差不多的 差不多的 | the great majority | |
| 不太好 不太好 | not so good; not too well | |
| 右上 右上 | upper right | |
| 左下 左下 | lower left | |
| 开路 開路 | to open up a path; to make one's way through; to construct a road; (electricity) open circuit | |
| 果 果 | fruit; result | |
| 少放 少放 | to add less (of a spice etc) | |
| 好过 好過 | to have an easy time; (feel) well | |
| 四十 四十 | forty; 40 | |
| 包间 包間 | private room (in a restaurant, or for karaoke etc); parlor; booth; compartment | |
| 我这儿 我這兒 | where I am; my place | |
| 影 影 | shadow; image, reflection; photograph | |
| 不一 不一 | to vary; to differ | |
| 不送 不送 | don't bother to see me out | |
| 叫做 叫做 | to be called; to be known as |