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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lǎo big shot (leading some field or group); godfather (in an organization) ∼HSK 1
nín hǎo hello (polite) ∼HSK 1
yào kàn (it) depends on... ∼HSK 1
yào shuō as for; when it comes to ∼HSK 1
yǒu qián well-off; wealthy ∼HSK 1
fàng kāi to let go; to release ∼HSK 1
sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
jiā the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group ∼HSK 1
hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
ge which; who ∼HSK 1
duō ge many; multiple; multi- (faceted, ethnic etc) ∼HSK 1
zhǎo bu dào can't find ∼HSK 1
rén those on our side; ourselves; one's own people; one of us ∼HSK 1
jiǔ cài 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) ∼HSK 1
zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
huán gěi to return sth to sb ∼HSK 1
zuò cuò to make an error ∼HSK 1
shí seventeen; 17 ∼HSK 1
cóng yǐng to make movies; to be a movie actor (or actress) ∼HSK 1
sān shí thirtieth ∼HSK 1
rén lit. that person; fig. the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams ∼HSK 1
yào yǒu to need; to require; must have ∼HSK 1
děng unequal; varied ∼HSK 1
méi le to be dead; not to be, or cease to exist ∼HSK 1
zài hòu behind ∼HSK 1
zài or else; alternatively ∼HSK 1
kǎo jìn to gain entry by passing an exam; to be admitted to (a college etc) ∼HSK 1
shén me de and so on; and so forth; and what not ∼HSK 1
yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
duì lái shuō as far as I'm concerned ∼HSK 1
jìn to breach; to invade ∼HSK 1
èr second (i.e. number two); second time; twice; (math.) quadratic (of degree two) ∼HSK 1
shù kǒu to rinse one's mouth; to gargle ∼HSK 1
chà bu duō de the great majority ∼HSK 1
tài hǎo not so good; not too well ∼HSK 1
yòu shàng upper right ∼HSK 1
zuǒ xià lower left ∼HSK 1
kāi to open up a path; to make one's way through; to construct a road; (electricity) open circuit ∼HSK 1
guǒ fruit; result ∼HSK 1
shǎo fàng to add less (of a spice etc) ∼HSK 1
hǎo guò to have an easy time; (feel) well ∼HSK 1
shí forty; 40 ∼HSK 1
bāo jiān private room (in a restaurant, or for karaoke etc); parlor; booth; compartment ∼HSK 1
zhe r where I am; my place ∼HSK 1
yǐng shadow; image, reflection; photograph ∼HSK 1
to vary; to differ ∼HSK 1
sòng don't bother to see me out ∼HSK 1
jiào zuò to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 1