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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hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
zháo to land; to touch the ground; also pr. [zhuo2 di4] ∼HSK 1
xiǎng lái it may be assumed that ∼HSK 1
hǎo bon voyage; Godspeed ∼HSK 1
xià zhàn the next stop (of a bus etc) ∼HSK 1
tīng bu jiàn not be able to hear ∼HSK 1
fēng fan; ventilator ∼HSK 1
first-year university student ∼HSK 1
zhàn lai to stand up ∼HSK 1
dào diǎn it's time (to do sth); the time has come ∼HSK 1
lǎo father; dad ∼HSK 1
gēn rén to marry (of woman) ∼HSK 1
huì huì (posing a question: whether sb, something) can or cannot?; is able to or not ∼HSK 1
hǎo péng you good friend; (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period) ∼HSK 1
dòng nǎo to use one's brain ∼HSK 1
liǎo de exceptional; outstanding; dreadful; appalling ∼HSK 1
tiān several days ∼HSK 1
jūn equal, even, fair; all, also ∼HSK 1
zuó yesterday ∼HSK 1
huì a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3] ∼HSK 1
xiān rén ancestor; forefather; sb's late father ∼HSK 1
zài le to be dead; to have passed away ∼HSK 1
xiǎo shì trifle; trivial matter ∼HSK 1
zěn me huí shì what's the matter?; what's going on?; how could that be?; how did that come about?; what's it all about? ∼HSK 1
diǎn what time?; when? ∼HSK 1
zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
shuì night clothes; pajamas ∼HSK 1
yòng choice of words; wording; phraseology; term ∼HSK 1
chà diǎn almost; nearly ∼HSK 1
děng xià to wait a moment; later; in awhile ∼HSK 1
fēn not to distinguish; to make no distinction; (LGBT slang) versatile (open to either penetrative or receptive role) ∼HSK 1
Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
kàn bu jiàn cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible ∼HSK 1
shou hired thug ∼HSK 1
shuì (old) itinerant political adviser; (fig.) lobbyist; go-between; mouthpiece; also pr. [shuo1 ke4] ∼HSK 1
gān biě dried out; wizened; shriveled ∼HSK 1
chū qián to pay ∼HSK 1
each one individually; each and every ∼HSK 1
zhù (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly ∼HSK 1
rén rén everyone; every person ∼HSK 1
dòng chē (PRC) (D- or C-class) high-speed train; power car; multiple-unit train ∼HSK 1
shì ma isn't that so? ∼HSK 1
dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
zuò shì to work; to handle matters; to have a job ∼HSK 1
xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
mǎi xià to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc) ∼HSK 1
wán xiào to joke; joke; jest ∼HSK 1
you and I; everyone; all of us (in society); we (people in general) ∼HSK 1
pǎo chū to run out ∼HSK 1
duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1