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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| 颇多 頗多 | (quite) a lot; many | |
| 善心 善心 | kindness; benevolence; philanthropy; virtuous intentions | |
| 和善 和善 | good-natured | |
| 肺腑之言 肺腑之言 | words from the bottom of one's heart | |
| 爆出 爆出 | to burst out; to appear unexpectedly; to break (media story) | |
| 风评 風評 | reputation | |
| 暴君 暴君 | tyrant; despot | |
| 看不惯 看不慣 | cannot bear to see; to hate; to dislike; to disapprove | |
| 名堂 名堂 | item (in a program of entertainments); trick (act of mischief); worthwhile result; accomplishment; sth significant but not immediately apparent; sth more than meets the eye | |
| 通融 通融 | flexible; to accommodate; to stretch or get around regulations; a short-term loan | |
| 行车记录仪 行車記錄儀 | dashcam | |
| 待会儿 待會兒 | in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] | |
| 近日 近日 | (in) the past few days; recently; (within) the next few days | |
| 大批 大批 | large quantities of | |
| 化解 化解 | to dissolve; to resolve (contradictions); to dispel (doubts); to iron out (difficulties); to defuse (conflicts); to neutralize (fears) | |
| 影迷 影迷 | film enthusiast; movie fan | |
| 要好 要好 | to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement | |
| 氧气 氧氣 | oxygen | |
| 收养 收養 | to take in and care for (an elderly person, a dog etc); to adopt (a child); adoption | |
| 罢工 罷工 | a strike; to go on strike | |
| 识 識 | to record; to write a footnote | |
| 本土 本土 | one's native country; native; local; metropolitan territory | |
| 好不容易 好不容易 | with great difficulty; very difficult | |
| 互动 互動 | to interact; interactive | |
| 海报 海報 | poster; playbill; notice | |
| 通报 通報 | to inform; to notify; to announce; circular; bulletin; (scientific) journal | |
| 撤离 撤離 | to withdraw from; to evacuate | |
| 捐款 捐款 | to donate money; to contribute funds; donation; contribution (of money) | |
| 上台 上台 | to rise to power (in politics); to go on stage (in the theater) | |
| 融合 融合 | a mixture; an amalgam; fusion; welding together; to be in harmony with (nature); to harmonize with; to fit in | |
| 用心 用心 | motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful | |
| 景 景 | (bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation; scene (of a play); (literary) sunlight | |
| 伤亡 傷亡 | casualties; injuries and deaths | |
| 掌声 掌聲 | applause | |
| 股东 股東 | shareholder; stockholder | |
| 嘉宾 嘉賓 | esteemed guest; honored guest; guest (on a show) | |
| 串 串 | to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across | |
| 抱歉 抱歉 | to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry! | |
| 出事 出事 | to have an accident; to meet with a mishap | |
| 欺负 欺負 | to bully | |
| 回应 回應 | to respond; response | |
| 宠物 寵物 | house pet | |
| 捐 捐 | to relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy | |
| 平台 平臺 | platform; terrace; flat-roofed building | |
| 约定 約定 | to agree on sth (after discussion); to conclude a bargain; to arrange; to promise; to stipulate; to make an appointment; stipulated (time, amount, quality etc); an arrangement; a deal; appointment; undertaking; commitment; understanding; engagement; stipulation | |
| 咋 咋 | dialectal equivalent of 怎么 | |
| 捡 撿 | to pick up; to collect; to gather | |
| 支援 支援 | to provide assistance; to support; to back | |
| 天下 天下 | land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule | |
| 蹲 蹲 | to crouch; to squat; to stay (somewhere) |