The Movie Emperor

The Movie Emperor 2024

hóngtǎn xiānsheng

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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zhāi to take; to borrow; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to select; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc) HSK 5
shī fu master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men HSK 5
rǎo to disturb; to bother; to trouble HSK 5
to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help HSK 5
běn script for play, opera, movie etc; screenplay; scenario HSK 5
cùn a unit of length; inch; thumb HSK 5
dào shi contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you HSK 5
chǎng position; standpoint HSK 5
zhǎng to rise (of prices, rivers) HSK 5
qi character; temperament; disposition; bad temper HSK 5
chǎn industry; estate; property; industrial HSK 5
míng míng obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely HSK 5
fǎn huí to return to; to come (or go) back HSK 5
wéi (line of) thought; thinking HSK 5
chōng dòng to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge HSK 5
xún qiú to seek; to look for HSK 5
mate; one of a pair HSK 5
zhù assistant HSK 5
le all right!; that's enough! HSK 5
chū due to; to stem from HSK 5
ròu muscle; flesh HSK 5
shì major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way HSK 5
huà miàn scene; tableau; picture; image; screen (displayed by a computer); (motion picture) frame; field of view HSK 5
chāi to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open HSK 5
to punish; to penalize HSK 5
pēn to puff; to spout; to spray; to spurt HSK 5
gōu tōng to join; to connect; to link up; to communicate HSK 5
shuāi to throw down; to fall; to drop and break HSK 5
mǐn gǎn sensitive; susceptible HSK 5
chōng conflict; to conflict; clash of opposing forces; collision (of interests); contention HSK 5
rèn to recognize; to know; to admit HSK 5
ǒu xiàng idol HSK 5
dài jià price; cost; consideration (in share dealing) HSK 5
nǎo zi brains; mind HSK 5
dāng nián in those days; then; in those years; during that time HSK 5
máo dùn contradiction; conflicting views; contradictory HSK 5
warehouse; storehouse; (file) library HSK 5
huí tóu to turn round; to turn one's head; later; by and by HSK 5
běn rén I; me; myself; oneself; yourself; himself; herself; the person concerned HSK 5
to encourage HSK 5
chéng to reach (an agreement); to accomplish HSK 5
to scold; to abuse; to curse HSK 5
shòu thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive HSK 5
li glass; (slang) male homosexual HSK 5
shì to attempt; to try HSK 5
shèng to remain; to be left; to have as remainder HSK 5
xīn exhausting; hard; tough; arduous; to work hard; to go to a lot of trouble; hardship(s) HSK 5
rén private; personal; interpersonal; sb with whom one has a close personal relationship; a member of one's clique HSK 5
gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy HSK 5
rēng to throw; to throw away HSK 5