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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zhēng xiān kǒng hòu striving to be first and fearing to be last (idiom); outdoing one another Idiom HSK 7
wéi shì to believe oneself infallible (idiom); to be opinionated Idiom HSK 7
dìng indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious Xiehouyu HSK 7
yuān wang to accuse wrongly; to treat unjustly; injustice; wronged; not worthwhile Xiehouyu HSK 7
to refuse to acknowledge; to pay no attention to; to take no notice of; to ignore Xiehouyu HSK 7
guī ˙nu: maiden; unmarried woman; (coll.) daughter Colloquialism HSK 7
chéng tiān (coll.) all day long; all the time Colloquialism HSK 7
zòu to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth) Colloquialism HSK 7
jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon Colloquialism HSK 7
shuāng yíng profitable to both sides; a win-win situation HSK 7
wǎng mín web user; netizen HSK 7
cuō shāng to consult; to discuss seriously; to negotiate; to confer; negotiations; consultations HSK 7
mín stock investor; share trader HSK 7
gào zhuàng to tell on sb; to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc); to bring a lawsuit HSK 7
tún to station (soldiers); to store up; village HSK 7
jiào to ferment; (fig.) (of trends, emotions or repercussions etc) to bubble away; to simmer; to develop HSK 7
mìng proposition (logic, math.); to assign an essay topic HSK 7
shì personal matters HSK 7
shuǎng kuai refreshed; rejuvenated; frank and straightforward HSK 7
shēn stand-in; substitute; body double; stuntman; scapegoat; fall guy; to stand in for sb else HSK 7
zhì to become rich HSK 7
coarse; crude (in one's manner); boorish HSK 7
chéng zhì sincere; cordial HSK 7
chù place; destination HSK 7
chóng to replay; to rerun; (agriculture) to reseed; to oversow HSK 7
gēng zhèng to correct; to make a correction HSK 7
pāi to shoot a movie HSK 7
jiāo jiē (of two things) to come into contact; to meet; to hand over to; to take over from; to associate with; to have friendly relations with; to have sexual intercourse HSK 7
dài duì to lead a team; to lead a group; group leader; (tourism) tour guide HSK 7
hǎo zài luckily; fortunately HSK 7
appropriate to the occasion; fitting HSK 7
qīn qíng affection; family love; love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children HSK 7
luò xià to fall; to drop; to land (of projectile) HSK 7
dāng on that day HSK 7
xià hu to scare; to frighten HSK 7
rǎng to shout; to bellow; to make a big deal of sth; to make a fuss about sth HSK 7
miàn dignity; prestige; face; honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable HSK 7
jìng dedicated to one's work HSK 7
hùn xiáo to obscure; to confuse; to mix up; to blur; to mislead HSK 7
to place; to put aside; to shelve HSK 7
zhēng duān dispute; controversy; conflict HSK 7
dèng zi stool; small seat HSK 7
shū sòng to transport; to convey; to deliver HSK 7
zhèng zhòng serious; solemn; earnest; conscientious HSK 7
jiǎng jiě to explain HSK 7
bāi to break off or break open sth with one's hands; (fig.) to break off (a relationship) HSK 7
ào màn arrogant; haughty HSK 7
dòng to drive; to propel; drive (vehicle wheel); drive mechanism (tape or disk); device driver (computing software) HSK 7
qián tái stage; proscenium; foreground in politics etc (sometimes derog.); front desk; reception desk; (computing) front-end; foreground HSK 7
kàn zhòng to have a preference for; to fancy; to choose after consideration; to settle on HSK 7