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Chinese comedic performance in the form of a short skit between two or more performers. Similar to western comedic skits, it often involves the use of stage props and physical actions of the actors.
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Special actor
Main Role vs. Supporting Role
Lamb Skewer
Saving Face
365 Nice Wishes
One Apartment, Two Owners
The Taste Of Home
Customer Service Training
I Love You, Dad
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7:03
Intermediate
China
What happens when a Chinese film director meets a foreign actor (David Moser of the University of Michigan Center for Chinese Studies and the author of "Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard")? Watch and learn how hard it is to play a role in a Chinese film.
2:00
Intermediate
China
What does "Cai Mi" get? Watch and find out who will get the money in the end.
3:42
Beginner
China
In this comedy sketch, two actors argue over who has the lead role.
3:28
Beginner
China
In this comedy sketch, two actors argue over who has the lead role.
3:29
Beginner
China
In this comedy sketch, two actors argue over who has the lead role.
3:37
Beginner
China
In this comedy sketch, two actors argue over who has the lead role.
2:51
Beginner
China
In this comedy sketch, two actors argue over who has the lead role.
3:29
Beginner
China
This classic comedy sketch from the 1986 New Year's Eve Gala features a wily, unlicensed lamb skewer vendor trying to get out of paying a fine.
3:02
Beginner
China
The skit continues with the lamb skewer hawker pretending to be a Uyghur- the ethnic minority associated with his culinary product- to fool the inspector. The only problem is, he knows nothing about his fake homeland, the far western region of Xinjiang.
3:26
Beginner
China
The enterprising but fraudulent lamb skewer vendor keeps up his charade, pretending not to know enough Mandarin to understand the inspector when he requests to see the man's business license.
3:08
Beginner
China
The rogue lamb skewer hawker's act is starting to wear thin with an increasingly frustrated inspector. Luckily, he's saved when his dodgy meat comes to the rescue.
1:33
Beginner
China
The wily vendor has duped the inspector for long enough now. His act is beginning to fall apart and his luck is running out.
1:42
Intermediate
China
A young couple is facing the problem of where to go celebrate Chinese New Year since both of them want to avoid being asked difficult questions by their own parents.
1:29
Intermediate
China
As the couple debates where to go to celebrate the New Year, the woman's father unexpectedly shows up with a plan to uncover the lies she's been telling him about her career.
1:28
Intermediate
China
With the help of a distant relative, the father is determined to discover the truth about his daughter's career.
1:26
Intermediate
China
As the conversation progresses, the young woman is put to the test and asked a lot of difficult questions by her father and his accomplice.
1:35
Intermediate
China
Looking for ways to get his daughter to tell the truth, the father and his accomplice start asking her to reconcile quite impossible situations.
1:15
Intermediate
China
As she is faced with the first difficult situation to solve, the daughter is forced to lie once again and the ice just gets thinner and thinner.
0:56
Intermediate
China
As she faces more and more difficult requests, her lies get more and more elaborate.
0:59
Intermediate
China
As the situation evolves to the point where the daughter cannot lie anymore, is there anything she can do to get herself out of it?
0:58
Intermediate
China
The moment of truth is coming closer as the lies keep building up. This time, there will be no way out.
1:35
Intermediate
China
The truth is finally unveiled and the daughter explains to her father what her life is like.
1:35
Intermediate
China
As the truth is revealed, the daughter discovers that the situation is nothing like she imagined.
1:26
Intermediate
China
Shen Teng's father-in-law is about to undergo surgery. A dilemma ensues.
1:34
Intermediate
China
Doctor Liu, a man of principle, refuses to accept bribes disguised as red envelopes.
1:40
Intermediate
China
Doctor Liu finally relents and takes the red envelope from Shen Teng.
1:30
Intermediate
China
Shen Teng realizes the mistake he just made.
1:24
Intermediate
China
Shen Teng and his wife ponder over the fate of their father.
1:33
Intermediate
China
Is Shen Teng's father-in-law really that bad?
1:35
Intermediate
China
The operation is finally finished, but Shen Teng and his wife make a grave discovery.
1:05
Intermediate
China
Shen Teng's father-in-law pulls through with a successful surgery.
1:10
Intermediate
China
Shen Teng gives Doctor Liu his best wishes for happiness and health!
1:27
Intermediate
China
Northeastern
Tai and Xue have a four-bedroom, two-living room house. Or do they?
1:58
Adv-Intermediate
China
Northeastern
While filming a video to show off their new home, Xue and Tai meet Fung, a real estate agent. Or is he?
1:32
Adv-Intermediate
China
Northeastern
As they leave the house, Xue and Tai realize they've forgotten something.
1:49
Adv-Intermediate
China
Northeastern
To avoid being discovered, Xue and Tai begin their act.
1:51
Adv-Intermediate
China
Northeastern
Xue and Tai try to convince Feng that they aren't, in fact, who they said they were.
1:38
Adv-Intermediate
China
Northeastern
Feng's real identity and motives are revealed.
1:45
Adv-Intermediate
China
Northeastern
In an effort to help Feng, Tai makes a proposal.
1:24
Intermediate
China
Northeastern
1:00
Intermediate
China
Northeastern
Feng is about to meet his new mother.
1:30
Intermediate
China
A man comes in search of the taste of home.
1:19
Intermediate
China
The man comes in search of the taste of home, but something's not quite right.
1:31
Intermediate
China
The taste of home is about more than just the food.
1:22
Intermediate
China
The restaurant staff tries to help the man get the taste of home back, but things don't go as well as he hopes.
1:31
Intermediate
China
Something unexpectedly reminds the man of the taste of home.
1:37
Intermediate
China
The man sees a glimmer of familiarity in the waitress' eyes.
1:33
Intermediate
China
The waitress tries to help the man get back the taste of home.
1:34
Intermediate
China
A misunderstanding ensues.
1:59
Intermediate
China
Although the man isn't able to go home for the New Year, he has managed to find the taste of home.
1:29
Intermediate
China
Customer service intern Wang Xin Yuan gets her first taste of dealing with difficult airline passengers.
2:11
Intermediate
China
For the second round of training, customer service intern Wang Xin Yuan is shown how to deal with passengers fed up with waiting for a delayed flight to take off.
2:28
Intermediate
China
See what changed customer service intern Wang Xin Yuan's mind about wanting to be a flight attendant.
1:57
Intermediate
China
Guo and his father's doctor hatch a plan in an attempt to get his father's memory back.
2:12
Intermediate
China
The first phase of an experiment to get Guo's father's memory back begins.
1:57
Intermediate
China
Guo reenacts his childhood in an attempt to get his father's memory back.
1:47
Intermediate
China
Guo remembers how he disappointed his father as a child.
1:44
Intermediate
China
Guo gets creative in his attempt to get his father's memory back.
2:16
Intermediate
China
Guo appeals to his audience for assistance in his plan to get his father's memory back.
1:41
Intermediate
China
Guo's father appears to be on the brink of recovering his memory.
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