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劉德華
lau4 dak1 waa4
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Andy Lau (nickname: 華仔, 劉華) born in September 27, 1961, is a Hong Kong pop star and a movie actor. He has since appeared in more than 100 films, and has a huge fan base throughout Asia with the success of both his onscreen performance and his musical career. Andy Lau is best known for his (often) recurring roles in the King of Gamblers. Andy Lau was recently awarded "No.1 Box Office Actor 1985-2005" of Hong Kong, yielding a total box office of HKD 1,733,275,816 for shooting 108 films in the past 20 years. It is compared to the first runner-up Stephen Chow (HKD 1,317,452,311) and second runner-up Jackie Chan (HKD 894,090,962).(source: Wikipedia)  Level: 4 This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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This word has been viewed 3884 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Cryme on 6th Jul 2006 03:19 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008 19:03 |
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Characters in this word:劉 lau4 - a Chinese surname德 dak1 - virtue; personal energy; family name 華 waa4 waa6 faa1 - magnificent; prosperous; flashy; your; China |
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