Happy Dictionary

Author: Zheng Wei (Compiler)
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Publish Date: 2002-05-01
Features: A rewarding quiz show that combines fun, brain-teasers, knowledge, tension, excitement, and humor. An advanced television format imported from abroad, supported by high-tech networks and voice services. A brand-new large-scale entertainment show with unprecedented on-site tension, captivating, and gripping atmosphere. A program that is fully oriented towards ordinary people, with unlimited participants and a more scientific and fair selection mechanism for final contestants. The Xin Kai Ci Di (Happy Dictionary) show differs from other entertainment programs in that it closely integrates the two major media, television and the internet, achieving true interaction between the show and the audience. TV viewers across the country can compete in the show through online or phone-based formats and ultimately make it to the Central TV studio for the final round, realizing their family's dreams. The launch of the show and its related website has greatly boosted the enthusiasm of audiences to participate, strongly inspiring people to improve their knowledge and broaden their horizons.
Each episode features 6 reserve contestants who answer questions in turn, including sound memory, picture memory, sequencing, ABCDEF multiple-choice, and skill-based questions, with the fastest correct answerer qualifying for the finals. A final contestant faces the host alone, competing using basic techniques familiar in daily life. The compound choice question format condenses infinite knowledge into simple choices, with progressively increasing difficulty levels corresponding to rising prize amounts. The recurring segment structure connects each episode into a cohesive whole. Additionally, the integration of more electronic-era game formats and methods makes the question-answering process more structured and suspenseful.
Contestants earn corresponding "dream points" for each correct answer, with 12 consecutive correct answers earning the full set of dream points. Contestants have three opportunities to use different "help lines" while answering questions. The large screen displays on-site progress, questions, timers, and life line usage, forcing contestants to employ various reasoning, judgment, elimination, and self-doubt techniques for each answer, challenging their fixed thinking patterns and intellectual abilities. An average 60-minute episode sees 3-4 contestants sequentially qualify for the finals. The contestants' tense thinking time allows audiences to engage more deeply than in other guessing shows, as the program's four main selling points are knowledge dissemination, the thrilling "walk on thin ice," strong participation appeal, and the allure of high prizes.
Based on objective audience psychology analysis, we have dedicated ourselves to creating the freshest intellectual entertainment show for Chinese audiences, filled with joy and surprises!
1. How to Participate in Xin Kai Ci Di: A grand game for millions—how can you afford to miss out? Log in to www.cctv.com, register, and answer questions easily. Your accumulated scores will determine your ranking on this week's hero board. Alternatively, call the mobile hotline 125906188 for voice service-based answering and scoring. Additionally, we launched a mobile SMS selection method on April 18, 2003: Mobile users send 188 to 8009188; China Unicom users send 188 to 9850188. The preliminary and final rounds of questions fairly determine the 6 contestants who will appear on stage. The Beijing Xin Kai Ci Di studio awaits you!
2. Competition Rules: Seize the opportunity to face the host: Each episode features 6 reserve contestants who answer questions in turn, including sound memory, picture memory, sequencing, ABCDEF multiple-choice, and skill-based questions, with the fastest correct answerer qualifying for the finals. The finals begin: A final contestant faces the host alone, earning corresponding "dream points" for each correct answer, with 12 consecutive correct answers earning the highest dream points in the show.
3. Three "Help Lines" to Overcome Challenges: Contestants have three opportunities to use different "help lines" while answering questions: "Lower Difficulty," "Phone Assistance," and "On-Site Assistance." Each help line can only be used once. The "Lower Difficulty" line is prohibited when choosing between two options.
4. One Person's Effort, Family's Joy!! The Xin Kai Ci Di show's unique "Family Dream" concept is entirely proposed by the contestant's family members, with the product combinations based on ordinary families' future purchase plans. Meanwhile, we specially fund one family member to come to the Beijing studio to assist in the competition. It's easy to imagine that under the warm gaze of friends and family, helping one's parents, spouse, and children realize their dreams, and fighting for the family, becomes the contestants' motivation to mobilize their wisdom and courage. Xin Kai Ci Di unleashes talent, turning family dreams into reality!