Cook Up a Storm

Cook Up a Storm 2017

juézhàn shí shén

An international culinary competition becomes a battleground between rival cooks, one famous for his Cantonese street food and the other a Michelin-starred chef trained in France. But their rivalry takes an unexpected turn when they discover a common foe and combine their skills in a fusion of East and West.

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4.32 Intermediate Director Raymond Yip Wai-Man IMDb 6.3

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Vocabulary

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jiān difficult; hard; arduous HSK 5
pǐn zhǒng breed; variety HSK 5
zhù zhòng to pay attention to; to emphasize HSK 5
huí to shun; to avoid (sb); to skirt; to evade (an issue); to step back; to withdraw; to recuse (a judge etc) HSK 5
yǐn shí eating and drinking; food and drink; diet HSK 5
shì fàn to demonstrate; to show how to do sth; demonstration; a model example HSK 5
cān guǎn restaurant HSK 5
zhōu all around HSK 5
zhāi to take; to borrow; to pick (flowers, fruit etc); to pluck; to select; to remove; to take off (glasses, hat etc) HSK 5
qi polite; courteous; formal; modest HSK 5
shōu gòu to purchase (from various places); to acquire (a company) HSK 5
duǒ flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc HSK 5
shǒu technique; trick; skill HSK 5
shī lapse; mistake; to make a mistake; fault; service fault (in volleyball, tennis etc) HSK 5
to hold; to grasp; to clench (one's fist); (bound form) to have in one's control; classifier: a handful HSK 5
xià zi in a short while; all at once; all of a sudden HSK 5
dào shi contrary to what one might expect; actually; contrariwise; why don't you HSK 5
lòu to leak; to divulge; to leave out by mistake; waterclock or hourglass (old) HSK 5
shū cài vegetables HSK 5
at the minimum; at the very least HSK 5
qi character; temperament; disposition; bad temper HSK 5
míng míng obviously; plainly; undoubtedly; definitely HSK 5
zhǐ incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to HSK 5
not to allow; must not; can't HSK 5
guī huà to draw up a plan; to map out a program; a plan; a program HSK 5
dòng to freeze; to feel very cold; aspic or jelly HSK 5
tóng like; as HSK 5
chōng dòng to have an urge; to be impetuous; impulse; urge HSK 5
guō pot; pan; wok; cauldron; pot-shaped thing HSK 5
zhuāng shì to decorate; decoration; decorative; ornamental HSK 5
to pull up; to pull out; to draw out by suction; to select; to pick; to stand out (above level); to surpass; to seize HSK 5
fēn to separate HSK 5
wèn adviser; consultant HSK 5
quàn to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe HSK 5
le all right!; that's enough! HSK 5
shuāng shǒu both hands HSK 5
wàng to have expectations; to earnestly hope; expectation; hope HSK 5
zi nose HSK 5
chāi to tear open; to tear down; to tear apart; to open HSK 5
dòng shǒu to set about (a task); to hit; to punch; to touch HSK 5
zài chǎng to be present; to be on the scene HSK 5
cháng to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once HSK 5
rèn to recognize; to know; to admit HSK 5
jiè to arrive at (place or time); period; to become due; classifier for events, meetings, elections, sporting fixtures, years (of graduation) HSK 5
dǎng to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g. in a car's transmission) HSK 5
ǒu xiàng idol HSK 5
ruǎn soft; flexible HSK 5
cān tīng dining hall; dining room; restaurant HSK 5
chú fáng kitchen HSK 5
shén magical; mystical; miraculous HSK 5