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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zhè yàng zi so; such; this way; like this ∼HSK 4
break wind; fart; buttocks ∼HSK 4
wáng shì royal family; royal household ∼HSK 4
dān cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment) ∼HSK 4
zhōng ultimate; final ∼HSK 4
zhì xiàng ambition; goal; ideal; aspiration ∼HSK 4
nǎo guā skull; brain; head; mind; mentality; ideas ∼HSK 4
méi bàn there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
méi unsure; uncertain; unending ∼HSK 4
ān dùn to find a place for; to help settle down; to arrange for; undisturbed; peaceful ∼HSK 4
dàn shuǐ freshwater fish ∼HSK 4
wèi to improve taste; to make sth palatable ∼HSK 4
bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
báo piàn thin slice; thin section; flake; Taiwan pr. [bo2 pian4] ∼HSK 4
qìng congratulate, celebrate ∼HSK 4
jiǎn dān not simple; rather complicated; remarkable; marvelous ∼HSK 4
guó huà to internationalize; internationalization ∼HSK 4
shēn chū to extend ∼HSK 4
chuàng zào ingenuity; creativity ∼HSK 4
ròu zhì quality of meat; succulent (botany) ∼HSK 4
shāo cài to cook ∼HSK 4
liǎng bèi twice as much; double the amount ∼HSK 4
jìn to advance in rank; promotion; advancement ∼HSK 4
chán lián to continue in a post; (to hold a post) several times in succession; (to win a title) in successive years; to stay at number one; to defend a championship ∼HSK 4
gǒu zǎi paparazzi ∼HSK 4
shǎng liǎn (polite) do me the honor ∼HSK 4
dìng ability to concentrate; willpower; resolve ∼HSK 4
dàn dìng calm and collected; unperturbed ∼HSK 4
qiē piàn to slice; slice; thin section of a specimen (for microscopic examination) ∼HSK 4
Méi plums; prunes; surname ∼HSK 4
chú zi cook ∼HSK 4
xià chú to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal); to cook ∼HSK 4
shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
yǐn attractive force (such as gravitation); sex appeal; attractiveness ∼HSK 4
yǒu wèi tasty ∼HSK 4
gamble, play games; wide, broad ∼HSK 4
shàng top-quality; top-grade ∼HSK 4
Bèi sea shell; money, currency ∼HSK 4
yuán great circle (in spherical geometry) ∼HSK 4
yuán qiú ball; sphere; globe ∼HSK 4
dǐng shàng on top of; at the summit ∼HSK 4
tián wèi sweetness ∼HSK 4
he mint (plant); Taiwan pr. [bo4he2] ∼HSK 4
centimeter HSK 4
kàn bu to look down upon; to despise HSK 4
same; uniformly; all; without exception HSK 4
shēn hòu deep; profound HSK 4
gāo jià high price HSK 4
jiǎng jiu to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen HSK 4