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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xīn xiān fresh (experience, food etc); freshness; novel; uncommon HSK 4
mín resident; inhabitant HSK 4
xiàn zhì to restrict; to limit; to confine; restriction; limit HSK 4
huì general assembly; general meeting; convention HSK 4
háng trade; profession; industry; business HSK 4
zhǔ chairperson; premier; chairman HSK 4
zhuī qiú to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo HSK 4
rán not so; no; or else; otherwise; if not; How about ...? HSK 4
ren lady; madam; Mrs. HSK 4
nào noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke HSK 4
shì lady; madam; Miss; Ms HSK 4
fāng àn plan; program (for action etc); proposal; proposed bill HSK 4
tòu (bound form) to penetrate; to seep through; to tell secretly; to leak; thoroughly; through and through; to appear; to show HSK 4
cái liào (raw) material; data; (fig.) person who has the potential to do the job HSK 4
bīng ice; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine HSK 4
chū remarkable; outstanding HSK 4
jǐn kuài as quickly as possible; as soon as possible HSK 4
měi beautiful woman HSK 4
zhì unanimous; identical (views or opinions) HSK 4
jiē duàn stage; section; phase; period HSK 4
dòng to move emotionally; to stir up (emotions); to excite HSK 4
guī rule; regulation; rules and regulations HSK 4
bǎo jewel; gem; treasure; precious HSK 4
huī to display; to exhibit; to bring out implicit or innate qualities; to express (a thought or moral); to develop (an idea); to elaborate (on a theme) HSK 4
color; look; appearance; sex HSK 4
bǎi to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum HSK 4
to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for HSK 4
jiū jìng to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result HSK 4
qiē to cut; to slice; to carve; (math) tangential HSK 4
rén enemy HSK 4
distance; to be apart from HSK 4
already; since; both... (and...) HSK 4
xǐng to remind; to call attention to; to warn of HSK 4
shū special; particular; unusual; extraordinary HSK 4
huò goods; money; commodity HSK 4
shī bài to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat HSK 4
secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret HSK 4
tiǎo zhàn to challenge; challenge HSK 4
quān circle; ring; loop; classifier for loops, orbits, laps of race etc; to surround; to circle HSK 4
ān (bound form) calm; peaceful; to calm; to set at ease; safe; secure; in good health; content; satisfied (as in 安于); to place (sb) in a suitable position (job); to install; to fix; to fit; to bring (a charge against sb); to harbor (certain intentions); ampere (abbr. for 培) HSK 4
shēn qǐng to apply for sth; application form HSK 4
mèng xiǎng (fig.) to dream of; dream HSK 4
zhù míng famous; noted; well-known; celebrated HSK 4
pái mahjong tile; playing card; game pieces; signboard; plate; tablet; medal HSK 4
fǒu otherwise; if not; or (else) HSK 4
què really; indeed HSK 4
ēn (a groaning sound) HSK 4
chuán tǒng tradition; traditional; convention; conventional HSK 4
pán plate; dish; tray; board; hard drive (computing); to build; to coil; to check; to examine; to transfer (property); to make over; classifier for food: dish, helping; to coil; classifier for coils of wire; classifier for games of chess HSK 4
dài to look forward to; to await; expectation HSK 4