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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yǎn chū to act (in a play); to perform; to put on (a performance); performance; concert; show HSK 3
pèi to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate HSK 3
huài destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy HSK 3
shù art HSK 3
a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qí] HSK 3
xuān to declare; to announce; to proclaim HSK 3
xià miàn below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] HSK 3
leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty HSK 3
zhuàng kuàng condition; state; situation HSK 3
wài miàn outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance HSK 3
zhí occupation; profession; vocation; professional HSK 3
hòu mian the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards HSK 3
gǎn shòu to sense; perception; to feel (through the senses); to experience; a feeling; an impression; an experience HSK 3
Dāo surname Dao HSK 3
yóu reason; grounds; justification HSK 3
broken; damaged; worn out; lousy; rotten; to break, split or cleave; to get rid of; to destroy; to break with; to defeat; to capture (a city etc); to expose the truth of HSK 3
jīng yàn experience; to experience HSK 3
biàn huà (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation HSK 3
guān zhòng spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc) HSK 3
shàng miàn on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] HSK 3
duàn unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant HSK 3
dào to reach; to achieve; to attain HSK 3
zhèng shì formal; official HSK 3
luàn in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary HSK 3
zhù to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies HSK 3
lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor HSK 3
gèng jiā more (than sth else); even more HSK 3
huǒ fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 HSK 3
zhào according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before HSK 3
chǎn shēng to arise; to come into being; to come about; to give rise to; to bring into being; to bring about; to produce; to engender; to generate HSK 3
guī dìng to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations HSK 3
niú ox; cow; bull; newton (abbr. for 牛顿); (slang) awesome HSK 3
nán dào don't tell me ...; could it be that...? HSK 3
zhuān specialty; specialized field; main field of study (at university); major; professional HSK 3
guān zhù to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media); concern; interest; attention HSK 3
zhuān jiā expert; specialist HSK 3
běn lái original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course HSK 3
jǐn zhāng nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce HSK 3
shǔ to be classified as; to belong to; to be part of HSK 3
xuǎn shǒu athlete; contestant HSK 3
each; every HSK 3
qīn mother; also pr. [mǔ qin] HSK 3
pressure HSK 3
a step; a pace; walk; march; stages in a process; situation HSK 3
yíng to beat; to win; to profit HSK 3
shī to lose HSK 3
xìng happiness; happy; blessed HSK 3
rén shēng life (one's time on earth) HSK 3
mǒu some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such HSK 3
zào chéng to bring about; to create; to cause HSK 3