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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jué dìng to decide (to do something); to resolve; decision; certainly HSK 3
rèn any; whatever; whichever; whatsoever HSK 3
yóu to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... HSK 3
Měi (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) HSK 3
měi each; every HSK 3
zǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc HSK 3
nèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior HSK 3
guān xi relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi HSK 3
zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
sài competition (sports etc); match; to compete HSK 3
qíng kuàng circumstances; state of affairs; situation HSK 3
shì jiè world HSK 3
zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
(Tw) (loanword) curry; colloquial pr. [ga1li3] or [ga1li2] Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
xiǎo huáng (Tw) (coll.) taxicab Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
Jiā Gary (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Lucca (city in Tuscany) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Háng zhōu Hangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Zhejiang Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
Yún nán Yunnan Province, capital Kunming Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
tào the Great Bend of the Yellow River in Inner Mongolia Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
jiànguò seen HSK 2
xīng míng star name ∼HSK 2
chī wán to finish eating ∼HSK 2
change; easy ∼HSK 2
shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
jìn to show initiative; to be a go-getter; to push forward with one's agenda ∼HSK 2
Chén exhibit, display; plead; a surname ∼HSK 2
zuì wéi the most ∼HSK 2
méi wèn no problem ∼HSK 2
yàng different; distinctive; unlike ∼HSK 2
dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
Ào mysterious, obscure, profound ∼HSK 2
zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
sān wèi third place ∼HSK 2