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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měi wèi delicious; delicious food; delicacy HSK 7
jiān double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time HSK 7
chèn to avail oneself of; to take advantage of HSK 7
shào girl; young lady HSK 7
píng wěi evaluation committee; judging panel; judging panel member; adjudicator (abbr. for 评选委员会委员) HSK 7
yào otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
to take a wife; to marry (a woman) HSK 7
róng honor; credit; glory; (honorable) reputation; honorary HSK 7
zhù dìng to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably HSK 7
zhī juice HSK 7
kǎo to roast; to bake; to broil HSK 7
Dǒu abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 HSK 7
āi interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh HSK 7
gōng to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! HSK 7
āi hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) HSK 7
to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
ér that's all; nothing more HSK 7
zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
é to chant HSK 7
abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
yǐn wéi róng to regard it as an honor (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
xiāng zhāng to bring out the best in each other (idiom); to complement one another well Idiom ∼HSK 6
míng shī chū gāo A famous teacher trains a fine student (idiom). A cultured man will have a deep influence on his successors. Idiom ∼HSK 6
wēi yán sǒng tīng frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk; reds under the beds Idiom ∼HSK 6
qíng yáng brimming with enthusiasm (idiom); full of warmth Idiom ∼HSK 6
yàng exactly the same (idiom); carbon copy; also pr. [yī mó yī yàng] Xiehouyu HSK 6
gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
pái dàng (coll.) row of vendor stalls; street stall area; (Tw) gear shift; gear selector; transmission control (in cars or motorcycles) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
tiān bestowed by heaven ∼HSK 6
tián luó river snail ∼HSK 6
zhǔ chú chef; to be the chef ∼HSK 6
chóu bīn bargain sale; discount ∼HSK 6
jiǔ céng basil ∼HSK 6
é gān foie gras ∼HSK 6
wèi jué sense of taste; gustation ∼HSK 6
jiān dàn fried egg ∼HSK 6
jiāo táng caramel ∼HSK 6
sāi (slang) wow!; also pr. [wa1 sei1] ∼HSK 6
yóu sesame oil ∼HSK 6
wèi tasty; to be absorbed in sth; interesting ∼HSK 6
fěn rice flour; rice-flour noodles; (Internet slang) Xiaomi fan ∼HSK 6
rén my child ∼HSK 6
qīng bluish black; bruise; bruising (CL:) ∼HSK 6