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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biàn shù to perform magical tricks ∼HSK 6
pēng zhǔ to cook; to boil ∼HSK 6
róu nèn tender; delicate (texture) ∼HSK 6
xiǎo hái kid; youngster; (derog.) brat ∼HSK 6
qīng shuǎng fresh and cool; relaxed ∼HSK 6
tián sweet and unctuous; (fig.) overly sentimental ∼HSK 6
niē (lit. and fig.) to grasp; to control; (dialect) affecting shyness; coy; (dialect) to deliberately create difficulties; to threaten ∼HSK 6
féi (of foods) fatty; greasy ∼HSK 6
qīng tián (of flavor, voice etc) clear and sweet ∼HSK 6
yǒu dào li to make sense; reasonable ∼HSK 6
tài bearing; deportment ∼HSK 6
shèng bài nǎi bīng jiā cháng 胜: victory; excel, be better than · 败: be defeated, decline, fail · 乃: then; really, indeed; as it turned out, after all; namely · 兵: soldier, troops · 家: house, home, residence; family · 常: common, normal, frequent, regular · 事: affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident ∼HSK 6
zhēng guō steamer ∼HSK 6
chū sài to compete; to take part (in a sports event) ∼HSK 6
shí xiāng mán truth to tell; to be quite honest... ∼HSK 6
zuì yōu optimal; optimum ∼HSK 6
rén fàn criminal; culprit; suspect (old) ∼HSK 6
zhēng lóng steamer basket (e.g. for dim sum) ∼HSK 6
yǒu liào impressive ∼HSK 6
fèng zhǎo chicken feet (cuisine) ∼HSK 6
xiā jiǎo prawn dumplings ∼HSK 6
niàn distracting thoughts ∼HSK 6
chéng casino town; nickname for Las Vegas ∼HSK 6
shàn fáng imperial kitchen ∼HSK 6
shí grindstone ∼HSK 6
cuttlefish ∼HSK 6
tūn tuna (loanword) ∼HSK 6
fēn liào molecular gastronomy ∼HSK 6
jiǎng píng to criticize; to evaluate ∼HSK 6
dòu bàn jiàng sticky chili bean sauce; doubanjiang ∼HSK 6
shí marble ∼HSK 6
jiāng zhī ginger ale ∼HSK 6
hóng páo an expensive type of oolong tea ∼HSK 6
gān cǎo licorice root ∼HSK 6
qīng xiāng sweet scent; fragrant odor ∼HSK 6
shé jiān tip of tongue; apical ∼HSK 6
chéng méng to be indebted (to sb) ∼HSK 6
zěn me yàng not up to much; very indifferent; nothing great about it; nothing good to be said about it HSK 6
běn the current period; this term (usually in finance) HSK 6
mán tou steamed roll; steamed bun; steamed bread HSK 6
chāi qiān to demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants HSK 6
jiàng yóu soy sauce HSK 6
chéng orange tree; orange (color) HSK 6
wēn low temperature HSK 6
píng xuǎn to select on the basis of a vote or consensus HSK 6
jiāng inevitably HSK 6
zhù yuàn to wish HSK 6
shàng dàng taken in (by sb's deceit); to be fooled; to be duped HSK 6
xiǎo mài wheat HSK 6
lián shǒu lit. to join hands; to act together HSK 6