Dumplings

Dumplings 2004

饺子 jiǎozi

Aunt Mei's famous homemade dumplings provide amazing age-defying qualities popular with middle-aged women. But her latest customer, a fading actress, is determined to find out what the secret ingredient is.

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3.86 Beginner Director Fruit Chan IMDb 6.7

Cast

Miriam Yeung Chin-Wah Miriam Yeung Chin-Wah Mrs. Lee Bai Ling Bai Ling Mei Tony Leung Ka-fai Tony Leung Ka-fai Mr. Lee Pauline Lau Masseuse Meme Tian Pu-Jun Connie Miki Yeung Oi-Gan Miki Yeung Oi-Gan Kate Wong Siu-Foon Wong Siu-Foon Kate's Mother Wong Sum-Yuen Old Hairdresser Wu Wai-Man Mei's nurse friend Ho-Man Chan Wang Suo-yi

Vocabulary

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易子而食 易子而食 yì zǐ ér shí lit. to exchange children and eat them (idiom); fig. the horror of famine so severe that people resort to cannibalism Idiom ∼HSK 7
容光焕发 容光煥發 róng guāng huàn fā face glowing (idiom); looking radiant; all smiles Idiom HSK 7
想方设法 想方設法 xiǎng fāng shè fǎ to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means; to try this, that and the other Idiom HSK 7
古怪 古怪 gǔ guài strange; weird; eccentric; bizarre Xiehouyu HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
连年 連年 lián nián successive years; over many years HSK 7
落户 落戶 luò hù to settle; to set up home HSK 7
原汁原味 原汁原味 yuán zhī yuán wèi original; authentic HSK 7
钳子 鉗子 qián zi pliers; pincers; tongs; forceps; vise; clamp; claw (of a crab etc); (dialect) earring HSK 7
鲜美 鮮美 xiān měi delicious; tasty HSK 7
名贵 名貴 míng guì famous and valuable; rare; precious HSK 7
扎根 扎根 zhā gēn to take root HSK 7
遇上 遇上 yù shàng to come across (sb); to run into HSK 7
孝顺 孝順 xiào shùn filial; dutiful; devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc); to show filial piety towards (an older family member); filial piety HSK 7
催促 催促 cuī cù to urge HSK 7
成型 成型 chéng xíng to become shaped; to become formed HSK 7
幻影 幻影 huàn yǐng phantom; mirage HSK 7
腥 腥 xīng fishy (smell) HSK 7
适度 適度 shì dù moderately; appropriate HSK 7
秘方 祕方 mì fāng secret recipe HSK 7
意向 意向 yì xiàng intention; purpose; intent; inclination; disposition HSK 7
贵重 貴重 guì zhòng precious HSK 7
日后 日後 rì hòu sometime; someday (in the future) HSK 7
打通 打通 dǎ tōng to open access; to establish contact; to remove a block; to put through (a phone connection) HSK 7
光顾 光顧 guāng gù to visit (as a customer) HSK 7
惊慌 驚慌 jīng huāng to panic; to be alarmed HSK 7
姨 姨 yí mother's sister; aunt HSK 7
难关 難關 nán guān difficulty; crisis HSK 7
面粉 麵粉 miàn fěn flour HSK 7
恨不得 恨不得 hèn bu de wishing one could do sth; to hate to be unable; itching to do sth HSK 7
梳 梳 shū a comb; to comb HSK 7
不肯 不肯 bù kěn Refuse HSK 7
光滑 光滑 guāng huá glossy; sleek; smooth HSK 7
泥土 泥土 ní tǔ earth; soil; mud; clay HSK 7
秘诀 秘訣 mì jué secret know-how; key (to longevity); secret (of happiness); recipe (for success) HSK 7
匆忙 匆忙 cōng máng hasty; hurried HSK 7
皱纹 皺紋 zhòu wén wrinkle HSK 7
标本 標本 biāo běn specimen; sample; the root cause and symptoms of a disease HSK 7
精华 精華 jīng huá best feature; most important part of an object; quintessence; essence; soul HSK 7
渡过 渡過 dù guò to cross over; to pass through HSK 7
重伤 重傷 zhòng shāng seriously hurt; serious injury HSK 7
斩 斬 zhǎn to behead (as form of capital punishment); to chop HSK 7
筋 筋 jīn muscle; tendon; veins visible under the skin; sth resembling tendons or veins (e.g. fiber in a vegetable) HSK 7
蒸 蒸 zhēng to evaporate; (of cooking) to steam; torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old); finely chopped firewood (old) HSK 7
招牌 招牌 zhāo pai signboard; shop sign; reputation of a business HSK 7
正经 正經 zhèng jīng decent; honorable; proper; serious; according to standards HSK 7
揉 揉 róu to knead; to massage; to rub HSK 7
款式 款式 kuǎn shì pattern; style; design HSK 7
不适 不適 bù shì unwell; indisposed; out of sorts HSK 7
好心 好心 hǎo xīn kindness; good intentions HSK 7