Dumplings 2004
饺子
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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Vocabulary
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| 星期 星期 | week; day of the week; Sunday | |
| 雨 雨 | rain | |
| 帮忙 幫忙 | to help; to lend a hand; to do a favor; to do a good turn | |
| 有时候 有時候 | sometimes | |
| 最好 最好 | best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) | |
| 天气 天氣 | weather | |
| 小姐 小姐 | young lady; miss; (slang) prostitute | |
| 有时 有時 | sometimes; now and then | |
| 饭 飯 | cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee | |
| 上班 上班 | to go to work; to be on duty; to start work; to go to the office | |
| 七 七 | seven; 7 | |
| 八 八 | eight; 8 | |
| 洗 洗 | to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs); to shuffle (cards etc); to erase (a recording) | |
| 坏 壞 | bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost | |
| 打电话 打電話 | to make a telephone call | |
| 打开 打開 | to open; to show (a ticket); to turn on; to switch on | |
| 回去 回去 | to return; to go back | |
| 风 風 | wind; news; style; custom; manner | |
| 关 關 | mountain pass; to close; to shut; to turn off; to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc); to concern; to involve | |
| 回答 回答 | to reply; to answer; reply; answer | |
| 早上 早上 | early morning | |
| 常 常 | always; ever; often; frequently; common; general; constant | |
| 房子 房子 | house; building (single- or two-story); apartment; room | |
| 忘 忘 | to forget; to overlook; to neglect | |
| 不用 不用 | need not | |
| 读 讀 | comma; phrase marked by pause | |
| 教 教 | religion; teaching; to make; to cause; to tell | |
| 回到 回到 | to return to | |
| 第 第 | (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 六 "sixth"); (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed; (old) residence of a high official; (literary) but; however; (literary) only; just | |
| 热 熱 | to warm up; to heat up; hot (of weather); heat; fervent | |
| 白 白 | white; snowy; pure; bright; empty; blank; plain; clear; to make clear; in vain; gratuitous; free of charge; reactionary; anti-communist; funeral; to stare coldly; to write wrong character; to state; to explain; vernacular; spoken lines in opera | |
| 女儿 女兒 | daughter | |
| 听到 聽到 | to hear | |
| 十 十 | ten; 10 | |
| 忙 忙 | busy; hurriedly; to hurry; to rush | |
| 马上 馬上 | at once; right away; immediately; on horseback (i.e. by military force) | |
| 病 病 | illness; disease; to fall ill; defect | |
| 医生 醫生 | doctor | |
| 大学 大學 | the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism | |
| 唱 唱 | to sing; to call loudly; to chant | |
| 六 六 | six; 6 | |
| 介绍 介紹 | to introduce (sb to sb); to give a presentation; to present (sb for a job etc); introduction | |
| 电视 電視 | television; TV | |
| 那里 那裏 | there; that place | |
| 包 包 | to cover; to wrap; to hold; to include; to take charge of; to contract (to or for); package; wrapper; container; bag; to hold or embrace; bundle; packet | |
| 哪里 哪裏 | where?; somewhere; anywhere; wherever; nowhere (negative answer to question); humble expression denying compliment; also written 哪里 | |
| 身体 身體 | the body; one's health; in person | |
| 中国 中國 | China | |
| 半 半 | half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half | |
| 歌 歌 | song; to sing |