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.

HSK 1

3.86 Beginner Director Fruit Chan IMDb 6.7

Cast

Miriam Yeung Chin-Wah Mrs. Lee

Bai Ling Mei

Tony Leung Ka-fai Mr. Lee Pauline Lau Masseuse Meme Tian Pu-Jun Connie

Miki Yeung Oi-Gan Kate

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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灵气靈氣 líng qì	spiritual influence (of mountains etc); cleverness; ingeniousness	∼HSK 6
阿伦阿倫 Ā lún	Aalen, town in Germany	∼HSK 6
入药入藥 rù yào	to use in medicine	∼HSK 6
挨饿挨餓 ái è	to go hungry; to endure starvation; famished	∼HSK 6
吃腻吃膩 chī nì	to be sick of eating (sth); to be tired of eating (sth)	∼HSK 6
壮志壯志 zhuàng zhì	great goal; magnificent aspiration	∼HSK 6
超声波超聲波 chāo shēng bō	ultrasound (scan)	∼HSK 6
增援增援 zēng yuán	to reinforce	∼HSK 6
睁一眼闭一眼睜一眼閉一眼 zhēng yī yǎn bì yī yǎn	to turn a blind eye	∼HSK 6
胎死腹中胎死腹中 tāi sǐ fù zhōng	fetus dies in the belly; (fig.) plans or projects failed before being carried out	∼HSK 6
前列腺素前列腺素 qián liè xiàn sù	prostaglandin	∼HSK 6
帘幕簾幕 lián mù	hanging screen; curtain over shop door (for privacy and serving as advertisement)	∼HSK 6
出嫁出嫁 chū jià	to get married (of woman)	∼HSK 6
稻谷稻穀 dào gǔ	unhusked rice; paddy	HSK 6
踏实踏實 tā shi	firmly-based; steady; steadfast; to have peace of mind; free from anxiety; Taiwan pr. [tà shí]	HSK 6
要好要好 yào hǎo	to be on good terms; to be close friends; striving for self-improvement	HSK 6
治病治病 zhì bìng	to treat an illness	HSK 6
长远長遠 cháng yuǎn	long-term; long-range	HSK 6
醋醋 cù	vinegar; jealousy (in love rivalry)	HSK 6
寺寺 sì	Buddhist temple; mosque; government office (old)	HSK 6
要不然要不然 yào bù rán	otherwise; or else; or	HSK 6
有事有事 yǒu shì	to be occupied with sth; to have sth on one's mind; there is something the matter	HSK 6
账賬 zhàng	account; bill; debt	HSK 6
嫌嫌 xián	to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect	HSK 6
会长會長 huì zhǎng	president of a club, committee etc	HSK 6
吞吞 tūn	to swallow; to take	HSK 6
皇帝皇帝 huáng dì	emperor	HSK 6
刚好剛好 gāng hǎo	just; exactly; to happen to be	HSK 6
吊吊 diào	to suspend; to hang up; to hang a person	HSK 6
欺负欺負 qī fu	to bully	HSK 6
清洁清潔 qīng jié	clean; to clean	HSK 6
四处四處 sì chù	all over the place; everywhere and all directions	HSK 6
放手放手 fàng shǒu	to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand	HSK 6
刮刮 guā	to scrape; to blow; to shave; to plunder; to extort	HSK 6
设计师設計師 shè jì shī	designer; architect	HSK 6
惨慘 cǎn	miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy	HSK 6
天堂天堂 tiān táng	paradise; heaven	HSK 6
宫宮 gōng	palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale	HSK 6
餐餐 cān	meal; to eat; classifier for meals	HSK 6
煮煑 zhǔ	to cook; to boil	HSK 6
埋埋 mái	to bury	HSK 6
嗨嗨 hāi	oh alas; hey!; hi! (loanword); a high (natural or drug-induced) (loanword)	HSK 6
闭閉 bì	to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct	HSK 6
挖挖 wā	to dig; to excavate; to scoop out	HSK 6
不见不見 bù jiàn	not to see; not to meet; to have disappeared; to be missing	HSK 6
再说再說 zài shuō	to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides	HSK 6
母母 mǔ	mother; elderly female relative; origin; source; (of animals) female	HSK 6
踢踢 tī	to kick; to play (e.g. soccer); (slang) butch (in a lesbian relationship)	HSK 6
剧劇 jù	theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute; severe	HSK 6
滴滴 dī	a drop; to drip	HSK 6