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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算是 算是 suàn shì considered to be; at last HSK 6
为何 為何 wèi hé why HSK 6
学会 學會 xué huì to learn; to master; institute; learned society; (scholarly) association HSK 6
股 股 gǔ thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (stock) share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions HSK 6
命 命 mìng life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc HSK 6
原 原 yuán former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source HSK 6
作 作 zuō worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) HSK 6
同 同 tóng like; same; similar; together; alike; with HSK 6
啦 啦 lā (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
青梅竹马 青梅竹馬 qīng méi zhú mǎ lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom); fig. innocent children's games; childhood sweethearts; a couple who grew up as childhood friends Idiom ∼HSK 5
神经 神經 shén jīng nerve; mental state; (coll.) unhinged; nutjob Colloquialism HSK 5
甚 甚 shèn what (literary, = 什么) ∼HSK 5
么 麼 me interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) ∼HSK 5
媚 媚 mèi charming, attractive; flatter ∼HSK 5
琪 琪 qí type of jade ∼HSK 5
剁 剁 duò chop by pounding, mince, hash ∼HSK 5
怎 怎 zěn how (variant of 怎么) ∼HSK 5
出声 出聲 chū shēng to make a sound; to speak; to cry out ∼HSK 5
年青 年青 nián qīng youthful ∼HSK 5
靓 靚 jìng make up face; ornament; quiet ∼HSK 5
老太婆 老太婆 lǎo tài pó old woman (at times contemptuous) ∼HSK 5
岸边 岸邊 àn biān shore ∼HSK 5
流产 流產 liú chǎn to have a miscarriage; (fig.) to fail; to fall through ∼HSK 5
嫂 嫂 sǎo (bound form) older brother's wife; sister-in-law ∼HSK 5
饥荒 饑荒 jī huāng crop failure; famine; debt; difficulty ∼HSK 5
馅 餡 xiàn filling, stuffing; secret ∼HSK 5
蓉 蓉 Róng hibiscus; Chengdu, Sichuan ∼HSK 5
辟 闢 pì open up, ward off ∼HSK 5
下锅 下鍋 xià guō to put into the pot (to cook) ∼HSK 5
肉饼 肉餅 ròu bǐng meat patty ∼HSK 5
舖 舖 pù store, shop ∼HSK 5
营养品 營養品 yíng yǎng pǐn nourishment; nutrient ∼HSK 5
燕 燕 Yān swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy ∼HSK 5
清早 清早 qīng zǎo first thing in the morning; at daybreak ∼HSK 5
菱 菱 líng water-chestnut, water caltrop ∼HSK 5
藕 藕 ǒu lotus root ∼HSK 5
舨 舨 bǎn a sampan ∼HSK 5
柜 櫃 guì cabinet, cupboard; shop counter ∼HSK 5
不对劲 不對勁 bù duì jìn not in good condition; wrong; fishy ∼HSK 5
屁眼 屁眼 pì yǎn anus ∼HSK 5
鑵 鑵 guàn jar; can ∼HSK 5
囊 囊 náng bag, purse, sack; put in bag ∼HSK 5
脂 脂 zhī fat, grease, lard; grease ∼HSK 5
脆脆 脆脆 cuì cuì crispy ∼HSK 5
犯法 犯法 fàn fǎ to break the law ∼HSK 5
硬来 硬來 yìng lái to use force ∼HSK 5
上岸 上岸 shàng àn to go ashore; to climb ashore; (fig.) to achieve a stable and secure life after a period of struggle (e.g. to get a government job, be admitted to a desirable university, or finally pay off one's debts) ∼HSK 5
怎能 怎能 zěn néng how can ∼HSK 5
赞助商 贊助商 zàn zhù shāng sponsor ∼HSK 5
辈子 輩子 bèi zi all one's life; lifetime ∼HSK 5