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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可遇不可求 可遇不可求 kě yù bù kě qiú can be discovered but not sought (idiom); one can only come across such things serendipitously ∼HSK 5
秒钟 秒鐘 miǎo zhōng (time) second ∼HSK 5
摔伤 摔傷 shuāi shāng to injure oneself in a fall ∼HSK 5
小鬼 小鬼 xiǎo guǐ little demon (term of endearment for a child); mischievous child; imp ∼HSK 5
暗恋 暗戀 àn liàn to be secretly in love with ∼HSK 5
私房 私房 sī fáng privately-owned house; private rooms; private ownings ∼HSK 5
髓 髓 suǐ bone marrow; essences, substances ∼HSK 5
不忍心 不忍心 bù rěn xīn can't bear to (do sth emotionally painful) ∼HSK 5
古时 古時 gǔ shí antiquity ∼HSK 5
二十四孝 二十四孝 Èr shí sì Xiào the Twenty-four Filial Exemplars, classic Confucian text on filial piety from Yuan dynasty ∼HSK 5
英雄好汉 英雄好漢 yīng xióng hǎo hàn heroes ∼HSK 5
自然灾害 自然災害 zì rán zāi hài natural disaster ∼HSK 5
饥 飢 jī hunger, starving; hungry; a famine ∼HSK 5
虏 虜 lǔ to capture, imprison, seize; a prison ∼HSK 5
饮 飲 yǐn drink ∼HSK 5
痕 痕 hén scar; mark; trace ∼HSK 5
插进 插進 chā jìn to insert; to stick in; to plug in (an electronic device) ∼HSK 5
个儿 個兒 gè r size; height; stature HSK 5
鲜艳 鮮艷 xiān yàn bright-colored; gaily-colored HSK 5
火腿 火腿 huǒ tuǐ ham HSK 5
舍不得 捨不得 shě bu de to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge HSK 5
看成 看成 kàn chéng to regard as HSK 5
有毒 有毒 yǒu dú poisonous HSK 5
珍珠 珍珠 zhēn zhū pearl HSK 5
罚款 罰款 fá kuǎn to fine; penalty; fine (monetary) HSK 5
数目 數目 shù mù amount; number HSK 5
岁月 歲月 suì yuè years; time HSK 5
边境 邊境 biān jìng frontier; border HSK 5
面子 面子 miàn zi outer surface; the outside of sth; social prestige; face HSK 5
乡 鄉 xiāng country or countryside; native place; home village or town; township (PRC administrative unit) HSK 5
隔壁 隔壁 gé bì next door; neighbor HSK 5
难得 難得 nán dé seldom; rare; hard to come by HSK 5
扶 扶 fú to support with the hand; to help sb up; to support oneself by holding onto something; to help HSK 5
迟 遲 chí late; delayed; slow HSK 5
敲 敲 qiāo to hit; to strike; to tap; to rap; to knock; to rip sb off; to overcharge HSK 5
饼 餅 bǐng round flat cake; cookie; cake; pastry HSK 5
珍惜 珍惜 zhēn xī to treasure; to value; to cherish HSK 5
得了 得了 dé le all right!; that's enough! HSK 5
看出 看出 kàn chū to make out; to see HSK 5
耳朵 耳朵 ěr duo ear; handle (on a cup) HSK 5
罚 罰 fá to punish; to penalize HSK 5
摔 摔 shuāi to throw down; to fall; to drop and break HSK 5
敏感 敏感 mǐn gǎn sensitive; susceptible HSK 5
尝 嘗 cháng to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once HSK 5
软 軟 ruǎn soft; flexible HSK 5
回报 回報 huí bào (in) return; reciprocation; payback; retaliation; to report back; to reciprocate HSK 5
厨房 廚房 chú fáng kitchen HSK 5
挤 擠 jǐ to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule) HSK 5
警告 警告 jǐng gào to warn; to admonish HSK 5
盒 盒 hé small box; case HSK 5