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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厨 廚 chú kitchen; closet; cupboard ∼HSK 4
艺 藝 yì art; talent, ability; craft ∼HSK 4
丰 豐 fēng abundant, lush, bountiful, plenty ∼HSK 4
肚 肚 dǔ belly; abdomen; bowels ∼HSK 4
怪味 怪味 guài wèi strange odor ∼HSK 4
不法 不法 bù fǎ lawless; illegal; unlawful ∼HSK 4
永 永 yǒng long, perpetual, eternal, forever ∼HSK 4
包饺子 包餃子 bāo jiǎo zi to wrap jiaozi (dumplings or potstickers) ∼HSK 4
化妆品 化妝品 huà zhuāng pǐn cosmetic; makeup product ∼HSK 4
透红 透紅 tòu hóng rosy ∼HSK 4
安娜 安娜 Ān nà Anna (name) ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
穿刺 穿刺 chuān cì (medicine) to puncture; to do a needle biopsy ∼HSK 4
刺穿 刺穿 cì chuān to skewer; to impale; to pierce through ∼HSK 4
未成年 未成年 wèi chéng nián underage ∼HSK 4
威 威 wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
厨子 廚子 chú zi cook ∼HSK 4
吃瓜 吃瓜 chī guā (neologism c. 2016) (slang) to watch an entertaining spectacle from the sidelines and-or engage in gossip about it ∼HSK 4
烧酒 燒酒 shāo jiǔ name of a famous Tang dynasty wine; same as ∼HSK 4
湿透 濕透 shī tòu drenched; wet through ∼HSK 4
纸巾 紙巾 zhǐ jīn paper towel; napkin; facial tissue ∼HSK 4
赤 赤 chì red; scarlet; bare; naked ∼HSK 4
有味 有味 yǒu wèi tasty ∼HSK 4
药效 藥效 yào xiào medicinal effect ∼HSK 4
照镜子 照鏡子 zhào jìng zi to look in the mirror ∼HSK 4
奇效 奇效 qí xiào wondrous effect; marvelous efficacy ∼HSK 4
风火轮 風火輪 fēng huǒ lún (martial arts) wind-and-fire wheel, weapon used in hand-to-hand fighting; (Daoism) a magical pair of wheels on which one can stand to ride at great speed, used by Nezha; (fig.) never-ending treadmill ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
骨 骨 gū bone; skeleton; frame, framework ∼HSK 4
春梦 春夢 chūn mèng spring dream; short-lived illusion; erotic dream ∼HSK 4
怀 懷 Huái bosom, breast; carry in bosom ∼HSK 4
双倍 雙倍 shuāng bèi twofold; double ∼HSK 4
无缺 無缺 wú quē whole ∼HSK 4
打针 打針 dǎ zhēn to give or have an injection HSK 4
套餐 套餐 tào cān set meal; (fig.) product or service package (e.g. for a cell phone subscription) HSK 4
孙女 孫女 sūn nǚ son's daughter; granddaughter HSK 4
潮湿 潮濕 cháo shī damp; moist HSK 4
不要紧 不要緊 bù yào jǐn unimportant; not serious; it doesn't matter; never mind; it looks all right, but HSK 4
称赞 稱讚 chēng zàn to praise; to acclaim; to commend; to compliment HSK 4
以内 以內 yǐ nèi within; less than HSK 4
记载 記載 jì zǎi to write down; to record; written account HSK 4
上个月 上個月 shàng gè yuè last month HSK 4
鲜 鮮 xiān fresh; bright (in color); delicious; tasty; delicacy; aquatic foods HSK 4
骨头 骨頭 gǔ tou bone; moral character; bitterness; Taiwan pr. [gú tou] HSK 4
赞助 贊助 zàn zhù to support; to assist; to sponsor HSK 4
招呼 招呼 zhāo hu to call out to; to greet; to say hello to; to inform; to take care of; to take care that one does not HSK 4
前途 前途 qián tú prospects; future outlook; journey HSK 4
淡 淡 dàn insipid; diluted; weak; mild; light in color; tasteless; indifferent; (variant of 氮) nitrogen HSK 4
说不定 說不定 shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe HSK 4
秘书 秘書 mì shū secretary HSK 4