Eat Drink Man Woman 1994
饮食男女
Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each daughter encounters a new man in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes.
Vocabulary
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| 顶尖 頂尖 | peak; apex; world best; number one; finest (competitors); top (figures in a certain field) | |
| 侦探 偵探 | detective; to do detective work | |
| 弹性 彈性 | flexibility; elasticity | |
| 挫折 挫折 | setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue | |
| 位子 位子 | place; seat | |
| 妥 妥 | suitable; adequate; ready; settled | |
| 怪不得 怪不得 | no wonder!; so that's why! | |
| 胃口 胃口 | appetite; liking | |
| 伴侣 伴侶 | companion; mate; partner | |
| 炖 燉 | to stew | |
| 哄 哄 | roar of laughter (onom.); hubbub; to roar (as a crowd) | |
| 轰 轟 | explosion; bang; boom; rumble; to attack; to shoo away; to expel | |
| 嫩 嫩 | young and tender; (of food) tender; lightly cooked; (of color) light; (of a person) inexperienced; unskilled | |
| 开除 開除 | to expel (a member of an organization); to fire (an employee) | |
| 屋顶 屋頂 | roof | |
| 席 席 | woven mat; seat; banquet; place in a democratic assembly; classifier for banquets, conversations etc | |
| 煎 煎 | to pan fry; to sauté | |
| 笨蛋 笨蛋 | fool; idiot | |
| 凑 湊 | to gather together, pool or collect; to happen by chance; to move close to; to exploit an opportunity | |
| 槽 槽 | trough; manger; groove; channel; (Tw) (computing) hard drive | |
| 下手 下手 | to start; to put one's hand to; to set about; the seat to the right of the main guest | |
| 滋味 滋味 | taste; flavor; feeling | |
| 拜托 拜託 | to request sb to do sth; please! | |
| 孔 孔 | hole; classifier for cave dwellings | |
| 灌 灌 | to irrigate; to pour; to install (software); to record (music) | |
| 押 押 | to mortgage; to pawn; to detain in custody; to escort and protect; (literary) to sign | |
| 大厦 大廈 | (used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc) | |
| 哎呀 哎呀 | interjection of wonder, shock or admiration | |
| 假设 假設 | to suppose; to presume; to assume; supposing that ...; if; hypothesis; conjecture | |
| 戒指 戒指 | (finger) ring | |
| 钻石 鑽石 | diamond | |
| 缝 縫 | to sew; to stitch | |
| 敬 敬 | (bound form) respectful; to respect; to offer politely | |
| 抹 抹 | to wipe | |
| 姿势 姿勢 | posture; position | |
| 熬 熬 | to boil; to simmer | |
| 应付 應付 | to deal with; to cope | |
| 肾 腎 | kidney | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 趁 趁 | to avail oneself of; to take advantage of | |
| 情人 情人 | lover; sweetheart | |
| 瞎 瞎 | blind; groundlessly; foolishly; to no purpose | |
| 不准 不准 | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 折磨 折磨 | to torment; to torture | |
| 娶 娶 | to take a wife; to marry (a woman) | |
| 乖 乖 | (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal | |
| 感激 感激 | to be grateful; to appreciate; thankful | |
| 甩 甩 | to throw; to fling; to swing; to leave behind; to throw off; to dump (sb) | |
| 粘 粘 | to glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to |