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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| 摆 擺 | to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 替 替 | to substitute for; to take the place of; to replace; for; on behalf of; to stand in for | |
| 毕业 畢業 | graduation; to graduate; to finish school | |
| 彻底 徹底 | thorough; thoroughly; complete | |
| 提醒 提醒 | to remind; to call attention to; to warn of | |
| 特殊 特殊 | special; particular; unusual; extraordinary | |
| 抽 抽 | to draw out; to pull out from in between; to remove part of the whole; (of certain plants) to sprout or bud; to whip or thrash | |
| 盘 盤 | plate; dish; tray; board; hard drive (computing); to build; to coil; to check; to examine; to transfer (property); to make over; classifier for food: dish, helping; to coil; classifier for coils of wire; classifier for games of chess | |
| 怪 怪 | bewildering; odd; strange; uncanny; devil; monster; to wonder at; to blame; quite; rather | |
| 战争 戰爭 | war; conflict | |
| 投资 投資 | investment; to invest | |
| 或许 或許 | perhaps; maybe | |
| 共 共 | common; general; to share; together; total; altogether; abbr. for 共产党, Communist party | |
| 亲爱 親愛 | dear; beloved; darling | |
| 地址 地址 | address | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 而是 而是 | rather | |
| 附近 附近 | nearby; neighboring; (in the) vicinity (of); neighborhood | |
| 方 方 | square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter | |
| 几乎 幾乎 | almost; nearly; practically | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 解释 解釋 | explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve | |
| 严重 嚴重 | grave; serious; severe; critical | |
| 法 㳒 | France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] | |
| 系统 系統 | system | |
| 甚至 甚至 | even; so much so that | |
| 了解 了解 | to understand; to realize; to find out | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 毛病 毛病 | fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment | Xiehouyu |
| 痛苦 痛苦 | pain; suffering; painful | Xiehouyu |
| 老美 老美 | (coll.) an American; person from the United States | Colloquialism |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 耶稣 耶穌 | Jesus | Proper Noun |
| 加州 加州 | California | Proper Noun |
| 台北市 臺北市 | Taibei or Taipei, capital of Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 朱 朱 | cinnabar, vermilion; surname | |
| 汤包 湯包 | steamed dumpling | |
| 搬出去 搬出去 | to move out (vacate); to shift sth out | |
| 随风 隨風 | wind-borne; tossed about by the wind | |
| 梁 梁 | bridge; beam; rafters; surname | |
| 心静 心靜 | tranquil; calm | |
| 食 食 | eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184 | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 大火 大火 | conflagration; large fire | |
| 代班 代班 | (Tw) to take over sb's job; to substitute for | |
| 世人 世人 | people (in general); people around the world; everyone |