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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| 有能力 有能力 | able | |
| 展 展 | open, unfold; stretch, extend | |
| 非要 非要 | to want absolutely; to insist on (doing sth) | |
| 黄牛 黃牛 | ox; cattle; scalper of tickets etc; (dialect) to fail to show up; (dialect) to break a promise | |
| 下星期 下星期 | next week | |
| 团契 團契 | Christian association; fellowship | |
| 和乐 和樂 | harmonious and happy | |
| 阿门 阿門 | amen (loanword) | |
| 退化 退化 | to degenerate; atrophy | |
| 会心 會心 | knowing (of a smile, look etc) | |
| 另一 另一 | another; the other | |
| 吵吵 吵吵 | to make a racket; to quarrel | |
| 相爱 相愛 | to love each other | |
| 抗战 抗戰 | war of resistance, especially the war against Japan (1937-1945) | |
| 把头 把頭 | labor contractor; gangmaster | |
| 活不下去 活不下去 | impossible to make a living | |
| 知心 知心 | caring; intimate | |
| 音乐家 音樂家 | musician | |
| 干活 幹活 | to work; to be employed | |
| 周期表 週期表 | periodic table (chemistry); abbr. of, periodic table of the elements | |
| 习惯性 習慣性 | customary | |
| 菜心 菜心 | choy sum; Chinese flowering cabbage; stem of any Chinese cabbage | |
| 耶 耶 | used in transliteration | |
| 乱讲 亂講 | to talk nonsense; nonsense! | |
| 人参 人參 | ginseng | |
| 海参 海參 | sea cucumber | |
| 要死 要死 | extremely; awfully | |
| 接管 接管 | to take over; to assume control | |
| 味 味 | taste, smell, odor; delicacy | |
| 阴阳 陰陽 | yin and yang | |
| 糖浆 糖漿 | syrup | |
| 所在地 所在地 | location; site | |
| 活人 活人 | living person | |
| 赶出 趕出 | to drive away | |
| 油烟 油煙 | soot; lampblack | |
| 到那个时候 到那個時候 | until this moment | |
| 期中考 期中考 | mid-term exam | |
| 高等教育 高等教育 | higher education | |
| 化工 化工 | chemical industry; chemical engineering | |
| 传遍 傳遍 | to spread widely | |
| 焚化 焚化 | to cremate | |
| 左转 左轉 | to turn left | |
| 票价 票價 | ticket price; fare; admission fee | |
| 工夫 工夫 | (old) laborer | |
| 亲切 親切 | amiable; cordial; close and dear; familiar | |
| 价钱 價錢 | price | |
| 从前 從前 | previously; formerly; once upon a time | |
| 衬衫 襯衫 | shirt; blouse | |
| 行李 行李 | luggage | |
| 身份证 身份證 | identity card; ID |