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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| 克服 克服 | (try to) overcome (hardships etc); to conquer; to put up with; to endure | |
| 好奇 好奇 | inquisitive; curious; inquisitiveness; curiosity | |
| 属 屬 | category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute | |
| 功夫 功夫 | skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 概念 概念 | concept; idea | |
| 手指 手指 | finger | |
| 年纪 年紀 | age | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 主持 主持 | to take charge of; to manage or direct; to preside over; to uphold; to stand for (justice etc); to host (a TV or radio program etc); (TV) anchor | |
| 石头 石頭 | stone | |
| 上来 上來 | to come up; to approach; (verb complement indicating success) | |
| 能不能 能不能 | Can you | |
| 谈话 談話 | to talk (with sb); to have a conversation; talk; conversation | |
| 计算 計算 | to count; to calculate; to compute | |
| 长期 長期 | long term; long time; long range (of a forecast) | |
| 赶到 趕到 | to hurry (to some place) | |
| 补 補 | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement | |
| 谈判 談判 | to negotiate; negotiation; talks; conference | |
| 温暖 溫暖 | warm | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 离婚 離婚 | to divorce | |
| 看上去 看上去 | it would appear; it seems (that) | |
| 个性 個性 | individuality; personality | |
| 造 造 | to make; to build; to manufacture; to invent; to fabricate; to go to; party (in a lawsuit or legal agreement); crop; classifier for crops | |
| 将来 將來 | in the future; future; the future | |
| 现代 現代 | Hyundai, South Korean company | |
| 念 唸 | to read; to study (a subject); to attend (a school); to read aloud; to give (sb) a tongue-lashing; to miss (sb); idea; remembrance; twenty (banker's anti-fraud numeral corresponding to 廿) | |
| 配合 配合 | matching; fitting in with; compatible with; to correspond; to fit; to conform to; rapport; to coordinate with; to act in concert with; to cooperate; to become man and wife; to combine parts of machine | |
| 及时 及時 | timely; at the right time; promptly; without delay | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 汤 湯 | soup; hot or boiling water; decoction of medicinal herbs; water in which sth has been boiled | |
| 提前 提前 | to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance | |
| 成长 成長 | to mature; to grow; growth | |
| 试验 試驗 | experiment; test; to experiment; experimental | |
| 赶 趕 | to overtake; to catch up with; to hurry; to rush; to try to catch (the bus etc); to drive (cattle etc) forward; to drive (sb) away; to avail oneself of (an opportunity); until; by (a certain time) | |
| 领 領 | neck; collar; to lead; to receive; classifier for clothes, mats, screens etc | |
| 阳光 陽光 | sunshine; (of personality) upbeat; energetic; transparent (open to public scrutiny) | |
| 不必 不必 | need not; does not have to; not necessarily | |
| 内心 內心 | heart; innermost being; (math.) incenter | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 立刻 立刻 | forthwith; immediate; prompt; promptly; straightway; thereupon; at once | |
| 付 付 | to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things | |
| 教练 教練 | instructor; sports coach; trainer | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 和平 和平 | Heping District of Shenyang city 沈阳市, Liaoning; Heping or Hoping Township in Taichung County 台中县, Taiwan | |
| 钟 鐘 | clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell | |
| 千万 千萬 | ten million; countless; many; one must by all means | |
| 时刻 時刻 | time; juncture; moment; period of time; constantly; always |