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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| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 表达 表達 | to express; to convey | |
| 奇怪 奇怪 | strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled | |
| 大概 大概 | roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea | |
| 团 團 | round; lump; ball; to roll into a ball; to gather; regiment; group; society; classifier for a lump or a soft mass: wad (of paper), ball (of wool), cloud (of smoke) | |
| 乐 樂 | happy; cheerful; to laugh | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 调 調 | to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody | |
| 不仅 不僅 | not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...) | |
| 宣布 宣佈 | to declare; to announce; to proclaim | |
| 保险 保險 | insurance; to insure; safe; secure; be sure; be bound to | |
| 直 直 | straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters | |
| 系 係 | to connect; to relate to; to tie up; to bind; to be (literary) | |
| 室 室 | room; work unit; grave; scabbard; family or clan; one of the 28 constellations of Chinese astronomy | |
| 作品 作品 | work (of art); opus | |
| 按照 按照 | according to; in accordance with; in the light of; on the basis of | |
| 状况 狀況 | condition; state; situation | |
| 朝 朝 | abbr. for 朝鲜 Korea | |
| 职业 職業 | occupation; profession; vocation; professional | |
| 后面 後面 | the back; the rear; the last bit; behind; near the end; at the back; later; afterwards | |
| 传 傳 | to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity) | |
| 感受 感受 | to sense; perception; to feel (through the senses); to experience; a feeling; an impression; an experience | |
| 追 追 | to sculpt; to carve; musical instrument (old) | |
| 上面 上面 | on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] | |
| 图 圖 | diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 照 炤 | according to; in accordance with; to shine; to illuminate; to reflect; to look at (one's reflection); to take (a photo); photo; as requested; as before | |
| 对方 對方 | the other person; the other side; the other party | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 困难 困難 | difficult; challenging; straitened circumstances; difficult situation | |
| 警察 警察 | police; police officer | |
| 反应 反應 | to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 跳 跳 | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate | |
| 本来 本來 | original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course | |
| 紧张 緊張 | nervous; keyed up; intense; tense; strained; in short supply; scarce | |
| 值得 值得 | to be worth; to deserve | |
| 各 各 | each; every | |
| 同意 同意 | to agree; to consent; to approve | |
| 结婚 結婚 | to marry; to get married | |
| 面对 面對 | to face; to confront | |
| 人生 人生 | life (one's time on earth) | |
| 随 隨 | to follow; to comply with; varying according to...; to allow; subsequently | |
| 父母 父母 | father and mother; parents | |
| 至少 至少 | at least; (to say the) least | |
| 谈 談 | to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discuss | |
| 下去 下去 | to go down; to descend; to go on; to continue; (of a servant) to withdraw | |
| 光 光 | light; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely; used up; finished; to leave (a part of the body) uncovered | |
| 约 約 | to weigh in a balance or on a scale | |
| 各位 各位 | everybody; all (guests, colleagues etc); all of you |