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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| 拉 拉 | to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels | Colloquialism |
| 新店 新店 | Xindian or Hsintien city in New Taipei City, Taiwan | Proper Noun |
| 斯 斯 | this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle | |
| 每次 每次 | every time | |
| 没问题 沒問題 | no problem | |
| 什么时候 什麼時候 | when?; at what time? | |
| 得很 得很 | (after an adjective) very | |
| 鲍鱼 鮑魚 | abalone | |
| 那种 那種 | that kind of | |
| 房 房 | surname Fang | |
| 气人 氣人 | to anger; to annoy | |
| 馆子 館子 | restaurant; theater (old) | |
| 载 載 | load; carry; transport, convey | |
| 片名 片名 | movie title | |
| 鱼肉 魚肉 | flesh of fish; fish and meat; (fig.) victims of oppression; (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up) | |
| 打卡 打卡 | (of an employee) to clock on (or off); to punch in (or out); (on social media) to check in to a location | |
| 碰面 碰面 | to meet; to run into (sb); to get together (with sb) | |
| 夫 夫 | man, male adult, husband; those | |
| 基 基 | foundation, base | |
| 长得 長得 | to look (pretty, the same etc) | |
| 绿卡 綠卡 | permanent residency permit (originally referred specifically to the US green card) | |
| 到头 到頭 | to the end (of); at the end of; in the end; to come to an end | |
| 款 款 | item, article; clause; fund | |
| 参 參 | take part in, intervene; ginseng | |
| 办好 辦好 | to take care of (a matter); to get (a task) done; to handle (a project) expeditiously | |
| 满天星 滿天星 | Baby's Breath; Gypsophila paniculata | |
| 玩意 玩意 | toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) | |
| 不一样 不一樣 | different; distinctive; unlike | |
| 两句 兩句 | (say) a few words | |
| 带回 帶回 | to bring back | |
| 画画 畫畫 | to draw; to paint | |
| 带给 帶給 | to give to; to provide to; to bring to; to take to | |
| 男孩 男孩 | boy | |
| 养大 養大 | to raise (a child or animal) | |
| 欲 慾 | desire, want, long for; intend | |
| 背脊 背脊 | the back of the human body | |
| 油油 油油 | oily | |
| 接过 接過 | to take (sth proffered) | |
| 英 英 | petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English | |
| 小孩子 小孩子 | child | |
| 战 戰 | war, fighting, battle | |
| 一定要 一定要 | must | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 陈 陳 | exhibit, display; plead; a surname | |
| 言 言 | words, speech; speak, say | |
| 名菜 名菜 | famous dishes; specialty dishes | |
| 道地 道地 | authentic; original | |
| 一只 一隻 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 只: only, just, simply | |
| 药膳 藥膳 | medicinal cuisine | |
| 讲求 講求 | to stress; to emphasize; particular about sth; to strive for |