Eat Drink Man Woman

Eat Drink Man Woman 1994

yǐn shí nán

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.

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Vocabulary

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shuō zhēn de to tell the truth; honestly; in fact ∼HSK 1
ge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
ge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
(slang) what the...!; oh my god!; that's insane! ∼HSK 1
hái hǎo not bad; tolerable; fortunately ∼HSK 1
ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
diǎn a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dia ∼HSK 1
le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
xià (after a verb) a bit; a little (indicating brief duration, or softening the tone, or suggesting giving sth a try); all at once; suddenly ∼HSK 1
zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
zài together ∼HSK 1
měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
rén son, child; KangXi radical 10 ∼HSK 1
first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
yǒu diǎn a little ∼HSK 1
zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
zuò cài to cook; cooking ∼HSK 1
hǎo no good ∼HSK 1
zhǎo bu dào can't find ∼HSK 1
zěn me le What's up?; What's going on?; What happened? ∼HSK 1
shàng zhuō to place (food) on the table; to sit down to eat (at the dining table) ∼HSK 1
měi each; every ∼HSK 1
xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
wán xiào to joke; joke; jest ∼HSK 1
zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
duì le Correct!; Oh, that's right,... (when one suddenly remembers sth one wanted to mention); Oh, by the way,... ∼HSK 1
zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
sān liǎng two or three ∼HSK 1
hǎo hello; hi ∼HSK 1
lái to bring; to fetch; to get ∼HSK 1
yǒu to be expecting; to be with child ∼HSK 1
yǒu diǎn a little; somewhat ∼HSK 1
dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
rén lit. that person; fig. the person you have been looking for; Mr Right; the girl of one's dreams ∼HSK 1
ài shàng to fall in love with; to be in love with ∼HSK 1
děng (archaic) you all ∼HSK 1
jiāo huì to show; to teach ∼HSK 1
zài again ∼HSK 1
jiā the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group ∼HSK 1
xià to be not less than (a certain quantity, amount etc) ∼HSK 1
yǒu once; once upon a time ∼HSK 1
dào xiàn zài up until now; to date ∼HSK 1