Eat Drink Man Woman

Eat Drink Man Woman 1994

饮食男女 yǐn shí nán nǚ

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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入味 入味 rù wèi tasty; to be absorbed in sth; interesting ∼HSK 6
儿媳妇儿 兒媳婦兒 ér xí fù r erhua variant of ∼HSK 6
龙虾 龍蝦 lóng xiā lobster ∼HSK 6
翡翠 翡翠 fěi cuì jadeite; tree kingfisher ∼HSK 6
不顺 不順 bù shùn unfavorable; adverse ∼HSK 6
打理 打理 dǎ lǐ to take care of; to sort out; to manage; to put in order ∼HSK 6
小阿姨 小阿姨 xiǎo ā yí auntie, youngest of sisters in mother's family ∼HSK 6
浑球 渾球 hún qiú variant of ∼HSK 6
聋子 聾子 lóng zi deaf person ∼HSK 6
饮食男女 飲食男女 yǐn shí nán nǚ food and sex; basic human desires (idiom, from Mencius); the elemental appetites of humankind ∼HSK 6
绝活 絕活 jué huó specialty; unique skill ∼HSK 6
占便宜 佔便宜 zhàn pián yi advantageous; favorable; to benefit at others' expense; to take unfair advantage ∼HSK 6
懒骨头 懶骨頭 lǎn gǔ tou lazybones; beanbag ∼HSK 6
高射炮 高射炮 gāo shè pào anti-aircraft gun ∼HSK 6
抛绣球 拋繡球 pāo xiù qiú throwing the embroidered ball (traditional Zhuang flirting game at festivals); (fig.) to make overtures; to court ∼HSK 6
催化剂 催化劑 cuī huà jì catalyst ∼HSK 6
航空业 航空業 háng kōng yè aviation industry ∼HSK 6
误点 誤點 wù diǎn not on time; late (public transport, airlines); overdue; behind schedule; delayed ∼HSK 6
硬仗 硬仗 yìng zhàng tough battle; difficult task; big challenge ∼HSK 6
虾仁 蝦仁 xiā rén shrimp meat; shelled shrimp ∼HSK 6
浇水 澆水 jiāo shuǐ to water (plants etc) ∼HSK 6
副理 副理 fù lǐ deputy director; assistant manager ∼HSK 6
蜂巢 蜂巢 fēng cháo honeycomb; beehive ∼HSK 6
豆苗 豆苗 dòu miáo pea shoots; bean seedling ∼HSK 6
洋葱 洋蔥 yáng cōng onion (Allium cepa); bulb onion ∼HSK 6
爆炒 爆炒 bào chǎo to stir-fry rapidly using a high flame; to conduct a media blitz; to manipulate a stock market through large-scale buying and selling ∼HSK 6
滥情 濫情 làn qíng fickle in love; sentimentality ∼HSK 6
备注栏 備註欄 bèi zhù lán remarks column ∼HSK 6
灌肠 灌腸 guàn cháng enema; to give an enema ∼HSK 6
曲线图 曲線圖 qū xiàn tú line graph; line diagram ∼HSK 6
灵光 靈光 líng guāng divine light (around the Buddha); a halo; a miraculous column of light; (slang) jolly good! ∼HSK 6
威士忌 威士忌 wēi shì jì whiskey (loanword) ∼HSK 6
蔷薇 薔薇 qiáng wēi Japanese rose (Rosa multiflora) ∼HSK 6
夜景 夜景 yè jǐng nightscape ∼HSK 6
两手 兩手 liǎng shǒu one's two hands; two prongs (of a strategy); both aspects, eventualities etc; skills; expertise HSK 6
冷气 冷氣 lěng qì air conditioning (Tw) HSK 6
小费 小費 xiǎo fèi tip; gratuity HSK 6
母鸡 母雞 mǔ jī hen; don't know (humorous slang mimicking Cantonese 唔知, Jyutping: m4 zi1) HSK 6
处长 處長 chù zhǎng department head; section chief HSK 6
待会儿 待會兒 dāi huì r in a moment; later; also pr. [dāi huǐ r] or [dāi hui r] HSK 6
好似 好似 hǎo sì to seem; to be like HSK 6
一行 一行 yī xíng party; delegation HSK 6
钟头 鐘頭 zhōng tóu hour HSK 6
耳环 耳環 ěr huán earring HSK 6
很难说 很難說 hěn nánshuō Hard to say HSK 6
盼望 盼望 pàn wàng to hope for; to look forward to HSK 6
亲属 親屬 qīn shǔ kin; kindred; relatives HSK 6
免得 免得 miǎn de so as not to; so as to avoid HSK 6
一道 一道 yī dào together HSK 6
总经理 總經理 zǒng jīng lǐ general manager; CEO HSK 6