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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| 立正 立正 | to stand straight; attention! (order to troops) | |
| 青豆 青豆 | green soybean; green peas | |
| 柳 柳 | willow tree; pleasure | |
| 盅 盅 | small cup or bowl | |
| 杀球 殺球 | to spike the ball (volleyball etc); to smash (tennis etc) | |
| 心碎 心碎 | heartbroken; extreme depth of sorrow | |
| 蓓 蓓 | bud | |
| 欣 欣 | happy, joyous, delighted | |
| 谭 譚 | surname | |
| 茸 茸 | soft, downy; buds, sprouts | |
| 豆 荳 | beans, peas; bean-shaped | |
| 食补 食補 | tonic food (food considered to be particularly healthful); to eat such foods | |
| 急诊室 急診室 | emergency room | |
| 感应 感應 | response; reaction; interaction; irritability (biol.); induction (elec.); inductance | |
| 理工 理工 | science and engineering as academic subjects | |
| 上辈子 上輩子 | one's ancestors; past generations; a former incarnation | |
| 企 企 | plan a project; stand on tiptoe | |
| 虐 虐 | cruel, harsh, oppressive | |
| 艺术品 藝術品 | art piece; work of art | |
| 礼拜天 禮拜天 | Sunday | |
| 时差 時差 | time difference; time lag; jet lag | |
| 一口气 一口氣 | one breath; in one breath; at a stretch | |
| 火腿 火腿 | ham | |
| 梨 梨 | pear | |
| 预备 預備 | to prepare; to make ready; preparation; preparatory | |
| 打包 打包 | to wrap; to pack; to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out; (computing) to package (i.e. create an archive file) | |
| 交代 交代 | to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end | |
| 再也 再也 | (not) any more | |
| 言语 言語 | words; speech; (spoken) language | |
| 肠 腸 | intestines | |
| 闲 閒 | idle; unoccupied; leisure | |
| 糟 糟 | dregs; draff; pickled in wine; rotten; messy; ruined | |
| 赔 賠 | to compensate for loss; to indemnify; to suffer a financial loss | |
| 客气 客氣 | polite; courteous; formal; modest | |
| 脸色 臉色 | complexion; look | |
| 师傅 師傅 | master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men | |
| 肩 肩 | shoulder; to shoulder (responsibilities etc) | |
| 也好 也好 | that's fine; may as well; (reduplicated) regardless of whether ... or ... | |
| 干脆 乾脆 | candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well | |
| 场面 場面 | scene; spectacle; occasion; situation | |
| 脾气 脾氣 | character; temperament; disposition; bad temper | |
| 不止 不止 | incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to | |
| 戒 戒 | to guard against; to exhort; to admonish or warn; to give up or stop doing sth; Buddhist monastic discipline; ring (for a finger) | |
| 得了 得了 | all right!; that's enough! | |
| 耳朵 耳朵 | ear; handle (on a cup) | |
| 化学 化學 | chemistry; chemical | |
| 除非 除非 | only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless | |
| 尝 嘗 | to taste; to try (food); to experience; (literary) ever; once | |
| 摄影 攝影 | to take a photograph; photography; to shoot (a movie) | |
| 评估 評估 | to evaluate; to assess; assessment; evaluation |