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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伦 倫 lún normal human relationships ∼HSK 4
烧菜 燒菜 shāo cài to cook ∼HSK 4
丹 丹 dān cinnabar (native HgS); vermilion (artificial HgS used as pigment) ∼HSK 4
脱臼 脫臼 tuō jiù dislocation (of a joint) ∼HSK 4
厨 廚 chú kitchen; closet; cupboard ∼HSK 4
鸭 鴨 yā duck; Anas species (various) ∼HSK 4
红烧 紅燒 hóng shāo to braise in soy sauce until reddish-brown ∼HSK 4
一阵子 一陣子 yī zhèn zi a while; a spell; a short time; a burst ∼HSK 4
没办法 沒辦法 méi bàn fǎ there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
联谊 聯誼 lián yì friendship; fellowship ∼HSK 4
什么人 什麼人 shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
翻脸 翻臉 fān liǎn to fall out with sb; to become hostile ∼HSK 4
尤其是 尤其是 yóu qí shì especially; most of all; above all; in particular ∼HSK 4
伯 伯 bà variant of ∼HSK 4
永生 永生 yǒng shēng to live forever; eternal life; all one's life ∼HSK 4
杜 杜 Dù stop, prevent; restrict; surname ∼HSK 4
找对象 找對象 zhǎo duì xiàng to seek a marriage partner; looking for a mate ∼HSK 4
祷告 禱告 dǎo gào to pray; prayer ∼HSK 4
乌 烏 Wū crow, rook, raven; black, dark ∼HSK 4
怎么能 怎麼能 zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
法子 法子 fǎ zi way; method; Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5] ∼HSK 4
象牙 象牙 xiàng yá ivory; elephant tusk ∼HSK 4
厨子 廚子 chú zi cook ∼HSK 4
贝 貝 Bèi sea shell; money, currency ∼HSK 4
自习 自習 zì xí to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons); to study in one's free time; individual study ∼HSK 4
毫无疑问 毫無疑問 háo wú yí wèn certainty; without a doubt ∼HSK 4
航 航 háng sail; navigate; ship, boat ∼HSK 4
竞争对手 競爭對手 jìng zhēng duì shǒu rival; competitor ∼HSK 4
苦瓜 苦瓜 kǔ guā bitter melon (bitter gourd, balsam pear, balsam apple, leprosy gourd, bitter cucumber) ∼HSK 4
校际 校際 xiào jì interschool; intercollegiate ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
说定 說定 shuō dìng to agree on; to settle on ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
切成 切成 qiē chéng to cut up (into pieces); to slice; to carve; to dice; to shred ∼HSK 4
禁地 禁地 jìn dì forbidden area; restricted area; (fig.) sth considered off-limits ∼HSK 4
寒 寒 hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
户籍 戶籍 hù jí census register; household register ∼HSK 4
屁 屁 pì break wind; fart; buttocks ∼HSK 4
一肚子 一肚子 yī dù zi bellyful (of sth); full of (sth) ∼HSK 4
没有意义 沒有意義 méi yǒu yì yì not to have any meaning; meaningless ∼HSK 4
老处女 老處女 lǎo chǔ nǚ unmarried old woman; spinster ∼HSK 4
每隔 每隔 měi gé at intervals of; every (so often) ∼HSK 4
闪光灯 閃光燈 shǎn guāng dēng flash bulb (photography) ∼HSK 4
落脚 落腳 luò jiǎo to stay for a time; to stop over; to lodge; to sink down (into soft ground); leftovers ∼HSK 4
疗养 療養 liáo yǎng to get well; to heal; to recuperate; to convalesce; convalescence; to nurse HSK 4
后头 後頭 hòu tou behind; the back; the rear; later; afterwards; (in) the future HSK 4
开水 開水 kāi shuǐ boiled water; boiling water HSK 4