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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chuāng zi window HSK 4
調 tiáo naughty; mischievous; unruly HSK 4
sūn son's daughter; granddaughter HSK 4
zài repeatedly HSK 4
jiě big sister; elder sister; older sister (also polite term of address for a girl or woman slightly older than the speaker) HSK 4
shì bus (loanword); motor coach HSK 4
shǎng to bestow (a reward); to give (to an inferior); to hand down; a reward (bestowed by a superior); to appreciate (beauty) HSK 4
zhuān xīn to focus one's attention; to concentrate on (doing sth) HSK 4
dòu fu tofu; bean curd HSK 4
zǎi to write down; to record; written account HSK 4
shùn sequence; order HSK 4
jiā bān to work overtime HSK 4
chuán heredity; to inherit (a trait); to pass on (to one's offspring) HSK 4
tóng nián childhood HSK 4
shàng mén to drop in; to visit; to lock a door; (of a shop) to close; to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family HSK 4
lǎo shi honest; sincere; well-behaved; naive; gullible HSK 4
shuō bu dìng can't say for sure; maybe HSK 4
zuǐ ba mouth; slap in the face HSK 4
duō nián many years; for many years; longstanding HSK 4
tián to fill or stuff; (of a form etc) to fill in HSK 4
zhí plant; vegetation HSK 4
diàn elevator; escalator HSK 4
mainland China (reference to the PRC) HSK 4
lóu building (a relatively large, multistory one) HSK 4
chí dào to arrive late HSK 4
yán salt HSK 4
fǎn ér on the contrary; instead HSK 4
shū shu father's younger brother; uncle; Taiwan pr. [shú shu] HSK 4
wěn settled; steady; stable HSK 4
diǎn xíng model; typical case; archetype; typical; representative HSK 4
jiāo huàn to exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math); to commute HSK 4
háng kōng aviation HSK 4
jiě mèi sisters; siblings; sister (school, city etc) HSK 4
sǎn scattered; loose; to come loose; to fall apart; leisurely; powdered medicine HSK 4
shǎn to dodge; to duck out of the way; to beat it; shaken (by a fall); to sprain; to pull a muscle; lightning; spark; a flash; to flash (across one's mind); to leave behind; (Internet slang) (of a display of affection) "dazzlingly" saccharine HSK 4
hot (spicy); pungent; (of chili pepper, raw onions etc) to sting; to burn HSK 4
zhù blessings; to wish sb well HSK 4
huáng jīn gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time) HSK 4
(onom.) whoosh HSK 4
fēn shǒu to part company; to split up; to break up HSK 4
jīn nowadays; now HSK 4
wàn just in case; if by any chance; contingency HSK 4
to breathe; to suck in; to absorb; to inhale HSK 4
zhǐ to prevent; to block HSK 4
wēi xiào smile; to smile HSK 4
gài lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build HSK 4
nào noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke HSK 4
bīng ice; to chill sth; (of an object or substance) to feel cold; (of a person) cold; unfriendly; (slang) methamphetamine HSK 4
liáo bored; boring; senseless HSK 4
zài to be in; to lie in; to consist in; to depend on; to rest with HSK 4