Joyful Reunion 2012
饮食男女-好远又好近
Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, the present day. Master chef Tang Shizhe (Kenneth Tsang) tells his two daughters, the careerist Wa'er (Huo Siyan) and teenage Xiaolan (Jiang Mengjie), that he has decided to sell his upscale vegetarian restaurant, the centre of his life for 30 years.
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| 一表人才 一表人才 | 一: one; a, an; alone · 表: show, express, manifest, display · 人: man; people; mankind; someone else · 才: talent, ability; just, only | Idiom |
| 大大咧咧 大大咧咧 | carefree; offhand; casual | Idiom |
| 天长地久 天長地久 | enduring while the world lasts (idiom); eternal | Idiom |
| 一塌糊涂 一塌糊塗 | muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles; a total mess | Idiom |
| 不定 不定 | indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious | Xiehouyu |
| 吹牛 吹牛 | to talk big; to shoot off one's mouth; to chat (dialect) | Xiehouyu |
| 成天 成天 | (coll.) all day long; all the time | Colloquialism |
| 夸张 誇張 | to exaggerate; overstated; exaggerated; hyperbole; (coll.) excessive; ridiculous; outrageous | Colloquialism |
| 啰唆 囉唆 | variant of 啰嗦 | |
| 害臊 害臊 | to be bashful; to feel ashamed | |
| 小曲 小曲 | popular song; folk tune; ballad | |
| 拉动 拉動 | to pull; (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity); to motivate (people to do sth) | |
| 养生 養生 | to maintain good health; to raise a child or animal; curing (of concrete etc) | |
| 兴隆 興隆 | Xinglong county in Chengde 德, Hebei | |
| 伯伯 伯伯 | father's elder brother; uncle | |
| 乖巧 乖巧 | clever (child); smart; lovable; cute | |
| 伯父 伯父 | father's elder brother; term of respect for older man | |
| 上火 上火 | to get angry; to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM) | |
| 恩惠 恩惠 | favor; grace | |
| 浓郁 濃郁 | rich; strong; heavy (fragrance); dense; full-bodied; intense | |
| 务实 務實 | pragmatic; dealing with concrete issues | |
| 气派 氣派 | impressive; stylish; magnificent; imposing manner; dignified air | |
| 争气 爭氣 | to work hard for sth; to resolve on improvement; determined not to fall short | |
| 清淡 清淡 | light (of food, not greasy or strongly flavored); insipid; slack (sales) | |
| 稀罕 稀罕 | rare; uncommon; rare thing; rarity; to value as a rarity; to cherish; Taiwan pr. [xī hǎn] | |
| 清静 清靜 | quiet; peaceful and quiet | |
| 狼狈 狼狽 | in a difficult situation; to cut a sorry figure; scoundrel! (derog.) | |
| 凄凉 悽涼 | mournful; miserable | |
| 口感 口感 | mouthfeel; texture (of food) | |
| 素食 素食 | vegetarian food; to eat a vegetarian diet | |
| 凑合 湊合 | to bring together; to make do in a bad situation; to just get by; to improvise; passable; not too bad | |
| 心得 心得 | what one has learned (through experience, reading etc); knowledge; insight; understanding; tips | |
| 胡闹 胡鬧 | to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble | |
| 福气 福氣 | good fortune; a blessing | |
| 收留 收留 | to offer shelter; to have sb in one's care | |
| 长辈 長輩 | one's elders; older generation | |
| 好意 好意 | good intention; kindness | |
| 脾 脾 | spleen | |
| 连锁店 連鎖店 | chain store | |
| 视察 視察 | to inspect; an investigation | |
| 可口 可口 | tasty; to taste good | |
| 炭 炭 | wood charcoal; coal | |
| 一眼 一眼 | a glance; a quick look; a glimpse | |
| 执着 執著 | to be strongly attached to; to be dedicated; to cling to; (Buddhism) attachment | |
| 芽 芽 | bud; sprout | |
| 别看 別看 | don't be fooled by the fact that | |
| 珍藏 珍藏 | a collection of rare and valuable items; to collect (such items) | |
| 向来 向來 | always (previously) | |
| 开动 開動 | to start; to set in motion; to move; to march; to dig in (eating); to tuck in (eating) | |
| 老远 老遠 | very far away |