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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Vocabulary
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| 女士 女士 | lady; madam; Miss; Ms | |
| 量 量 | capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; abbr. for 量词, classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word | |
| 方案 方案 | plan; program (for action etc); proposal; proposed bill | |
| 卷 卷 | to roll up; roll; classifier for small rolled things (wad of paper money, movie reel etc) | |
| 烦 煩 | to feel vexed; to bother; to trouble; superfluous and confusing; edgy | |
| 结 結 | (of a plant) to produce (fruit or seeds); Taiwan pr. [jié] | |
| 无聊 無聊 | bored; boring; senseless | |
| 人家 人家 | household; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be | |
| 究竟 究竟 | to go to the bottom of a matter; after all; when all is said and done; (in an interrogative sentence) finally; outcome; result | |
| 切 切 | to cut; to slice; to carve; (math) tangential | |
| 距离 距離 | distance; to be apart from | |
| 角色 角色 | role; character in a novel; persona; also pr. [jiǎo sè] | |
| 提醒 提醒 | to remind; to call attention to; to warn of | |
| 货 貨 | goods; money; commodity | |
| 嗯 嗯 | (a groaning sound) | |
| 竟然 竟然 | unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to | |
| 盘 盤 | plate; dish; tray; board; hard drive (computing); to build; to coil; to check; to examine; to transfer (property); to make over; classifier for food: dish, helping; to coil; classifier for coils of wire; classifier for games of chess | |
| 伤害 傷害 | to injure; to harm | |
| 心理 心理 | psychology; mentality | |
| 于是 於是 | thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence | |
| 王 王 | king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great | |
| 似乎 似乎 | it seems; seemingly; as if | |
| 非 非 | abbr. for 洲, Africa | |
| 解释 解釋 | explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve | |
| 不管 不管 | not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter | |
| 项 項 | back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 法 㳒 | France; French; abbr. for 法国; Taiwan pr. [Fà] | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 呀 呀 | (particle equivalent to 啊 after a vowel, expressing surprise or doubt) | |
| 了解 了解 | to understand; to realize; to find out | |
| 担心 擔心 | anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 毛病 毛病 | fault; defect; shortcomings; ailment | Xiehouyu |
| 死人 死人 | dead person; (coll.) to die; (of a death) to happen | Colloquialism |
| 感冒 感冒 | to catch cold; (common) cold; (coll.) to be interested in (often used in the negative); (Tw) to detest; can't stand | Colloquialism |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 整 整 | exactly; in good order; whole; complete; entire; in order; orderly; to repair; to mend; to renovate; (coll.) to fix sb; to give sb a hard time; to mess with sb | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 唐 唐 | Tang dynasty; Chinese | |
| 兰 蘭 | orchid; elegant, graceful | |
| 干嘛 幹嘛 | what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? | |
| 乱说 亂說 | to talk drivel; to make irresponsible remarks | |
| 高汤 高湯 | clear soup; soup stock | |
| 叔 叔 | uncle; father's younger brother; husband's younger brother; Taiwan pr. [shu2] | |
| 总有 總有 | inevitably there will be | |
| 上线 上線 | to go online; to put sth online; to reach a specific standard; to put into production; handler | |
| 到时候 到時候 | when the moment comes; at that time | |
| 耳 耳 | ear; merely, only; handle |