Joyful Reunion

Joyful Reunion 2012

饮食男女-好远又好近 yǐn shí nán nǚ - hǎo yuǎn yòu hǎo jìn

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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3.95 Beginner Director Jui-Yuan Tsao IMDb 4.5

Cast

Lan Cheng-lung Lan Cheng-lung Zhang Quan / Chang Chuen Huo Siyan Huo Siyan Tang Waer Kenneth Tsang Kenneth Tsang Tan Shichje Gua Ah-leh Gua Ah-leh Bai Ping Joseph Chang Hsiao-Chuan Joseph Chang Hsiao-Chuan Bai Ming Patricio Antonio Liang Patricio Antonio Liang Boss Mu's sidekick Huang Xuan Huang Xuan Hou Yufan Yang Yang Yang Yang Tan Shizhe [Young] Jiang Mengjie Jiang Mengjie Tang Xiaolan Li Qin Li Qin Apple [Young]

Vocabulary

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乱动 亂動 luàn dòng to fiddle with; to tamper with; to meddle with; to move randomly; to flail about ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
乱跑 亂跑 luàn pǎo to run around all over the place ∼HSK 3
健 健 jiàn strong, robust, healthy; strength ∼HSK 3
付钱 付錢 fù qián to pay money ∼HSK 3
香槟 香檳 xiāng bīn champagne (loanword) ∼HSK 3
有空 有空 yǒu kòng to have time (to do sth) ∼HSK 3
背部 背部 bèi bù back (of a human or other vertebrate, or of an object) ∼HSK 3
挺直 挺直 tǐng zhí upright; erect; to straighten up (one's back etc); to hold erect ∼HSK 3
网游 網遊 wǎng yóu online game ∼HSK 3
周期性 週期性 zhōu qī xìng periodic; periodicity (math); cyclicity ∼HSK 3
真香 真香 zhēn xiāng awesome (expression of approval used hypocritically after bitching about the exact same thing earlier) (neologism c. 2014) ∼HSK 3
光是 光是 guāng shì solely; just ∼HSK 3
劲 勁 jìn strong, unyielding, tough, power ∼HSK 3
费工夫 費工夫 fèi gōng fu to spend a great deal of time and effort; (of a task) demanding; exacting ∼HSK 3
石 石 Shí stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 ∼HSK 3
美白 美白 měi bái to whiten (the skin or teeth) ∼HSK 3
香气 香氣 xiāng qì fragrance; aroma; incense ∼HSK 3
异 異 yì different, unusual, strange ∼HSK 3
香菇 香菇 xiāng gū shiitake (Lentinus edodes), an edible mushroom ∼HSK 3
想像力 想像力 xiǎng xiàng lì conception; imagination ∼HSK 3
血糖 血糖 xuè táng blood sugar ∼HSK 3
会死 會死 huì sǐ mortal ∼HSK 3
意境 意境 yì jìng artistic mood or conception; creative concept ∼HSK 3
八大菜系 八大菜系 bā dà cài xì the eight major cuisines of China, namely ∼HSK 3
心境 心境 xīn jìng mood; mental state; frame of mind ∼HSK 3
奇 奇 jī strange, unusual, uncanny, occult ∼HSK 3
费心 費心 fèi xīn to take a lot of trouble (over sb or sth); may I trouble you (to do sth) ∼HSK 3
追上 追上 zhuī shàng to overtake ∼HSK 3
美发 美髮 měi fà hairdressing; to give sb's hair a cut or other beauty treatment; beautiful hair ∼HSK 3
接管 接管 jiē guǎn to take over; to assume control ∼HSK 3
心急 心急 xīn jí anxious; impatient ∼HSK 3
提任 提任 tí rèn to promote and appoint ∼HSK 3
去台 去臺 qù Tái to go to Taiwan; refers to those who left China for Taiwan before the founding of PRC in 1949 ∼HSK 3
湾 灣 wān bay, cove, inlet, bend of stream ∼HSK 3
心领 心領 xīn lǐng I appreciate your kindness (conventional reply to turn down an offer) ∼HSK 3
造化 造化 zào huà (literary) Nature; the Creator ∼HSK 3
皮包 皮包 pí bāo handbag; briefcase HSK 3
认得 認得 rèn de to recognize; to remember sth (or sb) on seeing it; to know HSK 3
果汁 果汁 guǒ zhī fruit juice HSK 3
不光 不光 bù guāng not the only one; not only HSK 3
近期 近期 jìn qī near in time; in the near future; very soon; recent HSK 3
服务员 服務員 fú wù yuán waiter; waitress; attendant; customer service personnel HSK 3
接待 接待 jiē dài to receive (a visitor); to admit (allow sb to enter) HSK 3
坚决 堅決 jiān jué firm; resolute; determined HSK 3
场合 場合 chǎng hé situation; occasion; context; setting; location; venue HSK 3
营养 營養 yíng yǎng nutrition; nourishment HSK 3
观念 觀念 guān niàn notion; thought; concept; sense; views; ideology; general impressions HSK 3
巧 巧 qiǎo opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely HSK 3
吵架 吵架 chǎo jià to quarrel; to have a row; quarrel HSK 3