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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| 消费 消費 | to consume; to spend | |
| 头脑 頭腦 | brains; mind; skull; (fig.) gist (of a matter); leader; boss | |
| 特色 特色 | characteristic; distinguishing feature or quality | |
| 会员 會員 | member | |
| 跳舞 跳舞 | to dance | |
| 演唱会 演唱會 | vocal recital or concert | |
| 功夫 功夫 | skill; art; kung fu; labor; effort | |
| 主意 主意 | plan; idea; decision; Beijing pr. [zhú yi] | |
| 整天 整天 | all day long; whole day | |
| 采用 採用 | to adopt; to employ; to use | |
| 年纪 年紀 | age | |
| 才能 才能 | talent; ability; capacity | |
| 只好 只好 | to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to | |
| 静 靜 | still; calm; quiet; not moving | |
| 看起来 看起來 | seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be | |
| 性格 性格 | nature; disposition; temperament; character | |
| 订 訂 | to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order | |
| 人群 人群 | crowd | |
| 保留 保留 | to keep; to retain; to have reservations (about sth); to hold back (from saying sth); to put aside for later | |
| 当初 當初 | at that time; originally | |
| 补 補 | to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement | |
| 丰富 豐富 | to enrich; rich; plentiful; abundant | |
| 吵 吵 | to quarrel; to make a noise; noisy; to disturb by making a noise | |
| 赶快 趕快 | quickly; at once | |
| 银 銀 | silver; silver-colored; relating to money or currency | |
| 进步 進步 | progress; improvement; to improve; to progress | |
| 亲自 親自 | personally; in person; oneself | |
| 尽量 儘量 | as much as possible; to the greatest extent | |
| 搬 搬 | to move (i.e. relocate oneself); to move (sth relatively heavy or bulky); to shift; to copy indiscriminately | |
| 恐怕 恐怕 | fear; to dread; I'm afraid that...; perhaps; maybe | |
| 汤 湯 | rushing current | |
| 提前 提前 | to shift to an earlier date; to do sth ahead of time; in advance | |
| 铁 鐵 | iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang) | |
| 基础 基礎 | base; foundation; basis; basic; fundamental | |
| 迷 迷 | to bewilder; crazy about; fan; enthusiast; lost; confused | |
| 生意 生意 | life force; vitality | |
| 费 費 | to cost; to spend; fee; wasteful; expenses | |
| 反正 反正 | anyway; in any case; to come over from the enemy's side | |
| 香 香 | fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic; savory or appetizing; (to eat) with relish; (of sleep) sound; perfume or spice; joss or incense stick | |
| 通常 通常 | regular; usual; normal; usually; normally | |
| 经营 經營 | to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate | |
| 付 付 | to pay; to hand over to; classifier for pairs or sets of things | |
| 制作 製作 | to make; to manufacture | |
| 退 退 | to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline | |
| 简直 簡直 | simply; really | |
| 前面 前面 | ahead; in front; preceding; above; also pr. [qián mian] | |
| 接近 接近 | to approach; to get close to | |
| 断 斷 | to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly | |
| 慢慢 慢慢 | slowly | |
| 复杂 複雜 | complicated; complex |