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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| 明知 明知 | to be fully aware of; to know perfectly well | |
| 又来了 又來了 | Here we go again. | |
| 省得 省得 | to avoid; so as to save (money or time) | |
| 做完 做完 | to finish; to complete the task | |
| 离家出走 離家出走 | to leave home (to live somewhere else) | |
| 大半夜 大半夜 | the middle of the night | |
| 夜店 夜店 | nightclub | |
| 用得上 用得上 | needed; to come in useful | |
| 卖掉 賣掉 | to sell off | |
| 看医生 看醫生 | to visit a doctor | |
| 往前 往前 | (in) the past; ahead; forward; in the future | |
| 套话 套話 | polite phrase; conventional greetings; cliché; to try to worm facts out of sb | |
| 备 備 | prepare, ready, perfect | |
| 绍 紹 | continue, carry on; join | |
| 下酒 下酒 | to be appropriate to have with alcohol; to down one's drink | |
| 正装 正裝 | formal dress | |
| 知道了 知道了 | OK!; Got it! | |
| 丈人 丈人 | wife's father (father-in-law); old man | |
| 带回 帶回 | to bring back | |
| 不太 不太 | Not too | |
| 请客 請客 | to give a dinner party; to entertain guests; to invite to dinner | |
| 做生意 做生意 | to do business | |
| 关机 關機 | to turn off (a machine or device); to finish shooting a film | |
| 大自然 大自然 | nature (the natural world) | |
| 笔记 筆記 | to take down (in writing); notes; a type of literature consisting mainly of short sketches | |
| 老是 老是 | always | |
| 快要 快要 | nearly at the point of (doing sth); about to (do sth) | |
| 饱 飽 | to eat till full; satisfied | |
| 从小 從小 | from childhood; from a young age | |
| 商量 商量 | to consult; to talk over; to discuss | |
| 不但 不但 | not only (... but also ...) | |
| 凉 涼 | the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南凉 (397-414), Western Liang 西凉 (400-421) | |
| 刻 刻 | quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals | |
| 不一定 不一定 | not necessarily; maybe | |
| 姓 姓 | family name; surname; to be surnamed | |
| 青年 青年 | youth; youthful years; young person; the young | |
| 咱 偺 | see 咱 | |
| 小时候 小時候 | in one's childhood | |
| 好久 好久 | quite a while | |
| 碗 㼝 | bowl; cup | |
| 碰 掽 | to touch; to meet with; to bump | |
| 不好意思 不好意思 | to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) | |
| 客人 客人 | visitor; guest; customer; client | |
| 送给 送給 | to send; to give as a present | |
| 不如 不如 | not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to | |
| 理想 理想 | an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect | |
| 绿 綠 | green; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子) to cheat on (one's spouse or boyfriend or girlfriend) | |
| 道理 道理 | reason; argument; sense; principle; basis; justification | |
| 放心 放心 | to feel relieved; to feel reassured; to be at ease | |
| 大人 大人 | adult; grownup; title of respect toward superiors |