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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| 糊涂 糊塗 | muddled; silly; confused | |
| 丫头 丫頭 | girl; servant girl; (used deprecatingly, but sometimes also as a term of endearment) | |
| 有助于 有助於 | to contribute to; to promote | |
| 恶化 惡化 | to worsen | |
| 顺着 順著 | to follow; following; along | |
| 坏事 壞事 | bad thing; misdeed; to ruin things | |
| 发誓 發誓 | to vow; to pledge; to swear | |
| 笨蛋 笨蛋 | fool; idiot | |
| 滋味 滋味 | taste; flavor; feeling | |
| 拜托 拜託 | to request sb to do sth; please! | |
| 出手 出手 | to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task | |
| 规矩 規矩 | lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved | |
| 纯粹 純粹 | pure; unadulterated; purely; completely | |
| 指望 指望 | to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope | |
| 略 略 | brief; sketchy; outline; summary; to omit; (bound form before a single-character verb) a bit; somewhat; slightly; plan; strategy; to capture (territory) | |
| 姜 薑 | ginger | |
| 背叛 背叛 | to betray | |
| 采 採 | to pick; to pluck; to collect; to select; to choose; to gather | |
| 好笑 好笑 | laughable; funny; ridiculous | |
| 有意 有意 | to intend; intentionally; interested in | |
| 肩膀 肩膀 | shoulder | |
| 熬 熬 | to boil; to simmer | |
| 都会 都會 | city; metropolis | |
| 实话 實話 | truth | |
| 玫瑰 玫瑰 | rugosa rose (shrub) (Rosa rugosa); rose flower | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 娶 娶 | to take a wife; to marry (a woman) | |
| 瓦 瓦 | roof tile; abbr. for 特 | |
| 甩 甩 | to throw; to fling; to swing; to leave behind; to throw off; to dump (sb) | |
| 独 獨 | alone; independent; single; sole; only | |
| 堂 堂 | (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture | |
| 董事会 董事會 | board of directors | |
| 寂寞 寂寞 | lonely; lonesome; (of a place) quiet; silent | |
| 温柔 溫柔 | gentle and soft; tender; sweet (commonly used to describe a girl or woman) | |
| 砍 砍 | to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb | |
| 栋 棟 | classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old) | |
| 钥匙 鑰匙 | key | |
| 一阵 一陣 | a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time) | |
| 丁 丁 | male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 干; fourth (used like "4" or "D"); small cube of meat or vegetable; (literary) to encounter; (archaic) ancient Chinese compass point: 195°; (chemistry) butyl | |
| 惹 惹 | to provoke; to irritate; to vex; to stir up; to anger; to attract (troubles); to cause (problems) | |
| 素 素 | raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever | |
| 唉 唉 | interjection or grunt of agreement or recognition (e.g. yes, it's me!); to sigh | |
| 粉 粉 | powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 盯 盯 | to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on; to stare at; to gaze at | |
| 制 製 | to manufacture; to make | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 以 㕥 | to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it |