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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不可理喻 不可理喻 bù kě lǐ yù (idiom) impervious to reason; unreasonable Idiom ∼HSK 6
青出于蓝而胜于蓝 青出於藍而勝於藍 qīng chū yú lán ér shèng yú lán lit. the color blue is made out of indigo but is more vivid than indigo (idiom); fig. the student surpasses the master Idiom ∼HSK 6
凶多吉少 凶多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); fig. inauspicious; everything points to disaster Idiom ∼HSK 6
命根子 命根子 mìng gēn zi lifeblood; the thing that one cherishes most in life; (coll.) family jewels (male genitals) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自作多情 自作多情 zì zuò - duō qíng to imagine that one's love is reciprocated; to shower affection on an uninterested party Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
自欺欺人 自欺欺人 zì qī qī rén to deceive others and to deceive oneself; to believe one's own lies Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
名不虚传 名不虛傳 míng bù xū chuán (idiom) to live up to one's famous name; its reputation is well deserved Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
无理取闹 無理取鬧 wú lǐ qǔ nào to make trouble without reason (idiom); to be deliberately provocative Xiehouyu HSK 6
不通 不通 bù tōng to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical Xiehouyu HSK 6
真格的 真格的 zhēn gé de (coll.) serious; real; true Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
关你屁事 關你屁事 guān nǐ pì shì (coll.) None of your goddamn business!; Mind your own business! Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
就算 就算 jiù suàn (coll.) even if Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
有没有 有沒有 yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
指着 指著 zhǐzhe Poke HSK 6
素菜 素菜 sù cài vegetable dish ∼HSK 6
精油 精油 jīng yóu essential oil ∼HSK 6
吃素 吃素 chī sù to be a vegetarian ∼HSK 6
弄瓦 弄瓦 nòng wǎ (literary) to have a baby girl; to celebrate the birth of a daughter ∼HSK 6
清爽 清爽 qīng shuǎng fresh and cool; relaxed ∼HSK 6
别理 別理 bié lǐ don't get involved; ignore it!; don't have anything to do with (him, her etc); don't speak to ∼HSK 6
啰嗦 囉嗦 luō suo variant of ∼HSK 6
添麻烦 添麻煩 tiān má fan to cause trouble for sb; to inconvenience ∼HSK 6
菜谱 菜譜 cài pǔ menu (in restaurant); recipe; cookbook ∼HSK 6
腰杆子 腰桿子 yāo gǎn zi waist; small of the back; (fig.) backing ∼HSK 6
如期 如期 rú qī as scheduled; on time; punctual ∼HSK 6
牵手 牽手 qiān shǒu to hold hands ∼HSK 6
龙虾 龍蝦 lóng xiā lobster ∼HSK 6
营养不良 營養不良 yíng yǎng bù liáng malnutrition; undernourishment; deficiency disease; dystrophy ∼HSK 6
烟熏 煙燻 yān xūn smoke; to fumigate ∼HSK 6
宅男 宅男 zhái nán a guy who stays at home all the time, typically spending a lot of time playing online games (derived from Japanese "otaku") ∼HSK 6
服服贴贴 服服貼貼 fú fú tiē tiē docile and obedient; submissive; perfectly compliant (idiom) ∼HSK 6
便当 便當 biàn dāng convenient; handy; easy; bento (a meal in a partitioned box); lunchbox ∼HSK 6
闭着 閉著 bì zhe closed ∼HSK 6
偿命 償命 cháng mìng to pay with one's life ∼HSK 6
国标 國標 guó biāo national standard; international standard ballroom dancing ∼HSK 6
畅快 暢快 chàng kuài carefree ∼HSK 6
淋漓 淋漓 lín lí dripping wet; pouring; saturated; (fig.) uninhibited; fluid; emotionally unrestrained; extreme ∼HSK 6
凉粉 涼粉 liáng fěn liangfen (Chinese dish); grass jelly (Chinese dish) ∼HSK 6
兼具 兼具 jiān jù to combine; to have both ∼HSK 6
消暑 消暑 xiāo shǔ to spend a summer holiday; to beat the summer heat ∼HSK 6
麻糬 麻糬 má shǔ (transliteration of Japanese "mochi") sticky rice balls; mochi ∼HSK 6
蒟蒻 蒟蒻 jǔ ruò konjac, konnyaku or devil's tongue (Amorphophallus konjac), plant whose corms are used to make a stiff jelly (as a food) ∼HSK 6
高纤维 高纖維 gāo xiān wéi high fiber ∼HSK 6
榴莲 榴蓮 liú lián durian fruit; Durio zibethinus ∼HSK 6
抵抗力 抵抗力 dǐ kàng lì resistance; immunity ∼HSK 6
苏打 蘇打 sū dá (loanword) soda; (loanword) carbonated drink; soft drink ∼HSK 6
诗情画意 詩情畫意 shī qíng huà yì picturesque charm; idyllic appeal; poetic grace ∼HSK 6
荤菜 葷菜 hūn cài non-vegetarian dish (including meat, fish, garlic, onion etc) ∼HSK 6
暴发户 暴發戶 bào fā hù newly rich; parvenu; upstart ∼HSK 6