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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| 自强自立 自強自立 | to strive for self-improvement | |
| 何 何 | what (literary) | |
| 冷暖 冷暖 | lit. daily changes of temperature; fig. well-being; sb's comfort, health, prosperity etc | |
| 唬 唬 | to intimidate; to scare | |
| 神经病 神經病 | mental disorder; neuropathy; (derog.) mental case | |
| 骂人 罵人 | to swear or curse (at people); to scold or yell at someone | |
| 渍 漬 | soak, steep; dye; stains; sodden | |
| 煨 煨 | to stew, simmer | |
| 撷 擷 | pick up, gather up; hold in lap | |
| 切碎 切碎 | to chop | |
| 捣 搗 | pound, mash | |
| 胡椒 胡椒 | pepper | |
| 豉 豉 | fermented beans | |
| 鳌 鰲 | huge sea turtle | |
| 沁 沁 | soak into, seep in, percolate | |
| 焰 焰 | flame, blaze; glowing, blazing | |
| 芡 芡 | plant allied to the waterlily | |
| 碍 礙 | obstruct, hinder, block, deter | |
| 憨 憨 | foolish, silly, coquettish | |
| 师妹 師妹 | younger sister disciple | |
| 着凉 著涼 | to catch cold; Taiwan pr. [zhāo liáng] | |
| 年前 年前 | by the end of the year; at the end of the year; shortly before New Year | |
| 桃花 桃花 | peach blossom; (fig.) love affair | |
| 考核 考核 | to examine; to check up on; to assess; to review; appraisal; review; evaluation | |
| 舍得 捨得 | to be willing to part with sth | |
| 舍不得 捨不得 | to hate to do sth; to hate to part with; to begrudge | |
| 制成 製成 | to manufacture; to turn out (a product) | |
| 亏 虧 | deficiency; deficit; luckily; it's lucky that...; (often ironically) fancy that... | |
| 热量 熱量 | heat; quantity of heat; calorific value | |
| 延伸 延伸 | to extend; to spread | |
| 泉 泉 | spring (small stream); mouth of a spring; coin (archaic) | |
| 向上 向上 | upward; up; to advance; to try to improve oneself; to make progress | |
| 礼貌 禮貌 | courtesy; politeness; manners; courteous; polite | |
| 肠 腸 | intestines | |
| 客厅 客廳 | drawing room (room for arriving guests); living room | |
| 人间 人間 | the human world; the earth | |
| 餐馆 餐館 | restaurant | |
| 模糊 模糊 | vague; indistinct; fuzzy | |
| 朵 朵 | flower; earlobe; fig. item on both sides; classifier for flowers, clouds etc | |
| 师傅 師傅 | master; qualified worker; respectful form of address for older men | |
| 偷偷 偷偷 | stealthily; secretly; covertly; furtively; on the sly | |
| 干脆 乾脆 | candid; direct and to the point; simply; just; might as well | |
| 尽可能 儘可能 | as far as possible; to do one's utmost | |
| 完了 完了 | to be finished; to be done for; ruined; gone to the dogs; oh no | |
| 蔬菜 蔬菜 | vegetables | |
| 按摩 按摩 | massage; to massage | |
| 不止 不止 | incessantly; without end; more than; not limited to | |
| 不许 不許 | not to allow; must not; can't | |
| 辞职 辭職 | to resign | |
| 提起 提起 | to mention; to speak of; to lift; to pick up; to arouse; to raise (a topic, a heavy weight, one's fist, one's spirits etc) |