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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| 俩 倆 | two (colloquial equivalent of 两个); both; some | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 东坡 東坡 | Dongpo District of Meishan City, Sichuan | Proper Noun |
| 东坡肉 東坡肉 | stir-fried pork, favorite of Northern Song writer Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼, a.k.a. Su Dongpo 蘇東坡|苏东坡 | Proper Noun |
| 我的世界 我的世界 | Minecraft (video game) | Proper Noun |
| 威廉 威廉 | William or Wilhelm (name) | Proper Noun |
| 没想到 沒想到 | didn't expect | |
| 贝 貝 | sea shell; money, currency | |
| 怎么会 怎麼會 | how could it | |
| 什么事 什麼事 | what matter | |
| 打扰了 打擾了 | sorry to interrupt you, but...; sorry to have bothered you; sorry, I have to go; (slang) (coined c. 2017) used facetiously to terminate a conversation (esp. online) when the other person is being insufferable | |
| 投资人 投資人 | investor | |
| 当季 當季 | this season; the current season | |
| 知 知 | know | |
| 处世 處世 | to conduct oneself in society | |
| 下厨 下廚 | to go to the kitchen (to prepare a meal); to cook | |
| 呼气 呼氣 | to breathe out | |
| 呼 呼 | breathe sigh, exhale; call, shout | |
| 早安 早安 | Good morning! | |
| 谢 謝 | thank | |
| 绩效 績效 | performance; results; achievement | |
| 稿 稾 | draft, manuscript, rough copy | |
| 烧钱 燒錢 | to burn joss paper; (fig.) to flush money down the toilet | |
| 屁 屁 | break wind; fart; buttocks | |
| 一肚子 一肚子 | bellyful (of sth); full of (sth) | |
| 害死 害死 | to kill; to cause death; to do sb to death | |
| 可不 可不 | that's just the way it is; exactly! | |
| 美感 美感 | sense of beauty; aesthetic perception | |
| 狠狠 狠狠 | resolutely; firmly; ferociously; ruthlessly | |
| 农药 農藥 | agricultural chemical; farm chemical; pesticide | |
| 小黄瓜 小黃瓜 | gherkin | |
| 胺基酸 胺基酸 | (Tw) amino acid | |
| 份量 份量 | variant of | |
| 骨 骨 | bone; skeleton; frame, framework | |
| 配方 配方 | prescription; cooking recipe; formulation; completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.) | |
| 这样子 這樣子 | so; such; this way; like this | |
| 大王 大王 | king; magnate; person having expert skill in something | |
| 竹 竹 | bamboo; flute; KangXi radical 118 | |
| 挑高 挑高 | (architecture) high-ceilinged; to raise (a ceiling) to a height of; ceiling height | |
| 安好心 安好心 | to have good intentions | |
| 治好 治好 | to cure | |
| 尤其是 尤其是 | especially; most of all; above all; in particular | |
| 军车 軍車 | military vehicle | |
| 能干 能幹 | capable; competent | |
| 大妈 大媽 | father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman) | |
| 讲究 講究 | to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen | |
| 使劲 使勁 | to exert all one's strength | |
| 优美 優美 | graceful; fine; elegant | |
| 穷人 窮人 | poor people; the poor | |
| 名片 名片 | (business) card |