The Chinese Feast

The Chinese Feast 1995

金玉满堂 jīnyùmǎntáng

Within a few years, petty crook Chiu rises to gang leader. But his professional ambitions are actually quite different: he wants to leave illegality behind and make a career for himself and his lover in Canada... as a chef. However, this craft must first be learned and Chiu's talent in the field of cooking leaves much to be desired.

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Vocabulary

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千山万水 千山萬水 qiān shān wàn shuǐ 千: thousand; many, numerous; very; (Cant.) a cheater, swindler · 山: mountain, hill, peak · 万: ten thousand; innumerable · 水: water, liquid, lotion, juice Idiom ∼HSK 7
津津有味 津津有味 jīn jīn yǒu wèi with keen interest (idiom); with great pleasure; with gusto; eagerly Idiom HSK 7
一塌糊涂 一塌糊塗 yī tā hú tu muddled and completely collapsing (idiom); in an awful condition; complete shambles; a total mess Idiom HSK 7
神气 神氣 shén qì expression; manner; vigorous; impressive; lofty; pretentious Xiehouyu HSK 7
稀奇 稀奇 xī qí rare; strange Xiehouyu HSK 7
不定 不定 bù dìng indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious Xiehouyu HSK 7
多余 多餘 duō yú superfluous; unnecessary; surplus Xiehouyu HSK 7
嫂子 嫂子 sǎo zi (coll.) older brother's wife; sister-in-law Colloquialism HSK 7
成天 成天 chéng tiān (coll.) all day long; all the time Colloquialism HSK 7
宰 宰 zǎi to slaughter; to butcher; to kill (animals etc); (coll.) to fleece; to rip off; to overcharge; (bound form) to govern; to rule; (bound form) (a title for certain government officials in ancient China) Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
家伙 傢伙 jiā huo household dish, implement or furniture; domestic animal; (coll.) guy; chap; weapon Colloquialism HSK 7
大雁 大雁 dà yàn wild goose HSK 7
出山 出山 chū shān to leave the mountain (of a hermit); to come out of obscurity to a government job; to take a leading position HSK 7
酒楼 酒樓 jiǔ lóu restaurant HSK 7
公安局 公安局 gōng ān jú public security bureau (government office similar in function to a police station) HSK 7
胜出 勝出 shèng chū to come out on top; to win (in an election, contest etc); success; victory HSK 7
失传 失傳 shī chuán (of skills etc) to die out; lost; extinct HSK 7
茅台酒 茅臺酒 máo tái jiǔ maotai (a Chinese liquor) HSK 7
正月 正月 Zhēng yuè first month of the lunar year HSK 7
水温 水溫 shuǐ wēn water temperature HSK 7
传人 傳人 chuán rén to teach; to impart; a disciple; descendant HSK 7
火候 火候 huǒ hou heat control; (fig.) mastery; (fig.) crucial moment HSK 7
国宝 國寶 guó bǎo national treasure HSK 7
比试 比試 bǐ shì to have a competition; to measure with one's hand or arm; to make a gesture of measuring HSK 7
深奥 深奧 shēn ào profound; abstruse; recondite; profoundly HSK 7
指教 指教 zhǐ jiào to give advice or comments HSK 7
膳食 膳食 shàn shí meals; food HSK 7
折射 折射 zhé shè to refract; refraction; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of) HSK 7
单方面 單方面 dān fāng miàn unilateral HSK 7
美观 美觀 měi guān pleasing to the eye; beautiful; artistic HSK 7
次序 次序 cì xù sequence; order HSK 7
派别 派別 pài bié group; sect; clique; faction; school HSK 7
荣获 榮獲 róng huò be honored with HSK 7
通畅 通暢 tōng chàng unobstructed; clear; (of writing or thinking) coherent; fluent HSK 7
算账 算賬 suàn zhàng (accounting) to balance the books; to do the accounts; (fig.) to settle an account; to get one's revenge HSK 7
烹调 烹調 pēng tiáo to cook HSK 7
燕子 燕子 yàn zi swallow HSK 7
清凉 清涼 qīng liáng cool; refreshing; (of clothing) skimpy; revealing HSK 7
淀粉 澱粉 diàn fěn starch; amylum (C6H10O5)n HSK 7
品德 品德 pǐn dé moral character HSK 7
椰子 椰子 yē zi a coconut palm; a coconut HSK 7
摆平 擺平 bǎi píng to be fair; to be impartial; to settle (a matter etc) HSK 7
俄语 俄語 É yǔ Russian (language) HSK 7
汇集 匯集 huì jí to collect; to compile; to converge; also written 汇集 HSK 7
嗅觉 嗅覺 xiù jué sense of smell HSK 7
消遣 消遣 xiāo qiǎn to while the time away; amusement; pastime; recreation; to make sport of HSK 7
闹事 鬧事 nào shì to cause trouble; to create a disturbance HSK 7
顶多 頂多 dǐng duō at most; at best HSK 7
腥 腥 xīng fishy (smell) HSK 7