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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4.66 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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总 總 zǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc HSK 3
内 內 nèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior HSK 3
关系 關係 guān xi relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi HSK 3
张 張 zhāng to open up; to spread; sheet of paper; classifier for flat objects, sheet; classifier for votes HSK 3
已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
继续 繼續 jì xù to continue; to proceed with; to go on with HSK 3
比赛 比賽 bǐ sài competition (sports etc); match; to compete HSK 3
世界 世界 shì jiè world HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
种 種 zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
说三道四 說三道四 shuō sān dào sì to make thoughtless remarks (idiom); to criticize; gossip Idiom ∼HSK 2
改行 改行 gǎi háng to change profession Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
下流 下流 xià liú lower course of a river; low-class; mean and lowly; vulgar; obscene Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
满汉 滿漢 Mǎn Hàn Manchurian-Chinese (relations) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
天津 天津 Tiān jīn Tianjin municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
三藩市 三藩市 Sān fān shì San Francisco (California) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
深圳 深圳 Shēn zhèn Shenzhen, sub-provincial city in Guangdong Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
四川 四川 Sì chuān Sichuan Province, capital Chengdu Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
满人 滿人 Mǎn rén a Manchu Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
泰国 泰國 Tài guó Thailand Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
大雪 大雪 Dà xuě Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
象 象 xiàng elephant; ivory; figure, image ∼HSK 2
满分 滿分 mǎn fēn full marks ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
欧 歐 Ōu translit.: Europe; ohm; surname ∼HSK 2
今晚 今晚 jīn wǎn tonight ∼HSK 2
十万 十萬 shí wàn hundred thousand ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
放生 放生 fàng shēng to set free a captive animal (in some cases, as an act of Buddhist mercy) ∼HSK 2
息 息 xī rest, put stop to, end, cease ∼HSK 2
别客气 別客氣 bié kè qi don't mention it; no formalities, please ∼HSK 2
接住 接住 jiē zhù to catch (sth thrown etc); to receive (sth given); to accept ∼HSK 2
八角 八角 bā jiǎo anise; star anise; aniseed; octagonal; Fructus Anisi stellati ∼HSK 2
平手 平手 píng shǒu (sports) draw; tie ∼HSK 2
黄鱼 黃魚 huáng yú yellow croaker (fish) ∼HSK 2