The Chinese Feast 1995
金玉满堂
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.
Vocabulary
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| 气 氣 | gas; air; smell; weather; to make angry; to annoy; to get angry; vital energy; qi | |
| 照片 照片 | photograph; picture | |
| 清楚 清楚 | clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about | |
| 眼 眼 | eye; small hole; crux (of a matter); classifier for big hollow things (wells, stoves, pots etc) | |
| 往 往 | to go (in a direction); to; towards; (of a train) bound for; past; previous | |
| 那样 那樣 | that kind; that sort | |
| 座 座 | seat; base; stand; (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address, e.g. 师座; classifier for buildings, mountains and similar immovable objects | |
| 好像 好像 | as if; to seem like | |
| 想到 想到 | to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate | |
| 店 店 | inn; old-style hotel; (bound form) shop; store | |
| 黑 黑 | abbr. for Heilongjiang province 黑龙江 | |
| 正常 正常 | regular; normal; ordinary | |
| 刚刚 剛剛 | just recently; just a moment ago | |
| 全部 全部 | whole; all | |
| 交 交 | to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); variant of 跤 | |
| 留 㽞 | to leave (a message etc); to retain; to stay; to remain; to keep; to preserve | |
| 算 算 | to regard as; to figure; to calculate; to compute | |
| 过来 過來 | to come over; to manage; to handle; to be able to take care of | |
| 办 辦 | to do; to manage; to handle; to go about; to run; to set up; to deal with | |
| 懂 懂 | to understand; to comprehend | |
| 米 米 | rice; meter (classifier) | |
| 段 段 | paragraph; section; segment; stage (of a process); classifier for stories, periods of time, lengths of thread etc | |
| 脸 臉 | face | |
| 靠 靠 | to lean against or on; to stand by the side of; to come near to; to depend on; to trust; to fuck (vulgar); traditional military costume drama where the performers wear armor (old) | |
| 狗 狗 | dog | |
| 份 份 | classifier for gifts, newspaper, magazine, papers, reports, contracts etc; variant of 分 | |
| 面 面 | face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc | |
| 影响 影響 | influence; effect; to influence; to affect (usually adversely); to disturb | |
| 句 句 | sentence; clause; phrase; classifier for phrases or lines of verse | |
| 选 選 | to choose; to pick; to select; to elect | |
| 组 組 | to form; to organize; group; team; classifier for sets, series, groups of people, batteries | |
| 方法 方法 | method; way; means | |
| 以为 以為 | to think (i.e. to take it to be true that ...) (Usually there is an implication that the notion is mistaken – except when expressing one's own current opinion.) | |
| 生 生 | to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; raw; uncooked; student | |
| 万 万 | ten thousand; a great number | |
| 讲 講 | to speak; to explain; to negotiate; to emphasize; to be particular about; as far as sth is concerned; speech; lecture | |
| 掉 掉 | to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) | |
| 真正 真正 | genuine; real; true; really; indeed | |
| 特别 特別 | unusual; special; very; especially; particularly; expressly; for a specific purpose; (often followed by 是) in particular | |
| 以前 以前 | before; formerly; previous; ago | |
| 加 加 | to add; plus; (used after an adverb such as 不, 大, 稍 etc, and before a disyllabic verb, to indicate that the action of the verb is applied to sth or sb previously mentioned); to apply (restrictions etc) to (sb); to give (support, consideration etc) to (sth) | |
| 变 變 | to change; to become different; to transform; to vary; rebellion | |
| 求 求 | to seek; to look for; to request; to demand; to beseech | |
| 完成 完成 | to complete; to accomplish | |
| 能够 能夠 | to be capable of; to be able to; can | |
| 道 道 | road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) | |
| 人们 人們 | people | |
| 分钟 分鐘 | minute | |
| 有人 有人 | someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom) | |
| 不同 不同 | different; distinct; not the same; not alike |