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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| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 贼 賊 | thief; traitor; wily; deceitful; evil; extremely | |
| 杀手 殺手 | killer; murderer; hit man; (sports) formidable player | |
| 粘 粘 | to glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to | |
| 寻 尋 | to search; to look for; to seek | |
| 港 港 | harbor; port | |
| 伴 伴 | partner; companion; comrade; associate; to accompany | |
| 汁 汁 | juice | |
| 完毕 完畢 | to finish; to end; to complete | |
| 砍 砍 | to chop; to cut down; to throw sth at sb | |
| 钥匙 鑰匙 | key | |
| 烤 烤 | to roast; to bake; to broil | |
| 醒来 醒來 | to waken | |
| 创 創 | a wound; cut; injury; trauma | |
| 屁股 屁股 | buttocks; bottom; butt; back part | |
| 告 告 | to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue | |
| 耍 耍 | to play with; to wield; to act (cool etc); to display (a skill, one's temper etc) | |
| 斗 斗 | abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 | |
| 业 業 | line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already | |
| 率 率 | rate; frequency | |
| 获胜 獲勝 | victorious; to win; to triumph | |
| 素 素 | raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever | |
| 灵魂 靈魂 | soul; spirit | |
| 粉 粉 | powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of | |
| 恭喜 恭喜 | to congratulate; (interj.) congratulations! | |
| 罗 羅 | gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift | |
| 所谓 所謂 | so-called; what is called | |
| 即 即 | namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 而已 而已 | that's all; nothing more | |
| 同志 同志 | comrade; (slang) homosexual | |
| 情 情 | feeling; emotion; passion; situation | |
| 未 未 | not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 活蹦乱跳 活蹦亂跳 | to leap and frisk about (idiom); lively; healthy and active | Idiom |
| 加减乘除 加減乘除 | addition, subtraction, multiplication and division: the four basic operations of arithmetic | Idiom |
| 浑水摸鱼 渾水摸魚 | to fish in troubled water (idiom); to take advantage of a crisis for personal gain | Idiom |
| 明争暗斗 明爭暗鬥 | (idiom) to fight openly and maneuver covertly | Idiom |
| 废寝忘餐 廢寢忘餐 | (idiom) to skip one's sleep and meals; to be completely wrapped up in one's work | Idiom |
| 鱼与熊掌 魚與熊掌 | lit. the fish and the bear's paw, you can't have both at the same time (idiom, from Mencius); fig. you must choose one or the other; you can't always get everything you want; you can't have your cake and eat it | Idiom |
| 奉公守法 奉公守法 | to carry out official duties and observe the law | Idiom |
| 饭桶 飯桶 | rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served); (fig.) fathead; a good-for-nothing | Xiehouyu |
| 斗气 鬥氣 | to have a grudge against | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 高手 高手 | expert; past master; dab hand | Xiehouyu |
| 宰了 宰了 | (coll.) (typically used hyperbolically) to kill (sb) | Colloquialism |
| 大舌头 大舌頭 | (coll.) lisp; one who lisps | Colloquialism |
| 发神经 發神經 | (coll.) to go crazy; to lose it; demented; unhinged | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |