The Chinese Feast

The Chinese Feast 1995

jīnmǎntáng

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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xián to dislike; suspicion; resentment; enmity; abbr. for 犯, criminal suspect HSK 6
yáng ocean; vast; foreign; silver dollar or coin HSK 6
chāo chū to exceed; to overstep; to go too far; to encroach HSK 6
quē xiàn defect; flaw HSK 6
dào irrigation ditch; (fig.) channel; means HSK 6
huì zhǎng president of a club, committee etc HSK 6
xiǎng bu dào unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that HSK 6
fǎn kàng to resist; to rebel HSK 6
huáng emperor HSK 6
duān extreme HSK 6
zhài debt HSK 6
jiā bīn esteemed guest; honored guest; guest (on a show) HSK 6
chuàn to string together; to skewer; to connect wrongly; to gang up; to rove; string; bunch; skewer; classifier for things that are strung together, or in a bunch, or in a row: string of, bunch of, series of; to make a swift or abrupt linear movement (like a bead on an abacus); to move across HSK 6
yuán land used for growing plants; site used for public recreation; abbr. for a place ending in 园, such as a botanical garden 植物园, kindergarten 幼儿园 etc HSK 6
chū shì to have an accident; to meet with a mishap HSK 6
xīn rén newcomer; fresh talent; newlywed, esp. new bride; bride and groom; (paleoanthropology) Homo sapiens HSK 6
to rub; to grind; to polish; to sharpen; to wear down; to die out; to waste time; to pester; to insist HSK 6
biān yuán edge; fringe; verge; brink; periphery; marginal; borderline HSK 6
jiàng thick paste of fermented soybean; marinated in soy paste; paste; jam HSK 6
diē to fall; to tumble; to trip; (of prices etc) to drop; Taiwan pr. [dié] HSK 6
cóng méi never (in the past); never did HSK 6
jiù mìng to save sb's life; (interj.) Help!; Save me! HSK 6
yuē treaty; contract HSK 6
dào main street; avenue HSK 6
tiān xià land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule HSK 6
hěn ruthless; fierce; ferocious; determined; to harden (one's heart); old variant of 很 HSK 6
suàn le let it be; let it pass; forget about it HSK 6
le a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) HSK 6
cǎn miserable; wretched; cruel; inhuman; disastrous; tragic; dim; gloomy HSK 6
zhá used in 挣扎 HSK 6
pàn to judge; to sentence; to discriminate; to discern; clearly distinguishable HSK 6
zhāng chapter; section; clause; movement (of symphony); seal; badge; regulation; order HSK 6
shēng to promote (to a higher-ranking position); to lift; to hoist; (fig.) to elevate; to raise; to improve HSK 6
shī great master; master HSK 6
dào qiàn to apologize HSK 6
quán with all one's strength; full strength; all-out (effort); fully (support) HSK 6
gōng palace; temple; castration (as corporal punishment); first note in pentatonic scale HSK 6
kěn to agree; to consent; to be willing to HSK 6
jiè (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm HSK 6
to bet; to gamble HSK 6
yūn confused; dizzy; giddy; to faint; to swoon; to lose consciousness; to pass out HSK 6
race; nationality; ethnicity; clan; by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族) HSK 6
cān meal; to eat; classifier for meals HSK 6
zhǔ to cook; to boil HSK 6
field; plain; open space; limit; boundary; rude; feral HSK 6
sài grand contest HSK 6
xíng to appear; to look; form; shape HSK 6
piào share certificate; stock (finance) HSK 6
lòu to show; to reveal; to betray; to expose HSK 6
liào material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess HSK 6