The God of Cookery 1996
食神
The most renowned and feared chef in the world loses his title of God of Cookery because of his pompous attitude. Humbled, he sets out to reclaim his title.
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Vocabulary
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| 饮 飲 | drink | |
| 乞 乞 | beg; request | |
| 献花 獻花 | to offer flowers; to lay flowers (as a memorial) | |
| 初恋 初戀 | first love | |
| 参赛者 參賽者 | competitor | |
| 阿弥陀佛 阿彌陀佛 | Amitabha Buddha (also a Buddhist greeting) | |
| 至尊 至尊 | the most honorable; the most respected; supreme; (archaic) the emperor | |
| 砌 砌 | to build, pile up; stone steps, brick walk | |
| 嗅 嗅 | smell, scent, sniff; olfactive | |
| 老兄 老兄 | elder brother (often used self-referentially); (form of address between male friends) old chap; buddy | |
| 吓坏 嚇壞 | to be terrified; to terrify sb | |
| 有弹性 有彈性 | flexible | |
| 宜 宜 | suitable | |
| 腕 腕 | wrist | |
| 搞错 搞錯 | mistake; to make a mistake; to blunder; mistaken | |
| 昆 崐 | elder brother; descendants | |
| 什么话 什麼話 | what kind of talk | |
| 帐 帳 | tent; account | |
| 卜 卜 | fortune telling; prophesy | |
| 娇 嬌 | seductive and loveable; tender | |
| 有资格 有資格 | to be entitled; to qualify; to be qualified | |
| 揩 揩 | rub and wipe, dust, clean | |
| 梦遗 夢遺 | wet dream; nocturnal emission | |
| 毒素 毒素 | toxin; (fig.) pernicious influence | |
| 掌 掌 | palm of hand, sole of foot, paw | |
| 劳烦 勞煩 | to inconvenience; to trouble (sb with a request) | |
| 怎么搞的 怎麼搞的 | How did it happen?; What's wrong?; What went wrong?; What's up? | |
| 酿 釀 | brew, ferment | |
| 箕 箕 | sieve; dust pan, garbage bag | |
| 燕 燕 | swallow (bird); comfort, enjoy | |
| 眉头 眉頭 | brows | |
| 斑 斑 | mottled, striped, freckle | |
| 腩 腩 | brisket; belly beef; spongy meat from cow's underside and neighboring ribs; see esp. Cantonese; erroneously translated as sirloin | |
| 斋 齋 | vegetarian fast | |
| 甜品 甜品 | dessert | |
| 射灯 射燈 | spotlight | |
| 盲 盲 | blind; unperceptive, shortsighted | |
| 鞭 鞭 | whip; whip; string of firecrackers | |
| 尸 屍 | corpse; to impersonate the dead; to preside; KangXi radical 44 | |
| 油锅 油鍋 | a deep fryer | |
| 阻 阻 | impede, hinder, obstruct; oppose | |
| 财源 財源 | financial resources; source of revenue | |
| 待会 待會 | wait a minute; stop a while | |
| 么 麼 | interrogative particle (variant of 嘛) | |
| 谈恋爱 談戀愛 | to be in a romantic relationship; to go steady; to be dating | |
| 献丑 獻醜 | (used self-deprecatingly, e.g. when asked to sing a song) to put one's artistic incompetence on display | |
| 热恋 熱戀 | to fall head over heels in love; to be passionately in love | |
| 管闲事 管閒事 | to meddle; to be a "nosy Parker"; to be too inquisitive about other people's business | |
| 韧 韌 | strong and pliable, resilient | |
| 笃 篤 | deep, true, sincere, genuine |