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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| 滚 滾 | to boil; to roll; to take a hike; Get lost! | |
| 可惜 可惜 | it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately | |
| 吐 吐 | to spit; to send out (silk from a silkworm, bolls from cotton flowers etc); to say; to pour out (one's grievances) | |
| 厉害 厲害 | (used to describe sb or sth that makes a very strong impression, whether favorable or unfavorable) terrible; intense; severe; devastating; amazing; awesome; outstanding; (of a person) stern; strict; harsh; shrewd; tough; (of an animal) fierce; (of a resemblance) striking; (of liquor or chili pepper) strong; (of bacteria) virulent | |
| 聪明 聰明 | intelligent; clever; bright; smart; acute (of sight and hearing) | |
| 吓 嚇 | to scare; to intimidate; to threaten; (interjection showing disapproval) tut-tut; (interjection showing astonishment) | |
| 剩下 剩下 | to remain; to be left over | |
| 偷 偷 | to steal; to pilfer; to snatch; thief; stealthily | |
| 戏 戲 | trick; drama; play; show | |
| 恨 恨 | to hate; to regret | |
| 加上 加上 | plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that | |
| 之中 之中 | inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during | |
| 竞争 競爭 | to compete; competition | |
| 鬼 鬼 | disembodied spirit; ghost; devil; (suffix) person with a certain vice or addiction etc; sly; crafty; resourceful (variant of 诡); one of the 28 constellations of ancient Chinese astronomy | |
| 呆 呆 | foolish; stupid; expressionless; blank; to stay | |
| 枪 槍 | gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots | |
| 讨厌 討厭 | to dislike; to loathe; disagreeable; troublesome; annoying | |
| 颗 顆 | classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc | |
| 棒 棒 | stick; club; cudgel; smart; capable; strong; wonderful; classifier for legs of a relay race | |
| 傻 傻 | foolish | |
| 冠军 冠軍 | champion | |
| 陪 陪 | to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 | |
| 神 神 | God; abbr. for 舟 | |
| 令 令 | to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem | |
| 声 聲 | sound; voice; tone; noise; reputation; classifier for sounds | |
| 杀 殺 | to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely | |
| 肯定 肯定 | to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) | |
| 搞 搞 | to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of | |
| 将 將 | will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) | |
| 可 可 | (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very | |
| 从一而终 從一而終 | faithful unto death (i.e. Confucian ban on widow remarrying) | Idiom |
| 王八 王八 | softshell turtle; cuckold; (old) male owner of a brothel | Xiehouyu |
| 来不及 來不及 | there's not enough time (to do sth); it's too late (to do sth) | Xiehouyu |
| 拉肚子 拉肚子 | (coll.) to have diarrhea | Colloquialism |
| 尾巴 尾巴 | tail; colloquial pr. [yǐ ba] | Colloquialism |
| 老公 老公 | (coll.) husband | Colloquialism |
| 老婆 老婆 | (coll.) wife | Colloquialism |
| 烧 燒 | to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head | Colloquialism |
| 帅 帥 | (bound form) commander-in-chief; (bound form) to lead; to command; handsome; graceful; dashing; elegant; (coll.) cool!; sweet!; (Chinese chess) general (on the red side, equivalent to a king in Western chess) | Colloquialism |
| 抱 抱 | to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely | Colloquialism |
| 方丈 方丈 | one of three fabled islands in Eastern sea, abode of immortals | Proper Noun |
| 唐朝 唐朝 | Tang dynasty | Proper Noun |
| 全港 全港 | whole territory of Hong Kong | Proper Noun |
| 哈佛大学 哈佛大學 | Harvard University | Proper Noun |
| 剑桥大学 劍橋大學 | University of Cambridge | Proper Noun |
| 清水 清水 | Qingshui (place name); Shimizu (Japanese surname and place name) | Proper Noun |
| 锦江 錦江 | Jinjiang district of Chengdu city, Sichuan | Proper Noun |
| 潮州 潮州 | Chaozhou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province; Chaozhou, township in Pingtung County, Taiwan; Chaozhou, variant of Minnan dialect spoken in east Guangdong | Proper Noun |
| 灶君 灶君 | Zaoshen, the god of the kitchen; also written 灶神 | Proper Noun |
| 孔子 孔子 | Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as | Proper Noun |