This Is Not What I Expected

This Is Not What I Expected 2017

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Lu Jin is a handsome, wealthy hotel executive whose drive for perfection is matched only by his taste for fine cuisine. When he checks into the Rosebud, he's dissatisfied with everything he sees and is ready to take action... until flamboyant female sous chef Gu Shengnan creates the perfectionist what may be a perfect meal. Now, these bitter rivals find themselves brought together in the kitchen in this light-hearted romantic comedy, infused with fun and flavors to create a delicious dish that foodies around the world wouldn't dare to miss.

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3.97 Beginner Director Derek Hui Wang-Yu 🍅 78%

Cast

Takeshi Kaneshiro Takeshi Kaneshiro Lu Jin Zhou Dongyu Zhou Dongyu Gu Shengnan Xi Mengyao Xi Mengyao Xu Zhaodi Tony Yang Tony Yang Cheng Ziqian Sun Yizhou Sun Yizhou Meng Xinjie Chang Kuo-Chu Chang Kuo-Chu Jin's Father Lin Chi-ling Lin Chi-ling Lu Jin's Personal Chef Gao Xiaosong Gao Fushuai Quan Tong Quan Tong Chef Shuai Yuan Zhong Yuan Yuan Zhong Yuan Acquisition Representative

Vocabulary

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教练 教練 jiào liàn instructor; sports coach; trainer HSK 3
交流 交流 jiāo liú to exchange; exchange; communication; interaction; to have social contact (with sb) HSK 3
证据 證據 zhèng jù evidence; proof; testimony HSK 3
退 退 tuì to retreat; to withdraw; to reject; to return (sth); to decline HSK 3
价格 價格 jià gé price HSK 3
修 修 xiū to decorate; to embellish; to repair; to build; to write; to cultivate; to study; to take (a class) HSK 3
具有 具有 jù yǒu to have; to possess HSK 3
接近 接近 jiē jìn to approach; to get close to HSK 3
钟 鐘 zhōng clock; o'clock; time as measured in hours and minutes; bell HSK 3
断 斷 duàn to break; to snap; to cut off; to give up or abstain from sth; to judge; (usu. used in the negative) absolutely; definitely; decidedly HSK 3
胜 勝 shèng victory; success; to beat; to defeat; to surpass; victorious; superior to; to get the better of; better than; surpassing; superb (of vista); beautiful (scenery); wonderful (view); (Taiwan pr. [shēng]) able to bear; equal to (a task) HSK 3
表达 表達 biǎo dá to express; to convey HSK 3
奇怪 奇怪 qí guài strange; odd; to marvel; to be baffled HSK 3
周围 周圍 zhōu wéi environs; surroundings; periphery HSK 3
合 合 hé to close; to join; to fit; to be equal to; whole; together; round (in battle); conjunction (astronomy); 1st note of pentatonic scale; old variant of 盒 HSK 3
杂志 雜誌 zá zhì magazine HSK 3
顿 頓 dùn to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal HSK 3
大概 大概 dà gài roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea HSK 3
对手 對手 duì shǒu opponent; rival; competitor; (well-matched) adversary; match HSK 3
猪 豬 zhū hog; pig; swine HSK 3
配 配 pèi to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate HSK 3
美好 美好 měi hǎo beautiful; fine HSK 3
麻烦 麻煩 má fan trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble HSK 3
艺术 藝術 yì shù art HSK 3
调 調 diào to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody HSK 3
期 朞 qī a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qí] HSK 3
宣布 宣佈 xuān bù to declare; to announce; to proclaim HSK 3
皮 皮 pí leather; skin; fur; pico- (one trillionth); naughty HSK 3
伟大 偉大 wěi dà huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc) HSK 3
事业 事業 shì yè undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation HSK 3
范围 範圍 fàn wéi range; scope; limit; extent HSK 3
标准 標準 biāo zhǔn standard; norm; criterion; (adjective) standard; good; correct; conforming to a standard HSK 3
传 傳 chuán to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity) HSK 3
完美 完美 wán měi perfect HSK 3
理由 理由 lǐ yóu reason; grounds; justification HSK 3
集中 集中 jí zhōng to concentrate; to centralize; to focus; centralized; concentrated; to put together HSK 3
经验 經驗 jīng yàn experience; to experience HSK 3
美丽 美麗 měi lì beautiful HSK 3
观众 觀眾 guān zhòng spectators; audience; visitors (to an exhibition etc) HSK 3
感情 感情 gǎn qíng emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons HSK 3
上面 上面 shàng miàn on top of; above-mentioned; also pr. [shàng mian] HSK 3
媒体 媒體 méi tǐ media, esp. news media HSK 3
不断 不斷 bù duàn unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant HSK 3
达到 達到 dá dào to reach; to achieve; to attain HSK 3
从来 從來 cóng lái always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence) HSK 3
救 捄 jiù to save; to assist; to rescue HSK 3
祝 祝 zhù to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies HSK 3
老板 老闆 lǎo bǎn boss; business proprietor HSK 3
火 火 huǒ fire; urgent; ammunition; fiery or flaming; internal heat (Chinese medicine); hot (popular); classifier for military units (old); Kangxi radical 86 HSK 3
难道 難道 nán dào don't tell me ...; could it be that...? HSK 3