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%

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Vocabulary

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wéi hello (when answering the phone) HSK 2
yóu oil; fat; grease; petroleum; to apply tung oil, paint or varnish; oily; greasy; glib; cunning HSK 2
tīng shuō to hear (sth said); one hears (that); hearsay; listening and speaking HSK 2
zhōu weekend HSK 2
guó international HSK 2
guàn habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to HSK 2
xīn li chest; heart; mind HSK 2
céng to pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story; (math.) sheaf; classifier for layers HSK 2
zi day; a (calendar) date; days of one's life HSK 2
jiē see 节骨眼 HSK 2
liú xià to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go HSK 2
pái a row; a line; to set in order; to arrange; to line up; to eliminate; to drain; to push open; platoon; raft; classifier for lines, rows etc HSK 2
fāng xiàng direction; orientation HSK 2
tòng classifier for an activity, taken in its entirety (tirade of abuse, stint of music playing, bout of drinking etc) HSK 2
gāng cái just now; a moment ago HSK 2
yàng zi appearance; manner; pattern; model HSK 2
tiáo jiàn condition; circumstance; term; factor; requirement; prerequisite; qualification; situation; state; condition HSK 2
nián qīng young HSK 2
shí fēn very; completely; utterly; extremely; absolutely; hundred percent; to divide into ten equal parts HSK 2
hǎi ocean; sea; great number of people or things; (dialect) numerous HSK 2
jiā yóu to add oil; to top up with gas; to refuel; to accelerate; to step on the gas; (fig.) to make an extra effort; to cheer sb on HSK 2
yóu freedom; liberty; free; unrestricted HSK 2
hòu lái afterwards; later; newly arrived HSK 2
gēi used in 掰 HSK 2
chāo guò to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip HSK 2
jiǎo foot; leg (of an animal or an object); base (of an object); classifier for kicks HSK 2
chá to research; to check; to investigate; to examine; to refer to; to look up (e.g. a word in a dictionary) HSK 2
si idea; opinion; meaning; wish; desire; interest; fun; token of appreciation, affection etc; to give as a small token; to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc HSK 2
shēn biān at one's side; on hand HSK 2
duō many; a lot of; much HSK 2
滿 Mǎn Manchu ethnic group HSK 2
nòng to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with HSK 2
jiàn kāng health; healthy HSK 2
jié program; item (on a program) HSK 2
low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline HSK 2
miàn qián in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of) HSK 2
to pass; to spend (time); measure; limit; extent; degree of intensity; degree (angles, temperature etc); kilowatt-hour; classifier for events and occurrences HSK 2
chóng xīn again; once more; re- HSK 2
to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhaps HSK 2
zhǐ néng can only; obliged to do sth; to have no other choice HSK 2
jīng guò to pass; to go through; process; course HSK 2
biàn chéng to change into; to turn into; to become HSK 2
shōu to receive; to accept; to collect; to put away; to restrain; to stop; in care of (used on address line after name) HSK 2
bān same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general HSK 2
huān yíng to welcome; welcome HSK 2
hóng red; popular; revolutionary; bonus HSK 2
men they (for inanimate objects) HSK 2
yuán lái original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out HSK 2
jiǔ wine (esp. rice wine); liquor; spirits; alcoholic beverage HSK 2
dǎo to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt; to overthrow; to change (trains or buses); to move around; to resell at a profit HSK 2