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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yīn yǐng (lit. and fig.) shadow HSK 6
to look after; to take into consideration; to attend to HSK 6
jūn bacterium; germ HSK 6
pèi to pair up; to match; to arrange in pairs; to add sth into a group HSK 6
bào qiàn to be sorry; to feel apologetic; sorry! HSK 6
jiàng thick paste of fermented soybean; marinated in soy paste; paste; jam HSK 6
to arrive; to reach (a destination) HSK 6
fàng shǒu to let go one's hold; to give up; to have a free hand HSK 6
tóng identical; the same HSK 6
guò to pass by or through HSK 6
jiǎn to pick up; to collect; to gather HSK 6
suàn le let it be; let it pass; forget about it HSK 6
guān unrelated; having nothing to do (with sth else) HSK 6
chuàng creative; creativity HSK 6
dào qiàn to apologize HSK 6
cǎi to step on; to tread; to stamp; to press a pedal; to pedal (a bike); (online) to downvote HSK 6
píng héng balance; equilibrium HSK 6
lonely; solitary HSK 6
cān meal; to eat; classifier for meals HSK 6
zhǔ to cook; to boil HSK 6
kuài cheerful; cheerily; delightful; pleasant; pleasantly; pleasing; happy; delighted HSK 6
qíng passion; fervor; enthusiasm; strong emotion HSK 6
zhì as for; as to; to go so far as to HSK 6
tuán duì team HSK 6
zài shuō to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides HSK 6
liáo to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly HSK 6
shuǎng bright; clear; crisp; open; frank; straightforward; to feel well; fine; pleasurable; invigorating; to deviate HSK 6
jīng nice surprise; to be pleasantly surprised HSK 6
pagoda; tower; minaret; stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo) HSK 6
zhuàn to earn; to make a profit HSK 6
Sāi Serbia; Serbian; abbr. for 塞尔维亚 HSK 6
tuō to drag; to tow; to trail; to hang down; to mop (the floor); to delay; to drag on HSK 6
suàn shì considered to be; at last HSK 6
chéng nuò to promise; to undertake to do something; commitment HSK 6
jiě to divide; to break up; to split; to separate; to dissolve; to solve; to melt; to remove; to untie; to loosen; to open; to emancipate; to explain; to understand; to know; a solution; a dissection HSK 6
bào to explode or burst; to quick fry or quick boil HSK 6
qíng mood; state of mind; moodiness HSK 6
thigh; part of a whole; portion of a sum; (stock) share; strand of a thread; low-level administrative unit, translated as "section" or "department" etc, ranked below 科; classifier for long winding things like ropes, rivers etc; classifier for smoke, smells etc: thread, puff, whiff; classifier for bands of people, gangs etc; classifier for sudden forceful actions HSK 6
texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up HSK 6
fàn to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) HSK 6
cuò guò to miss (train, opportunity etc) HSK 6
Zàng Tibet; abbr. for Xizang or Tibet Autonomous Region 藏 HSK 6
zhāo to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess HSK 6
sài to compete; competition; match; to surpass; better than; superior to; to excel HSK 6
variant of 逼; to compel; to pressure HSK 6
zài no more; no longer HSK 6
Wow!; sound of a child's crying; sound of vomiting HSK 6
(onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat HSK 6
(of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by HSK 6
and; to give; together with HSK 6