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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脸红耳赤 臉紅耳赤 liǎn hóng ěr chì 脸: face; cheek; reputation · 红: red, vermillion; blush, flush · 耳: ear; merely, only; handle Idiom ∼HSK 7
一干二净 一乾二淨 yī gān èr jìng thoroughly (idiom); completely; one and all; very clean Idiom HSK 7
天长地久 天長地久 tiān cháng dì jiǔ enduring while the world lasts (idiom); eternal Idiom HSK 7
巴不得 巴不得 bā bu de (coll.) to be eager for; to long for; to look forward to Xiehouyu HSK 7
高调 高調 gāo diào high-sounding speech; bombast; high-profile Xiehouyu HSK 7
不定 不定 bù dìng indefinite; indeterminate; (botany) adventitious Xiehouyu HSK 7
挑剔 挑剔 tiāo ti picky; fussy Xiehouyu HSK 7
莫名其妙 莫名其妙 mò míng qí miào (idiom) baffling; bizarre; without rhyme or reason; inexplicable Xiehouyu HSK 7
高贵 高貴 gāo guì grandeur; noble Xiehouyu HSK 7
开支 開支 kāi zhī expenditures; expenses; to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages Colloquialism HSK 7
操控 操控 cāo kòng to control; to manipulate HSK 7
茶道 茶道 chá dào Japanese tea ceremony; sado HSK 7
欠条 欠條 qiàn tiáo IOU; certificate of indebtedness HSK 7
清明 清明 Qīng míng Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 5th-19th April; Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April) HSK 7
指教 指教 zhǐ jiào to give advice or comments HSK 7
灰心 灰心 huī xīn to lose heart; to be discouraged HSK 7
化肥 化肥 huà féi fertilizer HSK 7
油腻 油膩 yóu nì greasy food; oily food; (of food) greasy; oily; fatty; (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious; pretentious; vulgar HSK 7
透彻 透徹 tòu chè penetrating; thorough; incisive HSK 7
衬托 襯托 chèn tuō to set off HSK 7
命题 命題 mìng tí proposition (logic, math.); to assign an essay topic HSK 7
冤 冤 yuān injustice; grievance; wrong HSK 7
口罩 口罩 kǒu zhào mask (surgical etc) HSK 7
嫌弃 嫌棄 xián qì to regard with disdain; to shun HSK 7
湿度 濕度 shī dù humidity level HSK 7
新颖 新穎 xīn yǐng lit. new bud; fig. new and original HSK 7
火锅 火鍋 huǒ guō hotpot HSK 7
少有 少有 shǎo yǒu rare; infrequent HSK 7
像样 像樣 xiàng yàng presentable; decent; up to par HSK 7
耽搁 耽擱 dān ge to tarry; to delay; to stop over HSK 7
煲 煲 bāo to cook slowly over a low flame; pot; saucepan HSK 7
招数 招數 zhāo shù move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts); gambit; trick; scheme; movement; same as 着数 HSK 7
裁员 裁員 cái yuán to cut staff; to lay off employees HSK 7
夕阳 夕陽 xī yáng sunset; the setting sun HSK 7
抑郁症 抑鬱症 yì yù zhèng clinical depression HSK 7
巅峰 巔峰 diān fēng summit; apex; pinnacle (of one's career etc); peak (of a civilization etc) HSK 7
疏忽 疏忽 shū hu to neglect; to overlook; negligence; carelessness HSK 7
悠久 悠久 yōu jiǔ long (tradition, history etc) HSK 7
优越 優越 yōu yuè superior; superiority HSK 7
手艺 手藝 shǒu yì craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade HSK 7
别看 別看 bié kàn don't be fooled by the fact that HSK 7
向来 向來 xiàng lái always (previously) HSK 7
恩怨 恩怨 ēn yuàn gratitude and grudges; resentment; grudges; grievances HSK 7
转机 轉機 zhuǎn jī (to take) a turn for the better; to change planes HSK 7
解雇 解僱 jiě gù to fire; to sack; to dismiss; to terminate employment HSK 7
缘分 緣分 yuán fèn fate or chance that brings people together; predestined affinity or relationship; (Budd.) destiny HSK 7
趁着 趁著 chènzhe while HSK 7
表彰 表彰 biǎo zhāng to honor; to commend; to cite (in dispatches) HSK 7
沸腾 沸騰 fèi téng (of a liquid) to boil; (of sentiments etc) to boil over; to flare up; to be impassioned HSK 7
适宜 適宜 shì yí suitable; appropriate HSK 7