A Bite of China

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舌尖上的中国 shéjiān shǎng de zhōngguó

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死 死 sǐ to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
天南海北 天南海北 tiān nán - hǎi běi (idiom) far apart; (idiom) from different places; from all over; (idiom) (to talk) about this and that Idiom ∼HSK 2
不远千里 不遠千里 bù yuǎn qiān lǐ make light of traveling a thousand li; go to the trouble of traveling a long distance Idiom ∼HSK 2
出人头地 出人頭地 chū rén tóu dì to stand out among one's peers (idiom); to excel Idiom ∼HSK 2
一日千里 一日千里 yī rì qiān lǐ lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress Idiom ∼HSK 2
万里迢迢 萬里迢迢 wàn lǐ tiáo tiáo (adverbial phrase used with verbs such as or etc) traveling a great distance Idiom ∼HSK 2
黑白分明 黑白分明 hēi bái fēn míng lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom); fig. unambiguous; black-and-white; in sharp contrast; to distinguish clearly right from wrong Idiom ∼HSK 2
面熟 面熟 miàn shú to look familiar; familiar-looking Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
完事 完事 wán shì to be finished (with sth) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
阴干 陰乾 yīn gān to dry in the shade Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
正好 正好 zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
水草 水草 shuǐ cǎo aquatic plants; water and grass (i.e. favorable foraging land for livestock or wild animals); (Malaysia) (coll.) drinking straw Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
蛋挞 蛋撻 dàn tà egg tart (colloquial pr. [dan4ta3]) Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
小黄 小黃 xiǎo huáng (Tw) (coll.) taxicab Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
狗狗 狗狗 gǒu gōu (coll.) dog; doggie Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
星星 星星 xīng xing (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky Colloquialism HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
四川 四川 Sì chuān Sichuan Province, capital Chengdu Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
重庆 重慶 Chóng qìng Chongqing municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
杭州 杭州 Háng zhōu Hangzhou, sub-provincial city and capital of Zhejiang Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
新疆 新疆 Xīn jiāng Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, capital Ürümqi Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
开封 開封 Kāi fēng Kaifeng, prefecture-level city in Henan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
云南 雲南 Yún nán Yunnan Province, capital Kunming Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
太湖 太湖 Tài Hú Lake Tai near Wuxi City, bordering on Jiangsu and Zhejiang, one of China's largest freshwater lakes Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
西安 西安 Xī ān Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi Province; Xi'an District of Liaoyuan City, Jilin; Xi'an District of Mudanjiang city, Heilongjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
飞鱼 飛魚 Fēi yú Exocet (missile) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
绍兴 紹興 Shào xīng Shaoxing, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
浙江 浙江 Zhè jiāng Zhejiang Province, capital Hangzhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
平南 平南 Píng nán Pingnang county in Guigang, Guangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
河南 河南 Hé nán Henan Province, capital Zhengzhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
西湖 西湖 Xī hú Xihu or West lake (place name); West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang; Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county, northwest Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
湖北 湖北 Hú běi Hubei Province, capital Wuhan Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
天津 天津 Tiān jīn Tianjin municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
国民党 國民黨 Guó mín dǎng Guomindang or Kuomintang (KMT); Nationalist Party Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
汕头 汕頭 Shàn tóu Shantou, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
湖里 湖裡 Hú lǐ Huli, a district of Xiamen City, Fujian Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
湖南 湖南 Hú nán Hunan Province, capital Changsha Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
南海 南海 Nán Hǎi South China Sea Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
万年 萬年 Wàn nián Wannian county in Shangrao 上饒|上饶, Jiangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 2