A Bite of China

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舌尖上的中国 shéjiān shǎng de zhōngguó

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南下 南下 nán xià to go down south ∼HSK 1
出家 出家 chū jiā to enter monastic life; to become a monk or nun ∼HSK 1
热忱 熱忱 rè chén zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; enthusiastic; warmhearted ∼HSK 1
多多 多多 duō duō many; much; a lot; lots and lots; more; even more ∼HSK 1
小本 小本 xiǎo běn small capital; on a shoestring ∼HSK 1
差一点 差一點 chà yī diǎn almost; nearly ∼HSK 1
星 星 xīng a star, planet; any point of light ∼HSK 1
没人住 沒人住 méi rén zhù unoccupied ∼HSK 1
下一次 下一次 xià yī cì next ∼HSK 1
明月 明月 míng yuè bright moon; refers to 夜明珠, a legendary pearl that can glow in the dark ∼HSK 1
小子 小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster; (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation); (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) ∼HSK 1
爱上 愛上 ài shàng to fall in love with; to be in love with ∼HSK 1
放不下 放不下 fàng bu xià to have no room to put sth; to be unable to let go ∼HSK 1
洗衣 洗衣 xǐ yī laundry ∼HSK 1
开饭 開飯 kāi fàn to serve a meal ∼HSK 1
学到 學到 xué dào to learn (sth); to learn about ∼HSK 1
打手 打手 dǎ shou hired thug ∼HSK 1
小病 小病 xiǎo bìng minor illness; indisposition ∼HSK 1
八字 八字 bā zì the character 8 or 八; birthdate characters used in fortune-telling ∼HSK 1
多用 多用 duō yòng multipurpose; having several uses ∼HSK 1
看不见 看不見 kàn bu jiàn cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible ∼HSK 1
大有 大有 dà yǒu there is a great deal of... (typically followed by a bisyllabic word, as in); (literary) bumper harvest; abundance ∼HSK 1
出外 出外 chū wài to go out; to leave for another place ∼HSK 1
回门 回門 huí mén first return of bride to her parental home ∼HSK 1
大白 大白 dà bái to be revealed; to come out (of the truth); chalk (for whitening walls); (old) wine cup; (neologism c. 2021) healthcare worker or volunteer in full-body PPE (esp. during the COVID-19 pandemic) (from the 2014 Disney version of the Marvel Com ∼HSK 1
考上 考上 kǎo shàng to pass a university entrance exam ∼HSK 1
不比 不比 bù bǐ unlike ∼HSK 1
下一个 下一個 xià yī ge the next one ∼HSK 1
女眷 女眷 nǚ juàn the females in a family; womenfolk ∼HSK 1
两国 兩國 liǎng guó both countries; the two countries ∼HSK 1
二十多 二十多 èr shí duō over 20 ∼HSK 1
拿下 拿下 ná xià to arrest; to capture; to seize; to win (a set, a game etc) ∼HSK 1
二来 二來 èr lái secondly,... ∼HSK 1
对本 對本 duì běn (a return) equal to the capital; 100 percent profit ∼HSK 1
天冷 天冷 tiān lěng it's cold (weather) ∼HSK 1
走动 走動 zǒu dòng to walk around; to move about; to stretch one's legs; to go for a walk; to be mobile (e.g. after an illness); to visit one another; to socialize; to pay a visit (go to the toilet) ∼HSK 1
病重 病重 bìng zhòng seriously ill ∼HSK 1
新贵 新貴 xīn guì nouveau riche; upstart; new appointee ∼HSK 1
洗手 洗手 xǐ shǒu to wash one's hands; to go to the toilet ∼HSK 1
上个 上個 shàng ge first (of two parts); last (week etc); previous; the above ∼HSK 1
几点 幾點 jǐ diǎn what time?; when? ∼HSK 1
玩笑 玩笑 wán xiào to joke; joke; jest ∼HSK 1
日日 日日 rì rì every day ∼HSK 1
上手 上手 shàng shǒu to obtain; to master; overhand (serve etc); seat of honor ∼HSK 1
关门 關門 guān mén to close a door; to lock a door; (of a shop etc) to close (for the night or permanently) ∼HSK 1
热茶 熱茶 rè chá hot tea ∼HSK 1
茶楼 茶樓 chá lóu teahouse (usu. of two stories) ∼HSK 1
十九 十九 shí jiǔ nineteen; 19 ∼HSK 1
左手 左手 zuǒ shǒu left hand; left-hand side ∼HSK 1
影 影 yǐng shadow; image, reflection; photograph ∼HSK 1