A Bite of China

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舌尖上的中国 shéjiān shǎng de zhōngguó

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木质 木質 mù zhì wooden ∼HSK 5
重头戏 重頭戲 zhòng tóu xì opera (or role) involving much singing and action; (fig.) highlight; main feature; major activity ∼HSK 5
饼子 餅子 bǐng zi maize or millet pancake ∼HSK 5
口岸 口岸 kǒu àn a port for external trade; a trading or transit post on border between countries ∼HSK 5
触发 觸發 chù fā to trigger; to spark ∼HSK 5
高维 高維 gāo wéi (math.) higher dimensional ∼HSK 5
知青 知青 zhī qīng educated youth (esp. those sent to work in rural areas during the Cultural Revolution) ∼HSK 5
插秧 插秧 chā yāng to transplant rice seedlings ∼HSK 5
做寿 做壽 zuò shòu to celebrate a birthday (of an elderly person) ∼HSK 5
摩擦力 摩擦力 mó cā lì friction ∼HSK 5
冰川 冰川 bīng chuān glacier ∼HSK 5
内陆 內陸 nèi lù inland; interior ∼HSK 5
乘船 乘船 chéng chuán to embark; to travel by ship; to ferry ∼HSK 5
大棒 大棒 dà bàng big stick (policy etc) ∼HSK 5
溶 溶 róng to melt, dissolve; overflowing with ∼HSK 5
孪生兄弟 孿生兄弟 luán shēng xiōng dì twin brothers ∼HSK 5
戏剧性 戲劇性 xì jù xìng dramatic ∼HSK 5
化疗 化療 huà liáo chemotherapy ∼HSK 5
坏运 壞運 huài yùn bad luck; misfortune ∼HSK 5
豆腐干 豆腐乾 dòu fu gān variant of ∼HSK 5
薄饼 薄餅 báo bǐng thin flat cake; pancake; pizza ∼HSK 5
摩登 摩登 mó dēng modern (loanword); fashionable ∼HSK 5
模具 模具 mú jù mold; matrix; pattern or die; Taiwan pr. [mo2 ju4] ∼HSK 5
牙签 牙籤 yá qiān toothpick ∼HSK 5
外壳 外殼 wài ké envelope; outer shell; hull; cover; case ∼HSK 5
狮子头 獅子頭 shī zi tóu large meatball ("lion's head") ∼HSK 5
破茧成蝶 破繭成蝶 pò jiǎn chéng dié lit. to break through a cocoon and turn into a butterfly (idiom); fig. to emerge strong after a period of struggle; to get to a better place after going through difficult period ∼HSK 5
荧 熒 yíng shine, shimmer; shining, dazzling ∼HSK 5
芡 芡 qiàn plant allied to the waterlily ∼HSK 5
頭 頭 tóu head; top; chief, first; boss ∼HSK 5
蜗 蝸 wō a snail, Eulota callizoma ∼HSK 5
急促 急促 jí cù urgent; hurried and brief; rushing ∼HSK 5
尾部 尾部 wěi bù back part; rear section; tail section ∼HSK 5
親 親 qīn relatives, parents; intimate ∼HSK 5
許 許 xǔ allow, permit; promise; betroth ∼HSK 5
絕 絕 jué cut, sever, break off, terminate ∼HSK 5
與 與 yú and; with; to; for; give, grant ∼HSK 5
水乡 水鄉 shuǐ xiāng patchwork of waterways, esp. in Jiangsu; same as ∼HSK 5
玉米饼 玉米餅 yù mǐ bǐng corn cake; Mexican tortilla ∼HSK 5
回暖 回暖 huí nuǎn (of the weather) to warm up again ∼HSK 5
软体动物 軟體動物 ruǎn tǐ dòng wù mollusk ∼HSK 5
拼板 拼板 pīn bǎn to edge-join boards with glue to form a panel (woodworking) ∼HSK 5
肠道 腸道 cháng dào intestines; gut ∼HSK 5
蜴 蜴 yì lizard ∼HSK 5
油豆腐 油豆腐 yóu dòu fu fried tofu (cubes) ∼HSK 5
游牧 遊牧 yóu mù nomadic; to move about in search of pasture; to rove around as a nomad ∼HSK 5
顯 顯 xiǎn manifest, display; evident, clear ∼HSK 5
豐 豐 fēng abundant, lush, bountiful, plenty ∼HSK 5
見 見 jiàn see, observe, behold; perceive ∼HSK 5
璐 璐 lù beautiful variety of jade ∼HSK 5