A Bite of China

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Season 1 — A Bite of China

舌尖上的中国 shéjiān shǎng de zhōngguó

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说来说去 說來說去 shuō lái shuō qù 说: speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid · 来: come, coming; return, returning · 说: speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid · 去: go away, leave, depart Idiom ∼HSK 7
汪洋大海 汪洋大海 wāng yáng dà hǎi 汪: vast, extensive, deep; surname · 洋: ocean, sea; foreign; western · 大: big, great, vast, large, high · 海: sea, ocean; maritime Idiom ∼HSK 7
飞沙走石 飛沙走石 fēi shā zǒu shí 飞: fly; go quickly; dart; high · 沙: sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated · 走: walk, go on foot; run; leave · 石: stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 Idiom ∼HSK 7
约定俗成 約定俗成 yuē dìng sú chéng established by popular usage (idiom); common usage agreement; customary convention Idiom HSK 7
苦尽甘来 苦盡甘來 kǔ jìn gān lái bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning Idiom HSK 7
千变万化 千變萬化 qiān biàn wàn huà countless changes; constant permutation Idiom HSK 7
家家户户 家家戶戶 jiā jiā hù hù each and every family (idiom); every household Idiom HSK 7
精打细算 精打細算 jīng dǎ xì suàn meticulous planning and careful accounting (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
赞不绝口 讚不絕口 zàn bù jué kǒu to praise without cease (idiom); praise sb to high heaven Idiom HSK 7
层出不穷 層出不窮 céng chū bù qióng more and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
形形色色 形形色色 xíng xíng sè sè all kinds of; all sorts of; every (different) kind of Idiom HSK 7
息息相关 息息相關 xī xī xiāng guān closely bound up (idiom); intimately related Idiom HSK 7
截然不同 截然不同 jié rán bù tóng entirely different; different as black and white Idiom HSK 7
大吃一惊 大吃一驚 dà chī yī jīng to have a surprise (idiom); shocked or startled; gobsmacked Idiom HSK 7
迫不及待 迫不及待 pò bù jí dài impatient (idiom); in a hurry; itching to get on with it Idiom HSK 7
成群结队 成群結隊 chéng qún jié duì making up a group, forming a troupe (idiom); in large numbers; as a large crowd Xiehouyu HSK 7
密不可分 密不可分 mì bù kě fēn inextricably linked (idiom); inseparable Xiehouyu HSK 7
荒凉 荒涼 huāng liáng desolate Xiehouyu HSK 7
淘气 淘氣 táo qì naughty; mischievous Xiehouyu HSK 7
刻苦 刻苦 kè kǔ hardworking; assiduous Xiehouyu HSK 7
一连串 一連串 yī lián chuàn a succession of; a series of Xiehouyu HSK 7
挑剔 挑剔 tiāo ti picky; fussy Xiehouyu HSK 7
独一无二 獨一無二 dú yī wú èr unique and unmatched (idiom); unrivalled; nothing compares with it Xiehouyu HSK 7
罕见 罕見 hǎn jiàn rare; rarely seen Xiehouyu HSK 7
多余 多餘 duō yú superfluous; unnecessary; surplus Xiehouyu HSK 7
着手 著手 zhuó shǒu to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out Xiehouyu HSK 7
尴尬 尷尬 gān gà awkward; embarrassed Xiehouyu HSK 7
热腾腾 熱騰騰 rè téng téng steaming hot; (fig.) bustling; hectic; (fig.) excited; stirred up; (fig.) created only a short time before; freshly minted; hot off the press; (coll.) also pr. [rè tēng tēng] Colloquialism HSK 7
窑 窯 yáo kiln; oven; coal pit; cave dwelling; (coll.) brothel Colloquialism HSK 7
厂家 廠家 chǎng jiā factory; manufacturer; (coll.) a factory owner; the factory management Colloquialism HSK 7
开支 開支 kāi zhī expenditures; expenses; to spend money; (coll.) to pay wages Colloquialism HSK 7
耗 耗 hào to waste; to spend; to consume; to squander; news; (coll.) to delay; to dilly-dally Colloquialism HSK 7
外婆 外婆 wài pó (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother Colloquialism HSK 7
撒 撒 sā to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
受过 受過 shòu guò to take the blame (for sb else) HSK 7
难以想象 難以想象 nányǐxiǎngxiàng Unimaginable HSK 7
敦厚 敦厚 dūn hòu genuine; honest and sincere HSK 7
节气 節氣 jié qi solar term HSK 7
腊月 臘月 Là yuè twelfth lunar month HSK 7
馅儿 餡兒 xiàn r erhua variant of 馅; (of food) filling; stuffing HSK 7
多元 多元 duō yuán poly-; multi-; multielement; multivariant; multivariate (math.) HSK 7
潦草 潦草 liáo cǎo slipshod; careless; slovenly; (of handwriting) scrawly; illegible HSK 7
醇厚 醇厚 chún hòu mellow and rich; simple and kind HSK 7
长达 長達 cháng dá to extend as long as; to lengthen out to HSK 7
堆砌 堆砌 duī qì lit. to pile up (bricks); to pack; fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases); ornate rhetoric HSK 7
农历 農曆 nóng lì the traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar HSK 7
萌发 萌發 méng fā to sprout; to shoot; to bud HSK 7
踏上 踏上 tà shàng to set foot on; to step on or into HSK 7
一应俱全 一應俱全 yī yīng jù quán with everything needed available HSK 7