A Bite of China

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The Story Of Staple Foods

S1E2 · 主食的故事 zhǔshí de gùshì

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4.57 Intermediate

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却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
代代相传 代代相傳 dài dài xiāng chuán passed on from generation to generation (idiom); to hand down Idiom ∼HSK 3
突出 突出 tū chū prominent; outstanding; to give prominence to; to protrude; to project Xiehouyu HSK 3
深刻 深刻 shēn kè profound; deep; deep-going Xiehouyu HSK 3
村里 村裡 cūn lǐ village; hamlet Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
西亚 西亞 Xī Yà Southwest Asia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
贵州 貴州 Guì zhōu Guizhou Province, capital Guiyang Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
老城区 老城區 Lǎo chéng qū Laocheng district of Luoyang City, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
台前 臺前 Tái qián Taiqian county in Puyang, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
年糕 年糕 nián gāo nian gao, New Year cake, typically a sweet, steamed cake made with glutinous rice flour ∼HSK 3
奇 奇 jī strange, unusual, uncanny, occult ∼HSK 3
食 食 shí eat; meal; food; KangXi radical number 184 ∼HSK 3
牛肉面 牛肉麵 niú ròu miàn beef noodle soup ∼HSK 3
牛肉 牛肉 niú ròu beef ∼HSK 3
面团 麵團 miàn tuán dough ∼HSK 3
古物 古物 gǔ wù antique ∼HSK 3
养育 養育 yǎng yù to rear; to bring up; to nurture ∼HSK 3
麦 麥 Mài wheat, barley, oats; simplified form of KangXi radical number 199 ∼HSK 3
木 木 Mù tree; wood, lumber; wooden ∼HSK 3
杨 楊 Yáng willow, poplar, aspen; surname ∼HSK 3
秀 秀 xiù ear of grain; flowering, luxuriant; refined, elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3
吉 吉 Jí lucky, propitious, good ∼HSK 3
每个人 每個人 měi ge rén everybody; everyone ∼HSK 3
牛羊 牛羊 niú yáng cattle and sheep; livestock ∼HSK 3
馆 館 guǎn variant of ∼HSK 3
面皮 麵皮 miàn pí cheek; face; leather covering (for handbags etc) ∼HSK 3
代代 代代 dài dài from generation to generation; generation after generation ∼HSK 3
生活方式 生活方式 shēng huó fāng shì way of life; lifestyle ∼HSK 3
另一 另一 lìng yī another; the other ∼HSK 3
香甜 香甜 xiāng tián fragrant and sweet; sound (sleep) ∼HSK 3
天时 天時 tiān shí the time; the right time; weather conditions; destiny; course of time; heaven's natural order ∼HSK 3
点钟 點鐘 diǎn zhōng (indicating time of day) o'clock ∼HSK 3
不愿 不願 bù yuàn unwilling ∼HSK 3
本土化 本土化 běn tǔ huà to localize; localization ∼HSK 3
物种 物種 wù zhǒng species ∼HSK 3
唐 唐 Táng Tang dynasty; Chinese ∼HSK 3
源 源 yuán spring; source, head; surname ∼HSK 3
居多 居多 jū duō to be in the majority ∼HSK 3
防火 防火 fáng huǒ to protect against fire ∼HSK 3
肉汤 肉湯 ròu tāng meat soup; broth ∼HSK 3
第一步 第一步 dì yī bù step one; first step ∼HSK 3
收存 收存 shōu cún to receive for storage; delivery of goods; to gather and store; to store safely; safe keeping ∼HSK 3
秋收 秋收 qiū shōu fall harvest; to reap ∼HSK 3
慢火 慢火 màn huǒ low heat (cooking) ∼HSK 3
石 石 Shí stone, rock, mineral; rad. 112 ∼HSK 3
王朝 王朝 wáng cháo dynasty ∼HSK 3
建都 建都 jiàn dū to establish a capital ∼HSK 3
人马 人馬 rén mǎ men and horses; troops; group of people; troop; staff; centaur ∼HSK 3
香菜 香菜 xiāng cài coriander; cilantro; Coriandrum sativum ∼HSK 3