A Bite of China

Episode review

The Story Of Staple Foods

S1E2 · 主食的故事 zhǔshí de gùshì

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4.57 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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性地 性地 xìng dì innate quality; natural disposition ∼HSK 3
叶 葉 xié to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf ∼HSK 3
碾压 碾壓 niǎn yā to crush or compact (with a roller); to run over (with a vehicle); (fig.) to trounce; to wipe the floor with; to be far superior ∼HSK 3
重力 重力 zhòng lì gravity ∼HSK 3
配角 配角 pèi jué supporting role; minor role; (of actors) to perform together ∼HSK 3
志 志 zhì purpose, will, determination; annals ∼HSK 3
状 狀 zhuàng form; appearance; shape; official ∼HSK 3
配菜 配菜 pèi cài side dish ∼HSK 3
富贵 富貴 fù guì riches and honor ∼HSK 3
合一 合一 hé yī to unite ∼HSK 3
脚板 腳板 jiǎo bǎn the sole of the foot ∼HSK 3
干活 幹活 gàn huó to work; to be employed ∼HSK 3
围坐 圍坐 wéi zuò to sit in a circle; seated around (a narrator) ∼HSK 3
团子 糰子 tuán zi dango (Japanese dumpling) ∼HSK 3
线上 線上 xiàn shàng online ∼HSK 3
面条 麵條 miàn tiáo noodles HSK 3
被子 被子 bèi zi quilt HSK 3
剧场 劇場 jù chǎng theater HSK 3
加工 加工 jiā gōng to process; processing; working (of machinery) HSK 3
前后 前後 qián hòu around; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear HSK 3
面积 面積 miàn jī area (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area; tract of land HSK 3
农业 農業 nóng yè agriculture; farming HSK 3
美食 美食 měi shí culinary delicacy; fine food; gourmet food HSK 3
形状 形狀 xíng zhuàng form; shape HSK 3
种子 種子 zhǒng zi seed HSK 3
冬 冬 dōng winter HSK 3
日常 日常 rì cháng day-to-day; daily; everyday HSK 3
营养 營養 yíng yǎng nutrition; nourishment HSK 3
比例 比例 bǐ lì proportion; scale HSK 3
观念 觀念 guān niàn notion; thought; concept; sense; views; ideology; general impressions HSK 3
巧 巧 qiǎo opportunely; coincidentally; as it happens; skillful; timely HSK 3
春 旾 chūn spring (season); gay; joyful; youthful; love; lust; life HSK 3
相似 相似 xiāng sì similar; alike HSK 3
演唱 演唱 yǎn chàng sung performance; to sing for an audience HSK 3
乐队 樂隊 yuè duì band; pop group HSK 3
夏 夏 xià summer HSK 3
属 屬 shǔ category; genus (taxonomy); family members; dependents; to belong to; subordinate to; affiliated with; be born in the year of (one of the 12 animals); to be; to prove to be; to constitute HSK 3
农民 農民 nóng mín peasant; farmer HSK 3
概念 概念 gài niàn concept; idea HSK 3
各自 各自 gè zì each; respective; apiece HSK 3
工业 工業 gōng yè industry HSK 3
文明 文明 wén míng civilized; civilization; culture HSK 3
至今 至今 zhì jīn so far; to this day; until now HSK 3
只好 只好 zhǐ hǎo to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to HSK 3
放到 放到 fàng dào Put in HSK 3
各地 各地 gè dì in all parts of (a country); various regions HSK 3
始终 始終 shǐ zhōng from beginning to end; all along HSK 3
愿望 願望 yuàn wàng desire; wish HSK 3
纪念 紀念 jì niàn to commemorate; to honor the memory of; memento; keepsake; souvenir HSK 3
完整 完整 wán zhěng complete; intact HSK 3