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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到来 到來 dào lái to arrive; arrival; advent HSK 5
库 庫 kù warehouse; storehouse; (file) library HSK 5
滑 滑 huá to slip; to slide; slippery; smooth; sly; slippery; not to be trusted HSK 5
瘦 瘦 shòu thin; to lose weight; (of clothing) tight; (of meat) lean; (of land) unproductive HSK 5
所在 所在 suǒ zài place; location; (after a noun) place where it is located HSK 5
咬 咬 yǎo to bite; to nip HSK 5
必 必 bì certainly; must; will; necessarily HSK 5
弹 彈 dàn crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball HSK 5
硬 硬 yìng hard; stiff; solid; (fig.) strong; firm; resolutely; uncompromisingly; laboriously; with great difficulty; good (quality); able (person); (of food) filling; substantial HSK 5
时光 時光 shí guāng time; era; period of time HSK 5
说法 說法 shuō fǎ to expound Buddhist teachings HSK 5
全世界 全世界 quán shì jiè worldwide; entire world HSK 5
一辈子 一輩子 yī bèi zi (for) a lifetime HSK 5
碎 碎 suì (transitive or intransitive verb) to break into pieces; to shatter; to crumble; broken; fragmentary; scattered; garrulous HSK 5
仔细 仔細 zǐ xì careful; attentive; cautious; to be careful; to look out HSK 5
有着 有著 yǒu zhe to have; to possess HSK 5
洞 洞 dòng cave; hole; zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers) HSK 5
记忆 記憶 jì yì to remember; to recall; memory HSK 5
掌握 掌握 zhǎng wò to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency HSK 5
舞 舞 wǔ to dance; to wield; to brandish HSK 5
意味着 意味著 yì wèi zhe to signify; to mean; to imply HSK 5
枪 槍 qiāng gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots HSK 5
关键 關鍵 guān jiàn crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal HSK 5
享受 享受 xiǎng shòu to enjoy; to live it up; pleasure HSK 5
尽管 儘管 jǐn guǎn despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating HSK 5
控制 控制 kòng zhì to control HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
热闹 熱鬧 rè nao bustling with noise and excitement; lively Xiehouyu HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
李宗盛 李宗盛 Lǐ Zōng shèng Jonathan Lee (1958-), Taiwanese record producer and songwriter Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
兰州 蘭州 Lán zhōu Lanzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Gansu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
宁波 寧波 Níng bō Ningbo, sub-provincial city in Zhejiang Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中原 中原 Zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
沙河 沙河 Shā hé Sand River Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
黄土高原 黃土高原 Huáng tǔ Gāo yuán Loess Plateau of northwest China Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
广东人 廣東人 Guǎng dōng rén Cantonese (people) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
嘉兴 嘉興 Jiā xīng Jiaxing, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
县城 縣城 xiàn chéng county seat; county town Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清水 清水 Qīng shuǐ Qingshui (place name); Shimizu (Japanese surname and place name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
黄河流域 黃河流域 Huáng Hé liú yù the Yellow River basin Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
河西走廊 河西走廊 Hé xī Zǒu láng Hexi Corridor (or Gansu Corridor), a string of oases running the length of Gansu, forming part of the Northern Silk Road Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
维吾尔族 維吾爾族 Wéi wú ěr zú Uighur (Uyghur) ethnic group of Xinjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
古尔邦节 古爾邦節 Gǔ ěr bāng jié Eid al-Adha or Festival of the Sacrifice (Qurban), celebrated on the 10th day of the 12th month of the Islamic calendar Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
维吾尔 維吾爾 Wéi wú ěr Uighur ethnic group of Xinjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江源 江源 Jiāng yuán Jiangyuan district in Baishan city 白山市, Jilin Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
长江流域 長江流域 Cháng jiāng liú yù Changjiang or Yangtze river basin Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
秦岭 秦嶺 Qín lǐng Qinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain and the Han River valley Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
回族 回族 Huí zú Hui Islamic ethnic group living across China Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
华南 華南 Huá nán Southern China Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
屈原 屈原 Qū Yuán Qu Yuan (340-278 BC), famous Warring States statesman and poet, author of Sorrow at Parting 離騷|离骚 Lisao in Songs of Chu 楚辭|楚辞 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4