A Bite of China

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Secrets of the Kitchen

S1E5 · 厨房的秘密 chúfáng de mìmì

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Vocabulary

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邀请 邀請 yāo qǐng to invite; invitation HSK 5
分享 分享 fēn xiǎng to share (let others have some of sth good) HSK 5
一旦 一旦 yī dàn in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day HSK 5
关键 關鍵 guān jiàn crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal HSK 5
陪 陪 péi to accompany; to keep sb company; to assist; old variant of 赔 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
即使 即使 jí shǐ even if; even though HSK 5
再次 再次 zài cì one more time; again; one more; once again HSK 5
组织 組織 zǔ zhī to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave HSK 5
其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
肯定 肯定 kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
如此 如此 rú cǐ like this; so; such 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
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
美轮美奂 美輪美奐 měi lún - měi huàn (idiom) (of houses, scenery etc) magnificent Idiom ∼HSK 4
热闹 熱鬧 rè nao bustling with noise and excitement; lively Xiehouyu HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
尾巴 尾巴 wěi ba tail; colloquial pr. [yǐ ba] Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
欧阳 歐陽 Ōu yáng two-character surname Ouyang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
扬州 揚州 Yáng zhōu Yangzhou, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李 李 Lǐ Li (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
香格里拉 香格里拉 Xiāng gé lǐ lā Shangri-la, the beautiful, idyllic land of James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon"; a paradise on earth; Shangri-La, a county-level city in Yunnan that takes its name from the fictional land of the 1933 novel Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
县城 縣城 xiàn chéng county seat; county town Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
藏族人 藏族人 Zàng zú rén Tibetan (person) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西乡 西鄉 Xī xiāng Xixiang County in Hanzhong, Shaanxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
藏族 藏族 Zàng zú Tibetan ethnic group Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
昆明 昆明 Kūn míng Kunming, prefecture-level city and capital of Yunnan Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西江 西江 Xī jiāng Xijiang River Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
顺德 順德 Shùn dé Shunde, a district of Foshan, Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大运河 大運河 Dà Yùn hé the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
一战 一戰 Yī zhàn World War I (1914-1918) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清水 清水 Qīng shuǐ Qingshui (place name); Shimizu (Japanese surname and place name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中餐馆 中餐館 Zhōng cān guǎn Chinese restaurant Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中式 中式 Zhōng shì Chinese style Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
厨 廚 chú kitchen; closet; cupboard ∼HSK 4
婆婆 婆婆 pó po husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma ∼HSK 4
鲜味 鮮味 xiān wèi umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery) ∼HSK 4
切成 切成 qiē chéng to cut up (into pieces); to slice; to carve; to dice; to shred ∼HSK 4
放入 放入 fàng rù to put in; to insert ∼HSK 4
咸鸭蛋 鹹鴨蛋 xián yā dàn salted duck egg ∼HSK 4
世界各地 世界各地 shì jiè gè dì all over the world; everywhere; in all parts of the world ∼HSK 4
化学反应 化學反應 huà xué fǎn yìng chemical reaction ∼HSK 4
冰水 冰水 bīng shuǐ iced water ∼HSK 4
老友 老友 lǎo yǒu old friend ∼HSK 4
厨艺 廚藝 chú yì cooking skills; culinary talent ∼HSK 4
主播 主播 zhǔ bō (news) anchor; (program) host; (Internet) streamer ∼HSK 4
厨具 廚具 chú jù kitchen implements ∼HSK 4
域 域 yù district, region, boundary; land ∼HSK 4