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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滋味 滋味 zī wèi taste; flavor; feeling HSK 7
孔 孔 kǒng hole; classifier for cave dwellings HSK 7
虾 蝦 xiā shrimp; prawn HSK 7
短暂 短暫 duǎn zàn of short duration; brief; momentary HSK 7
美妙 美妙 měi miào beautiful; wonderful; splendid HSK 7
精心 精心 jīng xīn with utmost care; fine; meticulous; detailed HSK 7
钉 釘 dìng to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail; to pin; to staple; to sew on HSK 7
优 優 yōu excellent; superior HSK 7
粒 粒 lì grain; granule; classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) HSK 7
烫 燙 tàng to scald; to burn (by scalding); to blanch (cooking); to heat (sth) up in hot water; to perm; to iron; scalding hot HSK 7
抹 抹 mā to wipe HSK 7
脆弱 脆弱 cuì ruò weak; frail HSK 7
口味 口味 kǒu wèi a person's preferences; tastes (in food); flavor HSK 7
美味 美味 měi wèi delicious; delicious food; delicacy HSK 7
都会 都會 dū huì city; metropolis HSK 7
要不 要不 yào bù otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) HSK 7
乖 乖 guāi (of a child) obedient, well-behaved; clever; shrewd; alert; perverse; contrary to reason; irregular; abnormal HSK 7
相对 相對 xiāng duì relatively; opposite; to resist; to oppose; relative; vis-a-vis; counterpart HSK 7
独 獨 dú alone; independent; single; sole; only HSK 7
皆 皆 jiē all; each and every; in all cases HSK 7
烤 烤 kǎo to roast; to bake; to broil HSK 7
望 望 wàng full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards HSK 7
穿着 穿著 chuān zhuó attire; clothes; dress HSK 7
业 業 yè line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already HSK 7
释放 釋放 shì fàng to release; to set free; to liberate (a prisoner); to discharge HSK 7
素 素 sù raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever HSK 7
他人 他人 tā rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
枚 枚 méi classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc; tree trunk; whip; wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old) HSK 7
粉 粉 fěn powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of HSK 7
制 製 zhì to manufacture; to make HSK 7
毫无 毫無 háo wú not in the least; to completely lack HSK 7
丝 絲 sī silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc HSK 7
即 即 jí namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
感 感 gǎn to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
原封不动 原封不動 yuán fēng - bù dòng lit. the original seal has not been disturbed (idiom); fig. left completely unchanged; untouched; intact Idiom ∼HSK 6
一气呵成 一氣呵成 yī qì hē chéng to do something at one go; to flow smoothly Idiom ∼HSK 6
点睛之笔 點睛之筆 diǎn jīng zhī bǐ the brush stroke that dots in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch; the crucial point that brings the subject to life; a few words to clinch the point Idiom ∼HSK 6
出神入化 出神入化 chū shén rù huà to reach perfection (idiom); a superb artistic achievement Idiom ∼HSK 6
如数家珍 如數家珍 rú shǔ jiā zhēn lit. as if enumerating one's family valuables (idiom); fig. to be very familiar with a matter Idiom ∼HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
表面上 表面上 biǎo miàn shang outwardly; superficially; on the face of it HSK 6
油脂 油脂 yóu zhī grease; oil; fat ∼HSK 6
菜肴 菜餚 cài yáo vegetable and meat dishes; dish ∼HSK 6