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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息息相关 息息相關 xī xī xiāng guān closely bound up (idiom); intimately related Idiom HSK 7
淘气 淘氣 táo qì naughty; mischievous Xiehouyu HSK 7
刻苦 刻苦 kè kǔ hardworking; assiduous Xiehouyu HSK 7
挑剔 挑剔 tiāo ti picky; fussy Xiehouyu HSK 7
多余 多餘 duō yú superfluous; unnecessary; surplus Xiehouyu HSK 7
着手 著手 zhuó shǒu to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out Xiehouyu HSK 7
热腾腾 熱騰騰 rè téng téng steaming hot; (fig.) bustling; hectic; (fig.) excited; stirred up; (fig.) created only a short time before; freshly minted; hot off the press; (coll.) also pr. [rè tēng tēng] Colloquialism HSK 7
外婆 外婆 wài pó (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother Colloquialism HSK 7
撒 撒 sā to let go; to cast; to let loose; to discharge; to give expression to; (coll.) to pee Colloquialism HSK 7
娘 娘 niáng mother; young lady; (coll.) effeminate Colloquialism HSK 7
一应俱全 一應俱全 yī yīng jù quán with everything needed available HSK 7
香油 香油 xiāng yóu sesame oil; perfumed oil HSK 7
佐料 佐料 zuǒ liào condiments; seasoning HSK 7
海量 海量 hǎi liàng huge volume HSK 7
主食 主食 zhǔ shí staple food HSK 7
酒楼 酒樓 jiǔ lóu restaurant HSK 7
珍稀 珍稀 zhēn xī rare; precious and uncommon HSK 7
水温 水溫 shuǐ wēn water temperature HSK 7
精妙 精妙 jīng miào exquisite; fine and delicate (usu. of works of art) HSK 7
勤快 勤快 qín kuài diligent; hardworking HSK 7
华裔 華裔 Huá yì ethnic Chinese; non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry HSK 7
鲜美 鮮美 xiān měi delicious; tasty HSK 7
相传 相傳 xiāng chuán to pass on; to hand down; tradition has it that ...; according to legend HSK 7
谈起 談起 tán qǐ to mention; to speak of; to talk about HSK 7
火候 火候 huǒ hou heat control; (fig.) mastery; (fig.) crucial moment HSK 7
恩赐 恩賜 ēn cì favor; to give charity to sb out of pity HSK 7
发源地 發源地 fā yuán dì place of origin; birthplace; source HSK 7
乡亲 鄉親 xiāng qīn fellow countryman (from the same village); local people; villager; the folks back home HSK 7
相比之下 相比之下 xiāng bǐ zhī xià by comparison HSK 7
蕴藏 蘊藏 yùn cáng to hold in store; to contain (untapped reserves etc) HSK 7
流转 流轉 liú zhuǎn to be on the move; to roam or wander; to circulate (of goods or capital) HSK 7
衔接 銜接 xián jiē to link up; to connect; to join HSK 7
背诵 背誦 bèi sòng to recite; to repeat from memory HSK 7
油腻 油膩 yóu nì greasy food; oily food; (of food) greasy; oily; fatty; (neologism c. 2017) (of a middle-aged man) obnoxious; pretentious; vulgar HSK 7
载体 載體 zài tǐ carrier (chemistry); vector (epidemiology); vehicle or medium HSK 7
喜庆 喜慶 xǐ qìng jubilation; festive HSK 7
奖赏 獎賞 jiǎng shǎng reward; prize; award HSK 7
浓厚 濃厚 nóng hòu dense; thick (fog, clouds etc); to have a strong interest in; deep; fully saturated (color) HSK 7
淀粉 澱粉 diàn fěn starch; amylum (C6H10O5)n HSK 7
次要 次要 cì yào secondary HSK 7
领略 領略 lǐng lu:è to have a taste of; to realize; to appreciate HSK 7
介于 介於 jiè yú between; intermediate; to lie between HSK 7
祭祀 祭祀 jì sì to offer sacrifices to the gods or ancestors HSK 7
饱满 飽滿 bǎo mǎn full; plump HSK 7
天分 天分 tiān fèn natural gift; talent HSK 7
狼狈 狼狽 láng bèi in a difficult situation; to cut a sorry figure; scoundrel! (derog.) HSK 7
口感 口感 kǒu gǎn mouthfeel; texture (of food) HSK 7
平日 平日 píng rì ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually HSK 7
升温 升溫 shēng wēn to become hot; temperature rise; (fig.) to intensify; to hot up; to escalate; to get a boost HSK 7
传承 傳承 chuán chéng to pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times); a continued tradition; an inheritance HSK 7