A Bite of China

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Harmony of the Five Flavors

S1E6 · 五味的调和 wǔwèi de tiáohé

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说来说去 說來說去 shuō lái shuō qù 说: speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid · 来: come, coming; return, returning · 说: speak, say, talk; scold, upbraid · 去: go away, leave, depart Idiom ∼HSK 7
苦尽甘来 苦盡甘來 kǔ jìn gān lái bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning Idiom HSK 7
千变万化 千變萬化 qiān biàn wàn huà countless changes; constant permutation Idiom HSK 7
层出不穷 層出不窮 céng chū bù qióng more and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
难以想象 難以想象 nányǐxiǎngxiàng Unimaginable HSK 7
敦厚 敦厚 dūn hòu genuine; honest and sincere HSK 7
醇厚 醇厚 chún hòu mellow and rich; simple and kind HSK 7
长达 長達 cháng dá to extend as long as; to lengthen out to HSK 7
工序 工序 gōng xù working procedure; process HSK 7
恰如其分 恰如其分 qià rú qí fèn (idiom) appropriate; apt; just right HSK 7
拉动 拉動 lā dòng to pull; (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity); to motivate (people to do sth) HSK 7
祖传 祖傳 zǔ chuán passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation HSK 7
晶莹 晶瑩 jīng yíng sparkling and translucent HSK 7
浓重 濃重 nóng zhòng dense; thick; strong; rich (colors); heavy (aroma); deep (friendship); profound (effect) HSK 7
肥沃 肥沃 féi wò fertile HSK 7
辩证 辯證 biàn zhèng to investigate; dialectical HSK 7
质朴 質樸 zhì pǔ simple; plain; unadorned; unaffected; unsophisticated; rustic; earthy HSK 7
原汁原味 原汁原味 yuán zhī yuán wèi original; authentic HSK 7
味精 味精 wèi jīng monosodium glutamate (MSG) HSK 7
历代 歷代 lì dài successive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties HSK 7
艳丽 艷麗 yàn lì gorgeous; garish and beautiful HSK 7
富足 富足 fù zú rich; plentiful HSK 7
枣 棗 zǎo (bound form) jujube; Chinese date (Zizyphus jujuba) HSK 7
水温 水溫 shuǐ wēn water temperature HSK 7
蓬勃 蓬勃 péng bó vigorous; flourishing; full of vitality HSK 7
富含 富含 fù hán to contain in great quantities; rich in HSK 7
麻辣 麻辣 má là hot and numbing HSK 7
适量 適量 shì liàng appropriate amount HSK 7
鲜美 鮮美 xiān měi delicious; tasty HSK 7
吃苦 吃苦 chī kǔ to bear hardships HSK 7
顺应 順應 shùn yìng to comply; to conform to; in tune with; adapting to; to adjust to HSK 7
火候 火候 huǒ hou heat control; (fig.) mastery; (fig.) crucial moment HSK 7
滨海 濱海 bīn hǎi coastal; bordering the sea HSK 7
产地 產地 chǎn dì source (of a product); place of origin; manufacturing location HSK 7
浓郁 濃郁 nóng yù rich; strong; heavy (fragrance); dense; full-bodied; intense HSK 7
芬芳 芬芳 fēn fāng perfume; fragrant HSK 7
绝技 絕技 jué jì consummate skill; supreme feat; tour-de-force; stunt HSK 7
饱和 飽和 bǎo hé saturated; filled to capacity HSK 7
奠定 奠定 diàn dìng to establish; to fix; to settle HSK 7
固有 固有 gù yǒu intrinsic to sth; inherent; native HSK 7
原材料 原材料 yuán cái liào raw and semifinished materials HSK 7
调和 調和 tiáo hé harmonious; to mediate; to reconcile; mediation; to compromise; to mix; to blend; blended; to season; seasoning; to placate HSK 7
烹调 烹調 pēng tiáo to cook HSK 7
世代 世代 shì dài for many generations; generation; era; age HSK 7
发酵 發酵 fā jiào to ferment; (fig.) (of trends, emotions or repercussions etc) to bubble away; to simmer; to develop 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
甘心 甘心 gān xīn to be willing to; to resign oneself to HSK 7
唯独 唯獨 wéi dú only; just (i.e. it is only that...); all except; unique HSK 7
淀粉 澱粉 diàn fěn starch; amylum (C6H10O5)n HSK 7
历来 歷來 lì lái always; throughout (a period of time); (of) all-time HSK 7