A Bite of China

Episode review

Harmony of the Five Flavors

S1E6 · 五味的调和 wǔwèi de tiáohé

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Vocabulary

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人体 人體 rén tǐ human body HSK 7
堂 堂 táng (main) hall; large room for a specific purpose; relationship between cousins etc on the paternal side of a family; of the same clan; classifier for classes, lectures etc; classifier for sets of furniture HSK 7
汁 汁 zhī juice HSK 7
持 持 chí to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control HSK 7
烤 烤 kǎo to roast; to bake; to broil HSK 7
致 緻 zhì (bound form) fine; delicate; exquisite HSK 7
原本 原本 yuán běn originally; original HSK 7
基因 基因 jī yīn gene (loanword) HSK 7
素 素 sù raw silk; white; plain, unadorned; vegetarian (food); essence; nature; element; constituent; usually; always; ever HSK 7
制 製 zhì to manufacture; to make HSK 7
灵 靈 líng quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin 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
经 經 jīng classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 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
鱼米之乡 魚米之鄉 yú mǐ zhī xiāng (lit.) land of fish and rice; (fig.) fertile region; land of milk and honey Idiom ∼HSK 6
咄咄逼人 咄咄逼人 duō duō bī rén overbearing; forceful; aggressive; menacing; imperious Idiom ∼HSK 6
举手之劳 舉手之勞 jǔ shǒu zhī láo lit. the exertion of lifting one's hand (idiom); fig. a very slight effort Idiom ∼HSK 6
一家之主 一家之主 yī jiā zhī zhǔ master of the house; head of the family Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
高产 高產 gāo chǎn high yielding Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
大功告成 大功告成 dà gōng gào chéng successfully accomplished (project or goal); to be highly successful Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
命根 命根 mìng gēn lifeblood; the thing that one cherishes most in life; (coll.) family jewels (male genitals) Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
嘛 嘛 má used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? Colloquialism HSK 6
陈皮 陳皮 chén pí dried tangerine peel (used in cuisine and traditional Chinese medicine) ∼HSK 6
味觉 味覺 wèi jué sense of taste; gustation ∼HSK 6
糖汁 糖汁 táng zhī syrup ∼HSK 6
调味料 調味料 tiáo wèi liào seasoning; condiment; flavoring; dressing; essences ∼HSK 6
阿伦 阿倫 Ā lún Aalen, town in Germany ∼HSK 6
采摘 採摘 cǎi zhāi to pluck; to pick ∼HSK 6
香醋 香醋 xiāng cù aromatic vinegar; balsamic vinegar ∼HSK 6
舌尖 舌尖 shé jiān tip of tongue; apical ∼HSK 6
甘蔗渣 甘蔗渣 gān zhe zhā bagasse ∼HSK 6
如约而至 如約而至 rú yuē ér zhì to arrive as planned; right on schedule ∼HSK 6
味蕾 味蕾 wèi lěi taste bud(s) ∼HSK 6
菜肴 菜餚 cài yáo vegetable and meat dishes; dish ∼HSK 6
泡椒 泡椒 pào jiāo pickled pepper ∼HSK 6
清蒸 清蒸 qīng zhēng steamed in broth ∼HSK 6
木桶 木桶 mù tǒng cask ∼HSK 6
烟熏 煙燻 yān xūn smoke; to fumigate ∼HSK 6
酱料 醬料 jiàng liào sauce ∼HSK 6
腌制 腌製 yān zhì marinated; to make by pickling, salting or curing ∼HSK 6
产区 產區 chǎn qū place of production; manufacturing location ∼HSK 6
渗入 滲入 shèn rù to permeate ∼HSK 6
等不及 等不及 děng bù jí can't wait ∼HSK 6
晾干 晾乾 liàng gān to dry (sth) by airing ∼HSK 6
色泽 色澤 sè zé color and luster ∼HSK 6