A Bite of China

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Season 2 — A Bite of China

舌尖上的中国 shéjiān shǎng de zhōngguó

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千山万水 千山萬水 qiān shān wàn shuǐ lit. a thousand mountains and ten thousand rivers (idiom); fig. a long and arduous journey; vast distances Idiom ∼HSK 7
人才辈出 人才輩出 rén cái bèi chū talented people emerging in large numbers (idiom); a steady flow of gifted individuals, generation after generation Idiom ∼HSK 7
千门万户 千門萬戶 qiān mén wàn hù lit. a thousand gates and ten thousand households (idiom); countless homes; a vast city or palace complex Idiom ∼HSK 7
津津有味 津津有味 jīn jīn yǒu wèi with keen interest (idiom); with great pleasure; with gusto; eagerly Idiom HSK 7
千变万化 千變萬化 qiān biàn wàn huà countless changes; constant permutation Idiom HSK 7
络绎不绝 絡繹不絕 luò yì bù jué (idiom) continuously; in an endless stream Idiom HSK 7
家家户户 家家戶戶 jiā jiā hù hù each and every family (idiom); every household Idiom HSK 7
无微不至 無微不至 wú wēi bù zhì in every possible way (idiom); meticulous Idiom HSK 7
顺理成章 順理成章 shùn lǐ chéng zhāng logical; only to be expected; rational and clearly structured (of text) Idiom HSK 7
惊心动魄 驚心動魄 jīng xīn dòng pò (idiom) heart-stopping; hair-raising; breathtaking Idiom HSK 7
日复一日 日復一日 rì fù yī rì day after day Idiom HSK 7
一目了然 一目了然 yī mù liǎo rán obvious at a glance (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
措手不及 措手不及 cuò shǒu bù jí no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared Idiom HSK 7
轻而易举 輕而易舉 qīng ér yì jǔ easy; with no difficulty Idiom HSK 7
小心翼翼 小心翼翼 xiǎo xīn yì yì cautious and solemn (idiom); very carefully; prudent; gently and cautiously Idiom HSK 7
稀少 稀少 xī shǎo sparse; rare Xiehouyu HSK 7
渺小 渺小 miǎo xiǎo minute; tiny; negligible; insignificant Xiehouyu HSK 7
漂浮 漂浮 piāo fú to float; to hover; to drift (also fig., to lead a wandering life); to rove; showy; superficial Xiehouyu HSK 7
随心所欲 隨心所欲 suí xīn suǒ yù to follow one's heart's desires; to do as one pleases (idiom) Xiehouyu HSK 7
奔波 奔波 bēn bō to rush about; to be constantly on the move Xiehouyu HSK 7
照料 照料 zhào liào to tend; to take care of sb Xiehouyu HSK 7
挑剔 挑剔 tiāo ti picky; fussy Xiehouyu HSK 7
独一无二 獨一無二 dú yī wú èr unique and unmatched (idiom); unrivalled; nothing compares with it Xiehouyu HSK 7
与众不同 與眾不同 yǔ zhòng bù tóng to stand out from the masses (idiom) Xiehouyu HSK 7
冒险 冒險 mào xiǎn to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure 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
姥姥 姥姥 lǎo lao (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother Colloquialism HSK 7
卵 卵 luǎn egg; ovum; spawn; (coll.) testicles; (old) penis; (expletive) fucking Colloquialism HSK 7
损 損 sǔn to decrease; to lose; to damage; to harm; (coll.) to ridicule; to deride; (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ Colloquialism HSK 7
外婆 外婆 wài pó (coll.) mother's mother; maternal grandmother Colloquialism HSK 7
扯 扯 chě to pull; to tear; (of cloth, thread etc) to buy; to chat; to gossip; (coll.) (Tw) ridiculous; hokey 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
受过 受過 shòu guò to take the blame (for sb else) HSK 7
节气 節氣 jié qi solar term HSK 7
馅儿 餡兒 xiàn r erhua variant of 馅; (of food) filling; stuffing HSK 7
桂花 桂花 guì huā osmanthus flowers; Osmanthus fragrans HSK 7
多元 多元 duō yuán poly-; multi-; multielement; multivariant; multivariate (math.) HSK 7
戈壁 戈壁 Gē bì Gobi (desert) HSK 7
炉灶 爐灶 lú zào stove HSK 7
醇厚 醇厚 chún hòu mellow and rich; simple and kind HSK 7
祖籍 祖籍 zǔ jí ancestral hometown; original domicile (and civil registration) HSK 7
籍贯 籍貫 jí guàn one's native place; place of ancestry; registered birthplace HSK 7
长达 長達 cháng dá to extend as long as; to lengthen out to HSK 7
农历 農曆 nóng lì the traditional Chinese calendar; the lunar calendar HSK 7
学艺 學藝 xué yì to learn a skill or art HSK 7
萌发 萌發 méng fā to sprout; to shoot; to bud HSK 7
清明 清明 Qīng míng Qingming or Pure Brightness, 5th of the 24 solar terms 二十四节气 5th-19th April; Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day (in early April) HSK 7
踏上 踏上 tà shàng to set foot on; to step on or into HSK 7
开垦 開墾 kāi kěn to clear a wild area for cultivation; to put under the plow HSK 7