A Bite of China

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Season 3 — A Bite of China

舌尖上的中国 shéjiān shǎng de zhōngguó

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Vocabulary

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一世 一世 yī shì generation; period of 30 years; one's whole lifetime; lifelong; age; era; times; the whole world; the First (of numbered European kings) ∼HSK 3
古道 古道 gǔ dào ancient road; precepts of the antiquity ∼HSK 3
短时间 短時間 duǎn shí jiān short term; short time ∼HSK 3
修整 修整 xiū zhěng to spruce up; to renovate; to tend (a garden); to groom (one's hair); to finish (a rough surface); to trim (a lawn); to touch up (a photo) ∼HSK 3
般 般 bān sort, manner, kind, category ∼HSK 3
保有 保有 bǎo yǒu to keep; to retain ∼HSK 3
饮用 飲用 yǐn yòng drink; drinking or drinkable (water) ∼HSK 3
控 控 kòng accuse, charge; control ∼HSK 3
活血 活血 huó xuè to improve blood circulation (Chinese medicine) ∼HSK 3
谷 穀 gǔ valley, gorge, ravine ∼HSK 3
普 普 pǔ universal, general, widespread ∼HSK 3
光阴 光陰 guāng yīn time available ∼HSK 3
红糖 紅糖 hóng táng brown sugar ∼HSK 3
钟爱 鍾愛 zhōng ài to treasure; to be very fond of ∼HSK 3
每周 每週 měi zhōu every week ∼HSK 3
传给 傳給 chuán gěi to pass on to; to transfer to; to hand on to; (in football etc) to pass to ∼HSK 3
之上 之上 zhī shàng above ∼HSK 3
感觉到 感覺到 gǎn jué dào to feel; to sense; to detect; to perceive; to become aware ∼HSK 3
每个人 每個人 měi ge rén everybody; everyone ∼HSK 3
有些人 有些人 yǒu xiē rén some people ∼HSK 3
全国各地 全國各地 quán guó gè dì every part of the country ∼HSK 3
鸡汤 雞湯 jī tāng chicken stock; chicken soup; (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives) ∼HSK 3
更深 更深 gēng shēn deep at night ∼HSK 3
糖水 糖水 táng shuǐ syrup; sweetened water; tong sui (sweet soup) ∼HSK 3
巧思 巧思 qiǎo sī innovative thinking; ingenuity ∼HSK 3
国营 國營 guó yíng state-run (company etc); nationalized ∼HSK 3
油烟 油煙 yóu yān soot; lampblack ∼HSK 3
面皮 麵皮 miàn pí cheek; face; leather covering (for handbags etc) ∼HSK 3
桂皮 桂皮 guì pí Chinese cinnamon (Cinnamonum cassia); cassia bark ∼HSK 3
改刀 改刀 gǎi dāo to cut food into a specific size or shape (strips, slices or cubes etc); (dialect) screwdriver ∼HSK 3
耶 耶 yē used in transliteration ∼HSK 3
世家 世家 shì jiā family influential for generations; aristocratic family ∼HSK 3
世间 世間 shì jiān world; earth ∼HSK 3
双喜 雙喜 shuāng xǐ double happiness; the combined symmetric character 囍 (similar to 喜喜) as symbol of good luck, esp. marriage ∼HSK 3
已久 已久 yǐ jiǔ already a long time ∼HSK 3
敌 敵 dí enemy, foe, rival; resist ∼HSK 3
抉择 抉擇 jué zé to choose (literary) ∼HSK 3
新任 新任 xīn rèn newly-appointed; newly elected; new (in a political office) ∼HSK 3
赶来 趕來 gǎn lái to rush over ∼HSK 3
势 勢 shì power, force; tendency ∼HSK 3
难保 難保 nán bǎo hard to say; can't guarantee; difficult to protect; difficult to preserve ∼HSK 3
状 狀 zhuàng form; appearance; shape; official ∼HSK 3
干嘛 幹嘛 gàn má what are you doing?; whatever for?; why on earth? ∼HSK 3
赞 贊 zàn help, support, assist, aid ∼HSK 3
众 眾 Zhòng multitude, crowd; masses, public ∼HSK 3
强身 強身 qiáng shēn to strengthen one's body; to keep fit; to build up one's health (through exercise, nutrition etc) ∼HSK 3
有种 有種 yǒu zhǒng to have guts; to have courage; to be brave ∼HSK 3
没法 沒法 méi fǎ at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice ∼HSK 3
信物 信物 xìn wù keepsake; token ∼HSK 3
吉 吉 Jí lucky, propitious, good ∼HSK 3