Vocabulary
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| 物尽其用 物盡其用 | to use sth to the full; to make the best use of everything | Xiehouyu |
| 无独有偶 無獨有偶 | not alone but in pairs (idiom, usually derog.); not a unique occurrence; it's not the only case | Xiehouyu |
| 万花筒 萬花筒 | kaleidoscope | Xiehouyu |
| 不成 不成 | won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? | Xiehouyu |
| 高手 高手 | expert; past master; dab hand | Xiehouyu |
| 排档 排檔 | (coll.) row of vendor stalls; street stall area; (Tw) gear shift; gear selector; transmission control (in cars or motorcycles) | Colloquialism |
| 麻利 麻利 | swift; agile; efficient; quick-witted (colloquial) | Colloquialism |
| 净高 淨高 | (architecture) clear height; vertical clearance (from the floor to the lowest hanging object, such as a beam, pipe or ceiling); (coll.) a person's height measured without shoes; actual height | Colloquialism |
| 嘛 嘛 | used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what? | Colloquialism |
| 却是 卻是 | nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... | |
| 有没有 有沒有 | (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? | |
| 腌制 腌製 | marinated; to make by pickling, salting or curing | |
| 小龙虾 小龍蝦 | crayfish; (esp.) red swamp crayfish | |
| 菜肴 菜餚 | vegetable and meat dishes; dish | |
| 油脂 油脂 | grease; oil; fat | |
| 大闸蟹 大閘蟹 | Chinese mitten crab (Eriocheir sinensis); Shanghai hairy crab | |
| 宵夜 宵夜 | midnight snack; late-night snack | |
| 味觉 味覺 | sense of taste; gustation | |
| 番薯 番薯 | (dialect) sweet potato; yam | |
| 鱼露 魚露 | fish sauce | |
| 色泽 色澤 | color and luster | |
| 入味 入味 | tasty; to be absorbed in sth; interesting | |
| 清香 清香 | sweet scent; fragrant odor | |
| 宴席 宴席 | banquet; feast | |
| 老伴 老伴 | (of an elderly couple) husband or wife | |
| 汤汁 湯汁 | soup; broth | |
| 摄制 攝製 | to produce (a TV show etc) | |
| 炖煮 燉煮 | to stew | |
| 酥脆 酥脆 | crisp (of food) | |
| 偏爱 偏愛 | to be partial towards sth; to favor; to prefer; preference; favorite | |
| 生姜 生薑 | fresh ginger | |
| 调味料 調味料 | seasoning; condiment; flavoring; dressing; essences | |
| 各异 各異 | all different; each unto his own | |
| 清甜 清甜 | (of flavor, voice etc) clear and sweet | |
| 味蕾 味蕾 | taste bud(s) | |
| 细嫩 細嫩 | tender | |
| 烹制 烹製 | to cook; to prepare (food) | |
| 荒漠 荒漠 | desert; desolate wilderness; barren wasteland; vast and desolate | |
| 捕捞 捕撈 | to fish for (aquatic animals and plants); to catch | |
| 汁水 汁水 | (dialect) juice | |
| 米粒 米粒 | grain of rice; granule | |
| 印记 印記 | imprint; trace | |
| 木桶 木桶 | cask | |
| 疏松 疏鬆 | to loosen | |
| 采摘 採摘 | to pluck; to pick | |
| 主厨 主廚 | chef; to be the chef | |
| 锅灶 鍋灶 | stove; cooking burner | |
| 晾晒 晾曬 | to sun-dry | |
| 妙用 妙用 | to use (sth) in an ingenious way; marvelously effective use | |
| 洁白 潔白 | spotlessly white; pure white |