Once Upon a Bite

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Endless Variations

S1E4 · 肴变万千 yáo biàn wànqiān

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弯弯 彎彎 Wān wān Wan Wan (1981-), Taiwanese blogger and cartoonist Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大爆炸 大爆炸 Dà bào zhà Big Bang (cosmology) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
北欧 北歐 Běi Ōu north Europe; Scandinavia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
波罗的海 波羅的海 Bō luó dì Hǎi Baltic Sea Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
法国人 法國人 Fǎ guó rén Frenchman; French person Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
村落 村落 cūn luò village Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
海盐 海鹽 Hǎi yán Haiyan county in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
滚滚 滾滾 Gǔn gǔn nickname for a panda Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
鲁菜 魯菜 Lǔ cài Shandong cuisine Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李昂 李昂 Lǐ Áng Li Ang, personal name of fifteenth Tang emperor Wenzong (809-840), reigned 827-840 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
香港岛 香港島 Xiāng gǎng Dǎo Hong Kong Island Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
避风塘 避風塘 bì fēng táng typhoon shelter (a cove where boats shelter from strong winds and rough seas, esp. in Hong Kong); (attributive) typhoon shelter-style, a cooking method associated with those who lived on boats in the coves, where crab, prawn or other meat i Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
梅 梅 Méi plums; prunes; surname ∼HSK 4
骨 骨 gū bone; skeleton; frame, framework ∼HSK 4
鸭 鴨 yā duck; Anas species (various) ∼HSK 4
厨 廚 chú kitchen; closet; cupboard ∼HSK 4
五味 五味 wǔ wèi the five flavors, namely: sweet 甜, sour 酸, bitter 苦, spicy hot 辣, salty 鹹|咸; all kinds of flavors ∼HSK 4
宁 寧 nìng calm, peaceful, serene; healthy ∼HSK 4
幽 幽 yōu quiet, secluded, tranquil; dark ∼HSK 4
霍 霍 Huò quickly, suddenly; surname ∼HSK 4
调味 調味 tiáo wèi seasoning; condiment; flavoring; dressing; essences ∼HSK 4
美感 美感 měi gǎn sense of beauty; aesthetic perception ∼HSK 4
布雷 佈雷 bù léi to lay mines ∼HSK 4
宝葫芦 寶葫蘆 bǎo hú lu magic gourd, granting your every wish ∼HSK 4
蔡 蔡 Cài surname; species of tortoise ∼HSK 4
处事 處事 chǔ shì to handle affairs; to deal with matters ∼HSK 4
松花蛋 松花蛋 sōng huā dàn century egg; preserved egg ∼HSK 4
刺鼻 刺鼻 cì bí to assail the nostrils; acrid; pungent ∼HSK 4
切成 切成 qiē chéng to cut up (into pieces); to slice; to carve; to dice; to shred ∼HSK 4
阴凉处 陰涼處 yīn liáng chù shady place ∼HSK 4
婆婆 婆婆 pó po husband's mother; mother-in-law; grandma ∼HSK 4
不及 不及 bù jí to fall short of; not as good as; too late ∼HSK 4
仙 仙 xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
重口味 重口味 zhòng kǒu wèi strong flavor (spicy, salty etc); (of food) strongly flavored; (of a person) having a preference for strong flavors; (slang) intense; hardcore ∼HSK 4
击 擊 jī strike, hit, beat; attack, fight ∼HSK 4
冰封 冰封 bīng fēng to freeze over; to ice over; icebound; to shelve (a proposal etc) ∼HSK 4
肥美 肥美 féi měi fertile; luxuriant; plump; rounded ∼HSK 4
配方 配方 pèi fāng prescription; cooking recipe; formulation; completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.) ∼HSK 4
工业化 工業化 gōng yè huà to industrialize; industrialization ∼HSK 4
静默 靜默 jìng mò silent; still; quiet; to mourn in silence; to observe silence; (neologism c. 2022) to stay at home during a pandemic ∼HSK 4
赤 赤 chì red; scarlet; bare; naked ∼HSK 4
微生物 微生物 wēi shēng wù microorganism ∼HSK 4
温 溫 Wēn lukewarm ∼HSK 4
方块 方塊 fāng kuài cube; block; square; diamond ♦ (in card games) ∼HSK 4
模 模 mó model, standard, pattern; copy ∼HSK 4
粗盐 粗鹽 cū yán coarse salt; rock salt ∼HSK 4
针刺 針刺 zhēn cì to prick with a needle; to treat by acupuncture ∼HSK 4
多民族 多民族 duō mín zú multiethnic ∼HSK 4
掌控 掌控 zhǎng kòng to control; in control of ∼HSK 4
体型 體型 tǐ xíng build; body type ∼HSK 4