Once Upon a Bite

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Ten Thousand Family Lights

S1E7 · 万家灯火 wànjiādēnghuǒ

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内蒙 內蒙 Nèi měng Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, capital Hohhot Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
北极圈 北極圈 Běi jí quān Arctic Circle Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
格陵兰 格陵蘭 Gé líng lán Greenland Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
北大西洋 北大西洋 Běi Dà xī yáng North Atlantic Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
拉丁美洲 拉丁美洲 Lā dīng Měi zhōu Latin America Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中式 中式 Zhōng shì Chinese style Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
海盐 海鹽 Hǎi yán Haiyan county in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
脉 脈 mài blood vessels, veins, arteries ∼HSK 4
鸭 鴨 yā duck; Anas species (various) ∼HSK 4
厄瓜多尔 厄瓜多爾 È guā duō ěr Ecuador ∼HSK 4
肤 膚 fū skin; superficial, shallow ∼HSK 4
儿孙 兒孫 ér sūn descendant ∼HSK 4
沙鱼 沙魚 shā yú variant of ∼HSK 4
脱水 脫水 tuō shuǐ to dry out; to extract water; dehydration; dehydrated; desiccation ∼HSK 4
杰 傑 jié hero; heroic, outstanding ∼HSK 4
辛辣 辛辣 xīn là spicy hot (taste); fig. biting (criticism) ∼HSK 4
族人 族人 zú rén clansman; clan members; relatives; ethnic minority ∼HSK 4
适 適 kuò go, reach; appropriate, suitable ∼HSK 4
红烧 紅燒 hóng shāo to braise in soy sauce until reddish-brown ∼HSK 4
酸菜 酸菜 suān cài pickled vegetables, especially Chinese cabbage ∼HSK 4
酸败 酸敗 suān bài (milk) to turn sour; (meat, fish) to go off ∼HSK 4
仓 倉 cāng granary; berth; sea ∼HSK 4
浓香 濃香 nóng xiāng strong fragrance; pungent ∼HSK 4
薄面 薄面 bó miàn my meager sensibilities; blushing face; please do it for my sake (i.e. to save my face)(humble) ∼HSK 4
温饱 溫飽 wēn bǎo to have enough food and warm clothes; adequately provided ∼HSK 4
打底 打底 dǎ dǐ to lay a foundation (also fig.); to make a first sketch; to eat sth before drinking; to apply an undercoat ∼HSK 4
典籍 典籍 diǎn jí ancient books or records ∼HSK 4
穿戴 穿戴 chuān dài to dress; to be dressed; clothing; apparel ∼HSK 4
深色 深色 shēn sè dark; dark colored ∼HSK 4
晋级 晉級 jìn jí to advance in rank; promotion; advancement ∼HSK 4
外孙 外孫 wài sūn daughter's son; grandson; descendant via the female line ∼HSK 4
族群 族群 zú qún ethnic group; community ∼HSK 4
刺鼻 刺鼻 cì bí to assail the nostrils; acrid; pungent ∼HSK 4
通透 通透 tōng tòu penetrating ∼HSK 4
绵密 綿密 mián mì detailed; meticulous; fine and careful ∼HSK 4
粗放 粗放 cū fàng extensive; expansive; large-scale ∼HSK 4
仙 仙 xiān immortal ∼HSK 4
肥厚 肥厚 féi hòu plump; fleshy; fertile ∼HSK 4
废弃 廢棄 fèi qì to discard; to abandon (old ways); to invalidate ∼HSK 4
坦 坦 tǎn flat, smooth; self-possessed ∼HSK 4
盐分 鹽分 yán fèn salt content ∼HSK 4
重获 重獲 chóng huò recovery; to recover ∼HSK 4
舒展 舒展 shū zhǎn to roll out; to extend; to smooth out; to unfold ∼HSK 4
放入 放入 fàng rù to put in; to insert ∼HSK 4
粮 糧 liáng food, grain, provisions ∼HSK 4
世界各地 世界各地 shì jiè gè dì all over the world; everywhere; in all parts of the world ∼HSK 4
半透明 半透明 bàn tòu míng translucent; semitransparent ∼HSK 4
熟透 熟透 shú tòu completely ripe; ripened; well-cooked ∼HSK 4
鲜味 鮮味 xiān wèi umami, one of the five basic tastes (cookery) ∼HSK 4
三倍 三倍 sān bèi triple ∼HSK 4