Once Upon a Bite

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Ten Thousand Family Lights

S1E7 · 万家灯火 wànjiādēnghuǒ

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Vocabulary

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把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
万水千山 萬水千山 wàn shuǐ qiān shān ten thousand crags and torrents (idiom); the trials and tribulations of a long journey; a long and difficult road Idiom ∼HSK 2
阴干 陰乾 yīn gān to dry in the shade Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
挺 挺 tǐng straight; erect; to stick out (a part of the body); to (physically) straighten up; to support; to withstand; outstanding; (coll.) quite; very; classifier for machine guns Colloquialism HSK 2
拉 拉 lā to pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag; to draw; to chat; (coll.) to empty one's bowels Colloquialism HSK 2
广西 廣西 Guǎng xī Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, capital Nanning Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
绍兴 紹興 Shào xīng Shaoxing, prefecture-level city in Zhejiang Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
福建 福建 Fú jiàn Fujian Province, capital Fuzhou Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
卡拉 卡拉 Kǎ lā Kara, city in northern Togo; Cara, Karla etc (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
江苏 江蘇 Jiāng sū Jiangsu Province, capital Nanjing Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
鱼肉 魚肉 yú ròu flesh of fish; fish and meat; (fig.) victims of oppression; (fig.) to cruelly oppress (i.e. to treat like flesh to be carved up) ∼HSK 2
林 林 Lín forest, grove; surname ∼HSK 2
糯米 糯米 nuò mǐ glutinous rice (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa) ∼HSK 2
刘海 劉海 liú hǎi bangs; fringe (hair) ∼HSK 2
英 英 Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
向北 向北 xiàng běi northward; facing north ∼HSK 2
在此 在此 zài cǐ hereto; here ∼HSK 2
油亮 油亮 yóu liàng glossy; shiny ∼HSK 2
令人 令人 lìng rén to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) ∼HSK 2
俄 俄 É sudden(ly), soon; Russian ∼HSK 2
微 微 Wēi small, prefix micro-, trifling ∼HSK 2
轻轻 輕輕 qīng qīng lightly; softly ∼HSK 2
两头 兩頭 liǎng tóu both ends; both parties to a deal ∼HSK 2
人称 人稱 rén chēng person (first person, second person etc in grammar); called; known as ∼HSK 2
新近 新近 xīn jìn newly ∼HSK 2
两千年 兩千年 liǎng qiān nián the year 2000; 2000 years ∼HSK 2
发带 髮帶 fà dài headband ∼HSK 2
巴 巴 Bā greatly desire, anxiously hope ∼HSK 2
收下 收下 shōu xià to accept; to receive ∼HSK 2
关系到 關係到 guān xì dào relates to; bears upon ∼HSK 2
海上 海上 hǎi shàng maritime ∼HSK 2
海风 海風 hǎi fēng sea breeze; sea wind (i.e. from the sea) ∼HSK 2
名菜 名菜 míng cài famous dishes; specialty dishes ∼HSK 2
蛋黄 蛋黃 dàn huáng egg yolk ∼HSK 2
质 質 zhì matter, material, substance ∼HSK 2
干才 幹才 gàn cái ability; capable ∼HSK 2
千米 千米 qiān mǐ kilometer ∼HSK 2
历史上 歷史上 lì shǐ shàng historical; in history ∼HSK 2
纳 納 Nà admit, take, receive, accept ∼HSK 2
备 備 bèi prepare, ready, perfect ∼HSK 2
长成 長成 zhǎng chéng to grow up ∼HSK 2
旅 旅 lǚ trip, journey; travel; traveler ∼HSK 2
雪白 雪白 xuě bái snow white ∼HSK 2
刘 劉 Liú surname; kill, destroy ∼HSK 2
办好 辦好 bàn hǎo to take care of (a matter); to get (a task) done; to handle (a project) expeditiously ∼HSK 2
年节 年節 nián jié the New Year festival ∼HSK 2
红油 紅油 hóng yóu chili oil ∼HSK 2
战 戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
春节 春節 Chūn jié Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) HSK 2
不起眼 不起眼 bù qǐ yǎn unremarkable; nothing out of the ordinary ∼HSK 2