Once Upon a Bite

Episode review

Ten Thousand Family Lights

S1E7 · 万家灯火 wànjiādēnghuǒ

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Vocabulary

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干 乹 gān dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder Xiehouyu HSK 1
小的 小的 xiǎo de (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
见天 見天 jiàn tiān (coll.) every day Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
奶奶 奶奶 nǎi nai (informal) grandma (paternal grandmother); (respectful) mistress of the house; (coll.) boobies; breasts Colloquialism HSK 1
菜 菜 cài dish (type of food); vegetable; cuisine; (coll.) (one's) type; (of one's skills etc) weak; poor Colloquialism HSK 1
肉 肉 ròu meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130 Colloquialism HSK 1
爸爸 爸爸 bà ba (coll.) father; dad Colloquialism HSK 1
块 塊 kuài lump; chunk; piece; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc; (coll.) classifier for money and currency units Colloquialism HSK 1
花 花 huā flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful Colloquialism HSK 1
中国人 中國人 Zhōng guó rén Chinese person Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
山西 山西 Shān xī Shanxi Province, capital Taiyuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
天后 天后 Tiān hòu Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu; Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
中都 中都 Zhōng dū Zhongdu, capital of China during the Jin Dynasty (1115-1234), modern day Beijing Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
小小 小小 xiǎo xiǎo very small; very few; very minor ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
芥菜 芥菜 jiè cài leaf mustard (Brassica juncea); also pr. [gai4cai4] ∼HSK 1
这是 這是 zhè shì this is; this is the ... ∼HSK 1
家的 家的 jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
一个 一個 yīge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
快点 快點 kuài diǎn to do sth more quickly; Hurry up!; Get a move on! ∼HSK 1
一种 一種 yī zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
并不 並不 bìng bù not at all; by no means ∼HSK 1
梅干菜 梅乾菜 méi gān cài salt-pickled sun-dried cabbage (or potherb mustard etc) ∼HSK 1
十五 十五 shí wǔ fifteen; 15 ∼HSK 1
老两口 老兩口 lǎo liǎng kǒu old married couple ∼HSK 1
达 達 Dá arrive at, reach; intelligent; smooth, slippery ∼HSK 1
一家 一家 yī jiā the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group ∼HSK 1
十几 十幾 shí jǐ more than ten; a dozen or more ∼HSK 1
和风 和風 hé fēng breeze; (Tw) Japanese-style (cooking etc) ∼HSK 1
四十 四十 sì shí forty; 40 ∼HSK 1
是日 是日 shì rì (formal) this day; that day ∼HSK 1
好几 好幾 hǎo jǐ several; quite a few ∼HSK 1
几天 幾天 jǐ tiān several days ∼HSK 1
女的 女的 nǚ de woman ∼HSK 1
第一次 第一次 dì yī cì the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
中人 中人 zhōng rén go-between; mediator; intermediary ∼HSK 1
二十 二十 èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
中的 中的 zhòng dì to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 1
天天 天天 tiān tiān every day ∼HSK 1
风干 風乾 fēng gān to air-dry; to season (timber etc); air-dried; air-drying ∼HSK 1
下水 下水 xià shuǐ downstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray; to go to pot ∼HSK 1
差点 差點 chà diǎn almost; nearly ∼HSK 1
家常菜 家常菜 jiā cháng cài home cooking ∼HSK 1
五花肉 五花肉 wǔ huā ròu pork belly; streaky pork ∼HSK 1
褪去 褪去 tuì qù to take off (one's clothes); (fig.) to shed (one's former image etc); (of a fad or the after-effects of a disaster etc) to subside; also pr. [tun4 qu4] ∼HSK 1
山脊 山脊 shān jǐ mountain ridge ∼HSK 1
叫做 叫做 jiào zuò to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 1
十六 十六 shí liù sixteen; 16 ∼HSK 1