开火 開火 kāi huǒ to open fire / to start shooting / to light the flame (for cooking) syn 锻炼 鍛煉 duàn liàn to toughen / to temper / to engage in physical exercise / to work out / (fig.) to develop one's skills / to train oneself syn 点心 點心 diǎn xin light refreshments / pastry / dim sum (in Cantonese cooking) / dessert syn 配方 pèi fāng prescription / cooking recipe / formulation / completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math.) syn 烹饪 烹飪 pēng rèn cooking / culinary arts syn 充电 充電 chōng diàn to recharge (a battery) / (fig.) to recharge one's batteries (through leisure) / to update one's skills and knowledge 演技 yǎn jì acting / performing skills 料理 liào lǐ to arrange / to handle / to cook / cuisine / art of cooking syn 夹心 夾心 jiā xīn to fill with stuffing (e.g. in cooking) / stuffed 配料 pèi liào ingredients (in a cooking recipe) / to mix materials according to directions 做菜 zuò cài to cook / cooking syn 露一手 lòu yī shǒu to show off one's abilities / to exhibit one's skills syn 精炼 精煉 jīng liàn to refine (a substance) / to purify / to refine (one's skills, writing etc) / refined / polished / succinct / skilled / capable syn 失传 失傳 shī chuán (of skills etc) to die out / lost / extinct syn 禁烟 禁煙 jìn yān to ban smoking / to quit smoking / to prohibit cooking / prohibition on opium (esp. in China from 1729) 基本功 jī běn gōng basic skills / fundamentals syn 家常菜 jiā cháng cài home cooking 和风 和風 hé fēng breeze / (Tw) Japanese-style (cooking etc) syn 相加 xiāng jiā to add up (numbers) / (fig.) to put together (several things of the same type, e.g. skills) 便饭 便飯 biàn fàn an ordinary meal / simple home cooking syn 面糊 麵糊 miàn hù panada / cooked flour paste / flour paste (used in crafts) / batter (used in cooking) / Taiwan pr. [mian4hu2] syn 功底 gōng dǐ training in the basic skills / knowledge of the fundamentals syn 登峰造极 登峰造極 dēng fēng zào jí to reach great heights (in technical skills or scholastic achievements) syn 炊事 chuī shì cooking syn 炒菜 chǎo cài to stir-fry / to do the cooking / stir-fried dish 两手 兩手 liǎng shǒu one's two hands / two prongs (of a strategy) / both aspects, eventualities etc / skills / expertise syn 炊具 chuī jù cooking utensils / cookware / cooker 铁锅 鐵鍋 tiě guō iron cooking pot 五香 wǔ xiāng five spice seasoned / incorporating the five basic flavors of Chinese cooking (sweet, sour, bitter, savory, salty) 烧火 燒火 shāo huǒ to light a fire for cooking syn 尚武 shàng wǔ to promote a martial spirit / to revere military skills / warlike 豆腐皮 dòu fu pí tofu skin (made by drying the skin that forms on the surface of soymilk during cooking, and therefore not actually made from tofu) syn 调匀 調勻 tiáo yún to blend (cooking) / to mix evenly syn 加盖 加蓋 jiā gài to seal (with an official stamp) / to stamp / (fig.) to ratify / to put a lid on (a cooking pot) / to cap / to build an extension or additional story syn 道行 dào héng skills acquired through religious practice / (fig.) ability / skill / Taiwan pr. [dao4 hang5] 料酒 liào jiǔ cooking wine 基本技能 basic skills 主料 zhǔ liào main ingredients (in a cooking recipe) 灶具 zào jù stove / cooker / (dialect) cooking utensils syn 文火 wén huǒ small flame (when cooking, simmering etc) 不学无术 不學無術 bù xué wú shù without learning or skills (idiom) / ignorant and incompetent syn 三鲜 三鮮 sān xiān three fresh ingredients (in cooking) 红客 紅客 hóng kè "honker", Chinese hacker motivated by patriotism, using one's skills to protect domestic networks and work in national interest 扁鹊 扁鵲 biǎn què 秦越人[Qin2 Yue4 ren2] (407-310 BC), Warring States physician known for his medical skills, nicknamed Bian Que after the earliest known Chinese physician allegedly from the 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] era 食油 shí yóu cooking oil syn 三脚猫 三腳貓 sān jiǎo māo sb with only rudimentary skills (in a particular area) 拔丝 拔絲 bá sī wire drawing / candied floss (cooking) / spun sugar or toffee (coating) syn 慢火 màn huǒ low heat (cooking) 面试技巧 miàn shì jì qiǎo interviewing skills 腐竹 fǔ zhú rolls of dried soymilk cream (used in cooking after being rehydrated) 花拳绣腿 花拳繡腿 huā quán xiù tuǐ flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom) / highly embellished and ineffectual / fancy but impractical skills / all show and no go / pugilistic wankery 食法 shí fǎ cooking method 掌勺 zhǎng sháo to be in charge of the cooking / to be the chef / head cook / chef syn 清油 qīng yóu vegetable cooking oil syn 碱水 鹼水 jiǎn shuǐ lye water / alkaline water (used in cooking) 传艺 傳藝 chuán yì to impart skills / to pass on one's art 大黄鱼 大黃魚 dà huáng yú Croceine croaker (Pseudosciaena crocea), a fish popular in Cantonese cooking syn 菜 cài vegetable / greens (CL:棵[ke1]) / dish (of food) (CL:樣|样[yang4],道[dao4],盤|盘[pan2]) / (of one's skills etc) weak / poor / (coll.) (one's) type syn 烫 燙 tàng to scald / to burn (by scalding) / to blanch (cooking) / to heat (sth) up in hot water / to perm / to iron / scalding hot syn 蒸 zhēng to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) syn 酿 釀 niàng to ferment / to brew / to make honey (of bees) / to lead to / to form gradually / wine / stuffed vegetables (cooking method) syn 鼎 dǐng ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs / pot (dialect) / to enter upon a period of (classical) / Kangxi radical 206 / one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes syn 大放异彩 大放異彩 dà fàng yì cǎi to shine (of talents, skills, accomplishment) / to demonstrate extraordinary talent or skill 用武之地 yòng wǔ zhī dì ample scope for abilities / favorable position for the use of one's skills (idiom) 杂七杂八 雜七雜八 zá qī zá bā an assortment / a bit of everything / lots of different (skills) syn 宝刀不老 寶刀不老 bǎo dāo bù lǎo lit. a good sword always remains sharp (idiom) / fig. (of one's skills etc) to be as good as ever / the old man still has it syn 填鸭 tián yā to force-feed ducks / (cooking) stuffed duck 地沟油 地溝油 dì gōu yóu illegally recycled waste cooking oil 汽锅 汽鍋 qì guō steamer (for cooking) 辩士 辯士 biàn shì eloquent person / person with rhetoric skills syn 爪 zhuǎ (coll.) foot of an animal or bird / (coll.) foot supporting a cooking pot etc syn 爨 cuàn cooking-stove / to cook 鬲 lì ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs 不减当年 不減當年 bù jiǎn dāng nián (of one's skills, appearance etc) not to have deteriorated a bit / to be as (good, vigorous etc) as ever syn 连锅端 連鍋端 lián guō duān to take even the cooking pots (idiom) / to clean out / to wipe out syn 鼎铛玉石 鼎鐺玉石 dǐng chēng yù shí lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom) / fig. a waste of precious material / casting pearls before swine 外交手腕 wài jiāo shǒu wàn diplomatic skills 做功夫 zuò gōng fu to practice (work skills) 做工夫 zuò gōng fu to practice (work skills) 小技 xiǎo jì small skills / folk musical theater 打把势 打把勢 dǎ bǎ shi drill (in sword play) / to thrash around / to demonstrate gymnastic skills / to solicit financial help (in an indirect way) / to show off 西艺 西藝 xī yì Western skills / in Qing times, refers to Western technology, esp. military and naval know-how 语文能力 language skills 代表技巧培训 dài biǎo jì qiǎo péi xùn representational skills 转用技能 transfer of skills 成人识字和生活技能调查 Adult Literacy and Life Skills Survey 沟通技能 gōu tòng jì néng communications skills 更新技能 upgrading skills 工作人员技能 gōng zuò rén yuán jì néng staff skills 督导技能 督導技能 dū dǎo jì néng supervisory skills 联合国维持和平技能中心 聯合國維持和平技能中心 United Nations Peacekeeping Skills Centre 特别驾驶技术 特別駕駛技術 driving specialist skills 管理技能 guǎn lǐ jì néng management skills 交流技巧 jiāo liú jì qiǎo communication skills 先进技能和技术 先進技能和技術 advanced skills and technology 联合国发展遥感技能和知识国际专家会议 聯合國發展遙感技能和知識國際專家會議 International Meeting of Experts on the Development of Remote Sensing Skills and Knowledge 计算机技能 計算機技能 computer skills 生活技能教育 Life Skills-Based Education 家庭技能 family skills 