黑白大廚 hēi bái dà chú - Culinary Class Wars

美食節目 měi shí jié mù - food show

料理競賽 liào lǐ jìng sài - cooking competition

料理階級大戰 liào lǐ jiē jí dà zhàn - cooking rank battle

黑湯匙 hēi tāng chí - black spoon

白湯匙 bái tāng chí - white spoon

無名 wú míng - unknown

名氣 míng qì - fame

才華 cái huá - talent

正規 zhèng guī - formal

烹飪 pēng rèn - cooking

讓人很驚艷 ràng rén hěn jīng yàn - impressive

業界 yè jiè - industry

菁英廚師 jīng yīng chú shī - elite chef

優勝者 yōu shèng zhě - winner

刺激 cì jī - exciting

階段 jiē duàn - stage

選拔賽 xuǎn bá sài - selection competition

分成兩組 fēn chéng liǎng zǔ - divided into two groups

輪流 lún liú - take turns

評審 píng shěn - judge

依據 yī jù - based on

出色 chū sè - outstanding

晉級 jìn jí - advance

下一輪 xià yī lún - next round

單挑 dān tiāo - one-on-one challenge

食材 shí cái - ingredients

創作 chuàng zuò - create

美味 měi wèi - delicious

眼罩 yǎn zhào - eye mask

憑 píng - rely on

評價 píng jià - evaluate

獲勝的一方 huò shèng de yī fāng - winning side

外觀 wài guān - appearance

團體戰 tuán tǐ zhàn - team battle

肉類 ròu lèi - meat category

組別 zǔ bié - group

試吃 shì chī - taste test

票數 piào shù - votes

隊伍 duì wǔ - team

全員生存 quán yuán shēng cún - all survive

復活賽 fù huó sài - revival match

實力 shí lì - strength/ability

關注 guān zhù - attention

階級制度 jiē jí zhì dù - class system

菜鳥 cài niǎo - rookie

切磋 qiē cuō - exchange skills

碰撞 pèng zhuàng - collision

不僅 bù jǐn - not only

反映 fǎn yìng - reflect

老鳥 lǎo niǎo - experienced person

不會被採納 bù huì bèi cǎi nà - will not be accepted

認可 rèn kě - recognition

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希望韓國可以很快解嚴

xīwàng hánguó kěyǐ hěn kuài jiěyán

Hopefully, South Korea can lift martial law soon 🙏 生詞 Vocabulary :

震驚 zhèn jīng - shocked, astonished

發表 fā biǎo - to announce, to deliver (a speech)

演說 yǎn shuō - speech, address

緊急聲明 jǐn jí shēng míng - emergency statement

宣布 xuān bù - to announce, to proclaim

全國戒嚴 quán guó jiè yán - nationwide martial law

尹錫悅 yǐn xī yuè - Yoon Suk-yeol (the president of South Korea)

發佈 fā bù - to release, to issue

緊急戒嚴 jǐn jí jiè yán - emergency martial law

消滅 xiāo miè - to eliminate, to exterminate

親北韓勢力 qīn běi hán shì lì - pro-North Korea forces

反對黨 fǎn duì dǎng - opposition party

勾結 gōu jié - to collude, to conspire

滅亡 miè wáng - to perish, to be destroyed

剷除 chǎn chú - to eradicate, to remove

反國家勢力 fǎn guó jiā shì lì - anti-state forces

國防部長 guó fáng bù zhǎng - Minister of National Defense

下令 xià lìng - to issue an order

全軍 quán jūn - the entire military

加強 jiā qiáng - to strengthen, to reinforce

緊急戒備 jǐn jí jiè bèi - emergency preparedness

在野黨 zài yě dǎng - opposition party (literally, party outside of power)

擾亂 rǎo luàn - to disturb, to disrupt

自由 zì yóu - freedom, liberty

民主 mín zhǔ - democracy

參謀總長 cān móu zǒng zhǎng - Chief of Staff (military)

就任 jiù rèn - to assume office, to take office

戒嚴司令 jiè yán sī lìng - martial law commander

戒嚴司令部 jiè yán sī lìng bù - martial law command center

戒嚴令 jiè yán lìng - martial law order

禁止 jìn zhǐ - to prohibit, to forbid

政治活動 zhèng zhì huó dòng - political activities

國民議會 guó mín yì huì - National Assembly

政治協會 zhèng zhì xié huì - political association

集會 jí huì - assembly, gathering

示威 shì wēi - demonstration, protest

議員 yì yuán - member of parliament, legislator

抗議 kàng yì - to protest, to resist

假新聞 jiǎ xīn wén - fake news

虛假 xū jiǎ - false, fake

宣傳 xuān chuán - propaganda, promotion

媒體 méi tǐ - media

出版物 chū bǎn wù - publications

罷工 bà gōng - to strike (workers)

煽動 shān dòng - to incite, to stir up

社會混亂 shè huì hùn luàn - social chaos, disorder

醫務人員 yī wù rén yuán - medical staff

醫療場所 yī liáo chǎng suǒ - medical facility, healthcare setting

崗位 gǎng wèi - post, position

違法 wéi fǎ - to break the law, illegal

處罰 chǔ fá - to punish

韓元兌美元匯率 hán yuán duì měi yuán huì lǜ - exchange rate of Korean won to U.S. dollar

迅速 xùn sù - rapidly, quickly

下跌 xià diē - to drop, to fall

執政黨 zhí zhèng dǎng - ruling party

黨魁 dǎng kuí - party leader

黨主席 dǎng zhǔ xí - party chairman

阻止 zǔ zhǐ - to prevent, to stop

密切關注 mì qiè guān zhù - to closely monitor

航空公司 háng kōng gōng sī - airline company

旅行社 lǚ xíng shè - travel agency

確認 què rèn - to confirm

彈劾 tán hé - impeachment

民眾黨 mín zhòng dǎng - Taiwan People's Party

主席 zhǔ xí - chairman

柯文哲 kē wén zhé - Ko Wen-je

政黨 zhèng dǎng - political party

國民黨 guó mín dǎng - Kuomintang (KMT)

民進黨 mín jìn dǎng - Democratic Progressive Party (DPP)

理念 lǐ niàn - philosophy, belief

第三方 dì sān fāng - third party

創黨人 chuàng dǎng rén - founder of a political party

身陷 shēn xiàn - be deeply involved in

爭議 zhēng yì - controversy

競選 jìng xuǎn - to run for (an election)

經費 jīng fèi - funding

黨務 dǎng wù - party affairs

支出 zhī chū - expenditure

被外界質疑 bèi wài jiè zhì yí - be questioned by the public

總統大選 zǒng tǒng dà xuǎn - presidential election

期間 qí jiān - period

募款 mù kuǎn - fundraising

經費 jīng fèi - funds

流向 liú xiàng - flow direction

公關 gōng guān - public relations

造勢活動 zào shì huó dòng - campaign events

款項 kuǎn xiàng - funds, money

申報 shēn bào - to declare, report

高層 gāo céng - senior-level, high-ranking

交情匪淺 jiāo qíng fěi qiǎn - close relations

引發外界...質疑 yǐn fā wài jiè...zhì yí - arouse public suspicion

假帳 jiǎ zhàng - fraudulent accounts

政府官員 zhèng fǔ guān yuán - government official

候選人 hòu xuǎn rén - candidate

透明 tòu míng - transparent

違法 wéi fǎ - illegal

漏報 lòu bào - underreport

金額 jīn é - amount of money

會計師 kuài jì shī - accountant

總而言之 zǒng ér yán zhī - in summary

爭議 zhēng yì - controversy

清廉 qīng lián - incorrupt, clean

貪污腐敗 tān wū fǔ bài - corruption

為人民的利益著想 wèi rén mín de lì yì zháo xiǎng - consider the people's interests

指控 zhǐ kòng - to accuse

政治獻金 zhèng zhì xiàn jīn - political donations

筆 bǐ - measure word for sums of money

指使 zhǐ shǐ - to instruct, instigate

豪宅 háo zhái - luxury house

爭議 zhēng yì - dispute, controversy

檢察官 jiǎn chá guān - prosecutor

羈押 jī yā - detain

京華城 jīng huá chéng - Living Mall (a shopping mall in Taipei)

地標 dì biāo - landmark

經營不善 jīng yíng bù shàn - poor management

走入歷史 zǒu rù lì shǐ - fade into history

拆除 chāi chú - demolish

涉嫌 shè xián - to be suspected of

收賄圖利 shōu huì tú lì - accept bribes for profit

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