What are the three things you'll think of when mentioning Taiwan?

Some typical answers: bubble tea, fried chicken, and their origin…

THE NIGHT MARKET!

In today's episode, Cathy and Sandy are going to share the following:

✏️go greasy or go healthy? favorite foods in night markets

✏️ politeness or safety? The secret of why Taiwanese always eat while walking

✏️ here or to go? Buy everything and eat after or not

✏️cruel or joyful? Popular games in night markets

【Vocabularies】

1. 流汗 Liú hàn : to sweat

2. 開冷氣 kāi lěngqì: to turn on the air conditioner

3. 我也差不多 wǒ yě chàbùduō : Same here!

4. 木瓜牛奶 mùguā niúnǎi : papaya milk

5. 芋頭牛奶 yùtou niúnǎi : taro milk

6. 手搖店 shǒu yáo diàn: the shop selling the beverages

7. 甜度冰塊 tián dù bīng kuài : the sugar and the ice

8. 客製化 kè zhì huà : to customize

9. 蜜地瓜 mì dìguā : sweetened potato

10. 拔絲地瓜 básī dìguā : sliced sweetened potato

11. 地瓜球 dìguā qiú : sweet potato balls

12. 烤鴨夾餅 kǎoyā jiā bǐng : roast duck with chapati

13. 掛包 guà bāo : the Taiwanese hamburger

14. 滷味 lǔwèi : google it, I don’t know how to translate, see the picture, and you’ll know

15. 消夜 xiāoyè : late-night snack

16. 滷蘿蔔 lǔ luóbo : braised radish

17. 玉米筍 yùmǐ sǔn : baby corn

18. 蒟蒻絲 jǔruò sī : konjac

19. 海帶 hǎidài : seaweed

20. 素雞 sù jī : google it, I don’t know how to translate, see the picture and you’ll know

21. 素肚 sù dù : same as above

22. 國際化 guójì huà : to internationalize

23. 章魚燒 zhāngyú shāo : takoyaki

24. 蚵仔煎 hézǐ jiān : oyster omelet

25. 蔥油餅 cōng yóubǐng : Flaky scallion pancakes

26. 調味料 tiáowèi liào : seasoning

27. 邊走邊吃 biān zǒubiān chī : eat while walking

28. 畢旅 bì lǚ : short for 畢業旅行, the graduation trip

29. 旅館 lǚguǎn : hotel

30. 好像有點怪怪的 hǎoxiàng yǒudiǎn guài guài de : it seems a bit weird

31. 逢甲夜市 féng jiǎ yèshì: the biggest night market in Taichung

32. 車水馬龍 chēshuǐmǎlóng : used to describe heavy traffic

33. 饒河夜市 ráo hé yèshì : night market in Taipei

34. 花園夜市 huāyuán yèshì : night market in Tainan

35. 彈珠台 dàn zhū tái : pinball

36. 套圈圈 tào quān quān : ring toss

37. 射氣球 shè qìqiú : balloon dart

38. 碰碰車 pèngpèngchē : dodgem

39. 麻將 májiàng : mahjong

40. 動保 dòng bǎo : animal protection

41. 撈金魚 lāo jīnyú : goldfish scoop

42. 壓力很大 yālì hěn dà : to be very stressed

43. 死路一條 sǐlù yītiáo : used to describe when someone has no way out, in the dead end

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