Chinese Tourists Flock to Hole-in -the-Wall Chicken Shop in Lisbon

Translation

Keywords

涌 - yǒng - to bubble up / to rush forth
盯 - dīng - to watch attentively / to fix one's attention on / to stare at / to gaze at
招牌 - zhāopai - signboard / shop sign / reputation of a business
朦胧 - ménglóng - hazy
爆红 - bàohóng - to burst onto the scene / to shoot to fame / to become suddenly popular
铺 - pù - shop / store
榜单 - bǎngdān - list of successful applicants for college admission / list of people or entities ranked highest according to some metric
暴增 - bàozēng - to suddenly increase / to surge
猜测 - cāicè - to guess / to conjecture / to surmise
拖 - tuō - to drag / to tow / to trail / to hang down / to mop (the floor) / to delay / to drag on
注音 - zhùyīn - to indicate the pronunciation of Chinese characters using Pinyin or Bopomofo etc / phonetic notation
词汇 - cíhuì - vocabulary / list of words (e.g. for language teaching purposes) / word
跨国 - kuàguó - transnational / multinational
坚守 - jiānshǒu - to hold fast to / to stick to
队伍 - duìwǔ - ranks / troops / queue / line / procession
优先 - yōuxiān - priority
腌制 - yānzhì - marinated / to make by pickling, salting or curing
腌料 - yānliào - sauce / marinade

Grammar

位于 + Place - Expressing "to be located at (a certain place)" with "wèiyú + Place"
美国有线电视新闻网2月18日报道，位于里斯本一条不起眼小巷 Travessa da Tapada的烤鸡店，被中国游客给集体“盯”上了。

据悉… - Expressing "according to reports / it is reported (that)…" with "jùxī…"
据悉，尽管店主安东尼奥·席尔维（António Silve）在这个居民区已经烤了几十年的鸡了，但直到前不久，它还是只属于阿尔坎塔拉区本地人的秘密去处。

正如… - Expressing "just as / precisely as…" with "zhèngrú…"
正如他所猜测，绝大多数中国游客在看到小红书的推荐后，纷纷赶到这家店打卡，只为一品传说中的秘制烤鸡。

绝大多数 + Noun Phrase - Expressing "an absolute majority / overwhelming majority of…" with "juédàduōshù + Noun Phrase"
正如他所猜测，绝大多数中国游客在看到小红书的推荐后，纷纷赶到这家店打卡，只为一品传说中的秘制烤鸡。

为此… - Expressing "in this respect / to this end…" with "wèicǐ…"
为此，安东尼奥特地学起了简单的普通话。

其一…，其二…，其三… - Expressing "the first / firstly…, second / secondly…, third / thirdly..." with "qíyī…, qí'èr…, qísān..."
其一，先来后到。只要提前点餐，不管门口队伍有多长，都会优先拿到自己的烤鸡。
其二，食材新鲜。鸡肉通常都是提前一天腌制好，等到第二天再烤。绝不使用隔夜的剩肉。
其三，他使用的秘制腌料几十年未变。

绝不 + Verb / Verb Phrase - Expressing "in no way / not in the least…" with "juébù + Verb / Verb Phrase"
其二，食材新鲜。鸡肉通常都是提前一天腌制好，等到第二天再烤。绝不使用隔夜的剩肉。

Grammar

位於 + Place - Expressing "to be located at (a certain place)" with "wèiyú + Place"
美國有線電視新聞網2月18日報道，位於里斯本一條不起眼小巷 Travessa da Tapada的烤雞店，被中國游客給集體「盯」上了。

據悉… - Expressing "according to reports / it is reported (that)…" with "jùxī…"
據悉，盡管店主安東尼奧‧席爾維（António Silve）在這個居民區已經烤了幾十年的雞了，但直到前不久，它還是只屬於阿爾坎塔拉區本地人的秘密去處。

正如… - Expressing "just as / precisely as…" with "zhèngrú…"
正如他所猜測，絕大多數中國游客在看到小紅書的推薦後，紛紛趕到這家店打卡，只為一品傳說中的秘制烤雞。

絕大多數 + Noun Phrase - Expressing "an absolute majority / overwhelming majority of…" with "juédàduōshù + Noun Phrase"
正如他所猜測，絕大多數中國游客在看到小紅書的推薦後，紛紛趕到這家店打卡，只為一品傳說中的秘制烤雞。

為此… - Expressing "in this respect / to this end…" with "wèicǐ…"
為此，安東尼奧特地學起了簡單的普通話。

其一…，其二…，其三… - Expressing "the first / firstly…, second / secondly…, third / thirdly..." with "qíyī…, qí'èr…, qísān..."
其一，先來後到。只要提前點餐，不管門口隊伍有多長，都會優先拿到自己的烤雞。
其二，食材新鮮。雞肉通常都是提前一天醃制好，等到第二天再烤。絕不使用隔夜的剩肉。
其三，他使用的秘制醃料幾十年未變。

絕不 + Verb / Verb Phrase - Expressing "in no way / not in the least…" with "juébù + Verb / Verb Phrase"
其二，食材新鮮。雞肉通常都是提前一天醃制好，等到第二天再烤。絕不使用隔夜的剩肉。

Proper Nouns

Idioms

口口相传 - kǒukǒuxiàngchuán - word of mouth
轻描淡写 - qīngmiáodànxiě - to treat sth as no big deal / to downplay / to understate