//Slow Chinese/30 Sept 2023

捞油水	lāo yóu shuǐ	ill-gotten gains from a loophole
触到逆鳞	chù dào nì lín	cross sb’s red line
细思极恐	xì sī jí kǒng	terrifying upon closer examination
指鼠为鸭	zhǐ shǔ wéi yā	call a rat a duck
科技与狠活	kē jì yǔ hěn huó	additives in food
烹饪	pēng rèn	culinary arts
锅气	guō qì	the Chinese umami
嘴叼	zuǐ diāo	picky about taste
品控	pǐn kòng	quality control
口感	kǒu gǎn	texture and flavour
激素	jī sù	hormones
摇钱树	yáo qián shù	money tree
出岔子	chū chà zi	go wrong or have a problem
伪命题	wěi mìng tí	false proposition
鱼龙混杂	yú lóng hùn zá	mix of good and bad
油然而生	yóu rán ér shēng	arise spontaneously
忍无可忍	rěn wú kě rěn	unable to tolerate any longer
千篇一律	qiān piān yí lǜ	uniform
瞠目结舌	chēng mù jié shé	jaw-dropping
绞尽脑汁	jiǎo jìn nǎo zhī	rack one's brains
形同虚设	xíng tóng xū shè	existent in form only
明知故犯	míng zhī gù fàn	knowingly commit a wrongdoing
一杆子打死	yì gān zi dǎ sǐ	to paint everything with the same brush
师父领进门，修行看个人	shī fu lǐng jìn mén, xiū xíng kàn gè rén	A master teaches the trade, but the apprentice's progress depends on individual effort
劣币驱逐良币	liè bì qū zhú liáng bì	bad money drives out the good