中国思想的特性

Question 1

炉火（lu4huo3）

Answer 1

forge, hearth (N)

Question 2

锻炼 (duan4lian4)

Answer 2

to temper (metal)

Question 3

上好 (43)

Answer 3

top quality (refers to products) VSatt

Question 4

钢 （1）

Answer 4

Steel (N)

Question 5

刚强 （12）

Answer 5

unyielding (Vs)

Question 6

体质 (34)

Answer 6

constitution (bodily) N

Question 7

密切 （44）

Answer 7

close (relationship, attention, etc.) Vs

Question 8

畏难苟安 （wei4nan4gou3an1）

Answer 8

adverse to risk (Id)

Question 9

敷衍 （fu1yan3）

Answer 9

to get by; to do just enough to satisfy someone; to go through the motions (Vst)

Question 10

追根究底 （1143）

Answer 10

to get to the bottom of things (Id)

Question 11

玄妙 （24）

Answer 11

mystical, abstruse (Vs)

Question 12

坚强 （12）

Answer 12

strong, firm (of will) Vs

Question 13

自信心 （441）

Answer 13

self-confidence (N)

Question 14

安慰 14

Answer 14

to comfort, to console (V)

Question 15

人道 24

Answer 15

spirit of humanity (N)

Question 16

祖宗 31

Answer 16

ancestors, forbears

Question 17

倾向 (qing1xiang4)

Answer 17

Tendency

Question 18

求胜心 (241)

Answer 18

will to win

Question 19

屈居其中 （qu1ju1qi2zhong1）

Answer 19

to settle for mediocrity (Id)

Question 20

降服 （xiang2fu2)

Answer 20

to force to yield; to make surrender (Vpt)

Question 21

美好 33

Answer 21

beautiful (not limited to visual beauty) Vs

Question 21

压制 14

Answer 21

to suppress (V)

Question 22

自相 41

Answer 22

affixed to a two-syllable verb and indicates that the action of the verb is directed to oneself or one’s peer 自相矛2盾4 （Adv）

Question 23

矛盾

Answer 23

contradictory

Question 24

东亚病人 1341

Answer 24

The Sick Man of Asia (a 19th century racist stereotype of China as sickly, feeble and inferior to the West) (N)

Question 25

崇尚 24

Answer 25

to revere; to advocate, uphold (V)

Question 26

气节 42

Answer 26

integrity (N)

Question 27

宁为玉碎，不为瓦全 (ning2wei2yu4sui4, bu4wei2wa3quan2)

Answer 27

better to die in glory than live in dishonor (Id)

Question 28

饿死事小，失节事大 (e4si3shi4xiao3, shi1jie2shi4da4)

Answer 28

better to starve than lose one's integrity (Id)

Question 29

宁死不屈 (ning2si3bu4qu1)

Answer 29

rather perish than give in (Id)

Question 30

不及 （bu4ji2）

Answer 30

not as good as (Vst)

Question 31

像。。。一般。。。 （xiang4...yi4ban1）

Answer 31

like...

Question 32

地狱 44

Answer 32

Hell (N)

Question 33

天堂 12

Answer 33

Heaven (N)

Question 34

景色 34

Answer 34

scenery (N)

Question 35

物产 43

Answer 35

bounty (of agriculture, etc.)

Question 36

思潮 12

Answer 36

(trend of) thought (N)

Question 37

波动 bo1dong4

Answer 37

to fluctuate; to rock (V)