Class 236 Little Dog Idioms 2

Question 1

敦煌

Answer 1

dūn huáng
Dunhuang, county-level city in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu

Question 2

莫高窟

Answer 2

mò gāo kū
Mogao caves in Dunhuang, Gansu

Question 3

导游

Answer 3

dăo yóu
tour guide; guidebook; to conduct a tour

Question 4

游

Answer 4

yóu
to walk; to tour; to roam; to travel

Question 5

轻轨

Answer 5

qīng guĭ
light rail; transit system (underground, at street level or elevated); streetcar; metro; abbr. for 轻型轨道交通

Question 6

轻型轨道交通

Answer 6

qīng xíng guĭ dào jiāo tōng
light rail; transit system (underground, at street level or elevated); streetcar; metro; abbr. to 轻轨

Question 7

轻型

Answer 7

qīng xíng
light (machinery, aircraft, etc.)

Question 8

轻

Answer 8

qīng
light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage

Question 9

型

Answer 9

xíng
mold; type; style; model

Question 10

轨道交通

Answer 10

guĭ dào jiāo tōng
metro; rapid transit; subway

Question 11

轨道

Answer 11

guĭ dào
track (for trains, etc.); orbit (of a satellite); (fig.) a person’s established path in life; desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor); (audio engineering) track; (quantum mechanics) orbital

Question 12

轨

Answer 12

guĭ
course; path; track; rail

Question 13

道

Answer 13

dào
road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; measure word for long, thin things (rivers, cracks, etc.), barriers (walls, doors, etc.), questions (in an exam, etc.), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)

Question 14

交通

Answer 14

jiāo tōng
to be connected; traffic; transportation; communications; liaison

Question 15

交

Answer 15

jiāo
to hand over; to deliver; to pay (money); to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); variant of 跤

Question 16

通

Answer 16

tōng
to go through; to know well; (suffix) expert; to connect; to communicate; open; to clear; measure word for letters, telegrams, phone calls, etc.

Question 17

顺利

Answer 17

shùn lì
smoothly; without a hitch

Question 18

顺路

Answer 18

shùn lù
by the way; while out doing something else; conveniently

Question 19

顺便

Answer 19

shùn biàn
conveniently; in passing; without much extra effort

Question 20

想开点

Answer 20

xiăng kāi diăn
get over it a little bit; accept a little bit (‘have to move on’)

Question 21

想开

Answer 21

xiăng kāi
to get over (a shock, bereavement, etc.); to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things; to accept the situation and move on

Question 22

点

Answer 22

diăn
point; dot; drop; speck; o’clock; point (in space or time); to draw a dot; to check on a list; to choose; to order (food in a restaurant); to touch briefly; to hint; to light; to ignite; to pour a liquid drop by drop; (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更; dot stroke in Chinese characters; measure word for items

Question 23

想不开

Answer 23

xiăng bu kāi
cannot figure out; to be unable to take a lighter view; to take things too hard; to be depressed; to fret over trifles

Question 24

接受

Answer 24

jiē shòu
to accept; to receive

Question 25

接

Answer 25

jiē
to receive; to answer (the phone); to meet or welcome somebody; to connect; to catch; to join; to extend; to take one’s turn on duty; to take over for somebody

Question 26

受

Answer 26

shòu
to receive; to accept; to suffer; subjected to; to bear; to stand; pleasant; (passive marker)

Question 27

豁出去

Answer 27

huō chuqu
to throw caution to the wind; to press one’s luck; to go for broke (regardless of cost)

Question 28

豁

Answer 28

huō
opening; stake all; sacrifice; crack; slit

Question 29

出去

Answer 29

chū qù
to go out

Question 30

出

Answer 30

chū
to go out; to come out; to occur; to produce; to go beyond; to rise; to put forth; to happen; (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result); measure word for dramas, plays, operas, etc.

Question 31

去

Answer 31

qù
to go; to go to (a place); (of a time, etc.) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do something; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)

Question 32

走

Answer 32

zŏu
to walk; to go; to run; to move (of vehicle); to visit; to leave; to go away; to die (euph.); from; through; away (in compound verbs, such as 撤走); to change (shape, form, meaning)

Question 33

他走了

Answer 33

tā zŏu le
he passed away

Question 34

忌讳

Answer 34

jì huì
taboo; to avoid as taboo; to abstain from

Question 35

忌

Answer 35

jì
to be jealous of; fear; dread; scruple; to avoid or abstain from; to quit; to give up something

Question 36

讳

Answer 36

huì
to avoid mentioning; taboo word; name of deceased emperor or superior

Question 37

去世

Answer 37

qù shì
to pass away; to die

Question 38

出世

Answer 38

chū shì
to be born; to come into being; to withdraw from worldly affairs

Question 39

下边

Answer 39

xià bian
under; the underside; below

Question 40

边

Answer 40

bian
suffix of a noun of locality

Question 41

下面

Answer 41

xià mian
below; under; next; the following

Question 42

面

Answer 42

miàn
face; side; surface; aspect; top; measure word for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags, etc.

Question 43

头七

Answer 43

tóu qī
the seventh day after a person’s death; the first seven-day period after a person’s death

Question 44

阴阳眼

Answer 44

yīn yáng yăn
a ghost that watches but doesn’t speak

Question 45

绣花鞋

Answer 45

xiù huā xié
embroidered shoes; part of traditional clothing worn at funerals

Question 46

绣花

Answer 46

xiù huā
to embroider; to do embroidery

Question 47

绣

Answer 47

xiù
to embroider; embroidery

Question 48

花

Answer 48

huā
flower; blossom; fancy pattern; florid; to spend (money, time); (coll.) lecherous; lustful; (Chinese surname)

Question 49

鞋

Answer 49

xié
shoe

Question 50

邪性

Answer 50

xié xìng
evil nature; something very strange or impossible to understand

Question 51

邪

Answer 51

xié
demonic; iniquitous; nefarious; evil; unhealthy influences that cause disease (Chinese medicine); (coll.) strange; abnormal

Question 52

性

Answer 52

xìng
nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence

Question 53

鬼

Answer 53

guĭ
ghost; demon; terrible; damnable; clever; sly; crafty; (suffix for somebody with a certain vice or addiction, etc.); one of the 28 constellations

Question 54

神

Answer 54

shén
deity; soul; spirit; unusual; mysterious; lively; expressive; expression; look; (slang) awesome; amazing; God; abbr. for 神舟 (spacecraft; Hasee, a computer manufacturer)