Conversation 5 Flashcards
国庆节
PRC National Day (October 1st)
National Day of the People’s Republic of China
Guóqìngjié
国庆节 一周
春节 两周
清明节三天 (Qīngmíngjié, Qingming or Pure Brightness Festival or Tomb Sweeping Day, celebration for the dead (in early April))
端午节天 (Duānwǔjié - Dragon Boat Festival (5th day of the 5th lunar month))
年假
annual leave / New Year holidays
niánjià
抱怨
to complain
bàoyuàn
看情况
depending on the situation
kànqíngkuàng
职员
office worker / staff member
zhíyuán
银行的职员
加班费
overtime pay
jiābānfèi
做出
to put out / to issue
zuòchū
勇敢
brave / courageous
yǒnggǎn
你做出了勇敢的尝试
闲人
大闲人
lazy people
xiánrén
very lazy people, people who slack off the whole day
美术
美术 音乐 体育 文科 - liberal arts / humanities 理科 - the sciences (as opposed to the humanities)
art / fine arts / painting
měishù
我高中的时候是理科生
我在高中的时候是理科生
飞行员
pilot / aviator
fēixíngyuán
度假区
resort
dùjiàqū
我们有很多受欢迎的度假区
薄
thin
báo
很薄的雪
厚
thick
hòu
尖叫
to screech / to shriek
jiānjiào
越南
Vietnam
Yuènán
凉爽
cool and refreshing
liángshuǎng
我最喜欢凉爽的天气
现实
reality / actuality / real / actual / realistic / pragmatic / materialistic / self-interested
不太现实 - Not very realistic
初恋
first love
chūliàn
我的初恋甩我
甩
to throw / to fling / to swing / to leave behind / to throw off / to dump (sb)
shuǎi
我的初恋甩我
恋爱
(romantic) love
liàn’ài
积极
active / energetic / vigorous / positive (outlook) / proactive
jījí
让人羡慕
enviable / to be admired
ràngrénxiànmù
缘分
fate or chance that brings people together / predestined affinity or relationship / (Budd.) destiny
yuánfèn
图片
image, picture, photograph
túpiàn
繁体
简体 (opp)
traditional chinese
fántǐ
simplified chinese
jiǎntǐ
屋顶
roof
wūdǐng
高等教育
higher education
gāoděngjiàoyù
大部分
in large part / the greater part / the majority
dàbùfen
待
to stay (in a place)
dāi
我大部分时间都待在这里
洗澡
to bathe / to take a shower
xǐzǎo
海蒂
Heidi
hǎidì
幽默
(loanword) humor / humorous
yōumò
清单
list of items
qīngdān
列出
to list / to make a list
lièchū
即将
to be about to / to be on the verge of
jíjiāng
研究生
graduate student / postgraduate student / research student
yánjiūshēng
建设
to build / to construct / construction / constructive
jiànshè
信息
information / news / message
xìnxī
速度
speed / rate / velocity / (music) tempo
sùdù
憔悴
thin and pallid / haggard
qiáocuì
论文
paper / thesis
lùnwén
导师
tutor / teacher / academic advisor
dǎoshī
糟糕
too bad / how terrible / what bad luck / terrible / bad
zāogāo
我的论文很糟糕
瞎说
not to know what one is talking about
xiāshuō
你瞎说
反正
anyway / in any case
fǎnzhèng
杀
杀人
to kill / to murder
shā
他杀死了我
他杀死了我的感情
表白
to explain oneself / to express
biǎobái
犯法
犯法
fànfǎ
气疯
to be mad
他被我气疯了
