FSI Set 05 Flashcards

Question

吃坏[吃壞] chīhuài

Answer 1

to get sick because of bad food

Answer 2

to catch on cloth (e.g. of a zip fastener)

Answer 3

put to a lot of trouble (on sb else's behalf) ② affected

Answer 4

(to suffer) maltreatment ② a bullied (person)

Answer 5

a treat for the eyes ② the rare chance of seeing sth beautiful

Answer 6

fortuitous knack for getting to eat excellent food ② luck and good timing when tasty food is involved

Answer 7

to try to please

Answer 8

self-respect ② self-esteem ③ ego

Answer 9

to feel oneself to be above ordinary tasks (idiom)

Answer 10

first party (law) ② see also 乙方|乙方 [yi3 fang1]

Answer 11

second party (law) ② see also 甲方|甲方[jia3 fang1])

Answer 12

third of 10 heavenly stems 十天干 ② third in order ③ letter "C" or roman "III" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc ④ propyl

Answer 13

rough ② cruel

Answer 14

to distinguish ② to recognize

Answer 15

already at an earlier time

Answer 16

smuggled goods

Answer 17

jejunum (empty gut, middle segment of small intestine between duodenum 十二指腸|十二指肠 and ileum 回腸|回肠

Answer 18

the 12 earthly branches 子, 丑, 寅, 卯, 辰, 巳, 午, 未, 申, 酉, 戌, 亥 (used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal number)

Answer 19

affection ② family love ③ love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children

Answer 20

real human interest

Answer 21

domain ② territory under one's control ③ foundation of a building ④ base of operations ⑤ crust of earth

Answer 22

wheelchair

Answer 23

apprentice ② disciple

Answer 24

90s generation

Answer 25

to discipline ② to teach

Answer 26

continuously ② persistently ③ incessantly

Answer 27

to study enthusiastically

Answer 28

to drill ② to bore ③ to get into ④ to make one's way into ⑤ to enter (a hole) ⑥ to thread one's way through ⑦ to study intensively ⑧ to dig into ⑨ to curry favor for personal gain

Answer 29

ethnic cleansing ② genocide

Answer 30

ll we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item

Answer 31

everything is ready, all we need is an east wind (idiom); lacking only one tiny crucial item

Answer 32

direct ② concerning oneself ③ personal

Answer 33

to punish ② punishment ③ sanctions (incl. economic)

Answer 34

to blockade ② to seal off

Answer 35

pro-Beijing (stance, party etc)

Answer 36

manner ② bearing ③ attitude ④ approach ⑤ CL:個|个[ge4]

Answer 37

bacterial tracheitis (inflammation of the windpipe, often caused by Staphylococcus aureus) ② henpecked (a pun on 妻子管得严 used in comic theater)

Answer 38

hen-pecked male (esp. one obliged to forsake male friends)

Answer 39

to idle ② to waste time

Answer 40

to work for a living

Answer 41

ageing (population)

Answer 42

to provide for ② to keep (animals, a family etc) ③ to raise animals ④ to feed and clothe ⑤ support ⑥ the necessities of life ⑦ to give birth

Answer 43

birth rate

Answer 44

curve ② curved line ③ indirect ④ in a roundabout way

Answer 45

nature ② temperament

Answer 46

handheld computer ② PDA (personal digital assistant) ③ Pocket PC

Answer 47

to the point ② concise

Answer 48

invitation card ② written invitation

Answer 49

milliliter

Answer 50

Please give me your advice. (honorary) (idiom)

Answer 51

(honorific) Welcome! ② You honor us with your presence. ③ It is an honor to have you.

Answer 52

embarrassed

Answer 53

onroe Doctrine

Answer 54

politician

Answer 55

a wide gap ② big contrast ③ large disparity ④ a mismatch

Answer 56

wide gap between the rich and the poor (idiom)

Answer 57

to waver ② swaying (of building in an earthquake)

Answer 58

to show off

Answer 59

to consider everyone else beneath one (idiom); so arrogant that no-one else matters ② condescending ③ to go about with one's nose in the air

Answer 60

preposition

Answer 61

oppress ② to extract

Answer 62

Wú Bāngguó

Answer 63

embassy (old term) ② foreign mission

Answer 64

lit. two armies have equivalent banners and drums (idiom); fig. evenly matched ② roughly comparable (opponents)

Answer 65

to evaporate ② evaporation

Answer 66

Hilton (hotel chain)

Answer 67

to listen attentively (idiom)

Answer 68

Familiarity breeds contempt. (idiom)

Answer 69

Dashan, stage name of Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell (1965-), actor and well-known TV personality in PRC

Answer 70

ambience ② atmosphere

Answer 71

server (at a restaurant)

Answer 72

cheerful and light-hearted ② lively

Answer 73

father's elder brother's wife ② aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)

Answer 74

seeking to please ② lovable ③ charming ④ favored ⑤ delightful ⑥ attention seeking

Answer 75

erhua variant of 老伴, spouse (husband or wife) ② better half

Answer 76

to endure ② to suffer ③ hardships ④ torments ⑤ a hard time ⑥ a nuisance

Answer 77

man and wife

Answer 78

counterpart ② other person involved ③ opposite side ④ other side ⑤ receiving party

Answer 79

to surround ② to gird

Answer 80

to sign (a signature)

Answer 81

to remarry (the same person)

Answer 82

heritage ② legacy ③ inheritance ④ bequest ⑤ CL:筆|笔[bi3]

Answer 83

to remarry

Answer 84

property ② CL:筆|笔[bi3]

Answer 85

blessed ② happiness ③ happy

Answer 86

to grieve ② broken-hearted

Answer 87

without any better option ② to have to ③ to be forced to

Answer 88

melancholy ② depression

Answer 89

very (much, good etc)

Answer 90

to intercede ② to plead for sb else

Answer 91

to offend somebody ② to make a faux pas ③ a faux pas ④ see also 得罪|得罪[de2 zui4]

Answer 92

to commit an offense ② to violate the law ③ excuse me! (formal) ④ see also 得罪|得罪[de2 zui5]

Answer 93

to put in order ② to arrange ③ to decorate ④ to fix up ⑤ to deploy

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chip ② fragment ③ splinter ④ tatter

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to raise a tough question

Answer 96

to smash to pieces ② to shatter

Answer 97

amazed ② astonished ③ to surprise ④ amazing ⑤ astonishment ⑥ awe

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texture ② grain (of wood) ③ inner essence ④ intrinsic order ⑤ reason ⑥ logic ⑦ truth ⑧ science ⑨ natural science (esp. physics) ⑩ to manage ⑪ to pay attention to ⑫ to run (affairs) ⑬ to handle ⑭ to put in order ⑮ to tidy up

Answer 99

desk-mate ② seat-mate

Answer 100

schoolmate ② fellow student

Answer 101

person from the same village, town, or province

Answer 102

to extract ② to excerpt

Answer 103

imperceptibly ② virtually

Answer 104

lonely ② lonesome