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To satisfy
Mǎnzú
Wish / ideal (n)
Lǐxiǎng
Her grades were not ideal
Tā de chéngjì bú tài lǐxiǎng
What is your motivation to learn Chinese?
Nǐ xué Hànyǔ de dònglì shì shénme?
To omit some words
Shěnglüè yìxiē cí
You can’t look down on him just because he is poor
Nǐmen bùnéng yīnwèi tā qióng jiù kànbuqǐ tā
Frustration / setback
Cuòzhé
You can’t back down just because you encountered a small setback
Nǐ bùnéng yīnwèi yùdào yìdiǎn cuòzhé jiù tuìsuō
Adverb meaning “more”
Gèngjiā
Metaphor
Bǐyù
Good looking people with no actual abilities
Zhǎng de hǎokàn dànshì méiyǒu shílì de rén
I thought she was just eye candy (a “vase”), and didn’t expect her acting to be so good
Wǒ yǐwéi tā jiù shì ge huāpíng ne, méi xiǎngdào yǎnxì yǎn de zhème hǎo
Modern society uses the internet to transmit information
Xiàndài shèhuì tōngguò wǎngluò chuándì xìnxī
Values
Jiàzhíguān
Under this circumstance
Zài zhè zhǒng qíngkuàng xià
In most cases, things are not as simple as you think (lit. view）
Zài dà duō shù qíngkuàng xià, shìqíng bú xiàng nǐ kàndào de nàme jiǎndān
To do something extra just for attention, lit to add scenes
Jiā xì
He has been under a lot of pressure from work lately
Lit He recently work pressure very big
Tā zuìjìn gōngzuò yālì hěn dà
To emphasize
Qiángdiào
Music brings me a lot of enjoyment/pleasure
yīnyuè dài gěi wǒ hěnduō lèqù
Are you interested in learning about our courses?
Nǐ yǒu xìngqù liǎojiě yíxià wǒmen de kèchéng ma？
religious belief
Zōngjiào xìnyǎng
He believes in Christianity
Tā xìnyǎng jīdūjiào
To trust
Xiāngxìn
[A] is typically used in spoken Chinese
[A] yìbān yòng zài kǒuyǔ dāng zhōng
To prove
Zhèngmíng
Parents should pass on the right values to their children
Fùmǔ yīnggāi xiàng háizi chuándì zhèngquè de jiàzhíguān
[To do something] to get attention
[To do something] wèile yǐnqǐ guānzhù
Mentality / attitude
Xīntài
To make a breakthrough / to surmount
Tūpò
“Tūpò” means to break through a limit or a difficulty
Tūpò yìsi shì dǎpò mǒu zhǒng xiànzhì huò mǒu ge kùnnan
To compete against
Jiàojìn
When “xìnyǎng” is used as a noun, it’s meaning is “belief, faith”
“Xìnyǎng” zuò míngcí de shíhòu, yìsi shì “belief, faith”
His religious belief is different from his parents
Tā de zōngjiào xìnyǎng hé fùmǔ de bùtóng
To trust
Xiāngxìn
They are always competing against each other secretly
Tāmen yìzhí zài àn zhōng jiàojìn
Try hard (work hard) to do your best
Nǔlì zuòdào zuì hǎo
