Lesson 27 Flashcards
入乡随俗
When in Rome do as the Romans do (Rù xiāng suí sú)
入
to enter (Rù)
乡
native place; home village; country (Xiāng)
随
to follow (Suí)
俗
custom (Sú)
服务员
attendant; waiter/waitress (Fú wù yuán)
服务
to give service; to serve (Fú wù)
壶
kettle pot (Hú)
点心
light refreshments; pastry (Diǎnxīn)
稍
slightly; a little (Shāo)
茶馆
teahouse (Cháguǎn)
了解
to understand; to find out (Liǎojiě)
风俗
custom (Fēngsú)
热闹
bustling with noise and excitement (Rènào)
闹
noisy (Nào)
说话
to speak; to talk (Shuōhuà)
声音
sound voice (Shēngyīn)
声
sound voice (Shēng)
更
more (Gèng)
最
most (Zuì)
舞台
stage (Wǔtái)
舞
dance (Wǔ)
台
platform; stage (Tái)
搬
to move; to take a way (Bān)
场所
place (Chǎngsuǒ)
发现
to find to discover (Fāxiàn)
一边 一边
at the same time; simultaneously (Yībiān yībiān)
聊天
to chat (Liáotiān)
安静
quiet (Ānjìng)
静
quiet (Jìng)
比如
to give an example; for instance (Bǐrú)
咖啡馆
cafe; coffee bar (Kāfēi guǎn)
看法
view (Kànfǎ)
正常
normal; regular (Zhèngcháng)
筷子
chopsticks (Kuàizi)
刀叉
knife and fork (Dāo chā)
刀(子)
knife (Dāo zi)
叉(子)
fork (Chā zi)
食物
food; eatables (Shíwù)
食
to eat (Shí)
物
thing (Wù)
块
piece lump (Kuài)
盘子
plate; dish (Pánzi)
盘
dish (Pán)
切
to cut; to slice (Qiè)
嘴
mouth (Zuǐ)
手指
finger (Shǒuzhǐ)
手
hand (Shǒu)
舔
to lick (Tiǎn)
干净
clean (Gānjìng)
这样
so such (Zhèyàng)
西餐
Western-style food (meal) (Xīcān)
敬
to offer politely (Jìng)
香
fragrant sweet-smellling (Xiāng)
寺庙
temple (Sìmiào)
和尚
Buddhist monk (Héshàng)
书法家
calligrapher (Shūfǎ jiā)
胸
chest (Xiōng)
阿弥陀佛
May Buddha preserve us; merciful Buddha (Ēmítuófó)
宋代
Song Dynasty (Sòngdài)
苏东坡
Su Dongpo (a famous Chinese writer of the Song dynasty) (Sūdōngpō)