Lesson 42 Flashcards
洋
yáng - foreign
农村 / 農村
nóng cūn - rural area, countryside
年夜饭 / 年夜飯
nián yè fàn - family reunion dinner on Lunar New Year’s Eve
年夜
nián yè - Lunar New Year’s Eve
健康
jiàn kāng - healthy
发财 / 發財
fā cái - to get rich
发 / 發
fā - to make a fortune
财 / 財
cái - wealth, money
万事如意 / 萬事如意
wàn shì rú yì - to realize all one’s wishes
反而
fǎn ér - on the contrary
尝 / 嘗
cháng - to taste
红烧鱼 / 紅燒魚
hóng shāo yú - fish braised in brown sauce
红烧 / 紅燒
hóng shāo - to braise in soy sauce
鱼 / 魚
yú - fish
肉
ròu - meat
难道 / 難道
nán dào - used in a rhetorical question for emphasis
发音 / 發音
fā yīn - pronunciation, to pronounce
余 / 餘
yú - to remain
结余 / 結餘
jié yú - to remain; surplus
手机 / 手機
shǒu jī - mobile phone
饺子 / 餃子
jiǎo zi - Chinese dumpling
除夕
chú xī - Lunar New Year’s Eve
守岁 / 守歲
shǒu suì - to stay up all night on Lunar New Year’s Eve
随便 / 隨便
suí biàn - any, no matter (what, when, how, etc.)
放鞭炮
fàng biān pào - to set off firecrackers
放
fàng - to set or let off
鞭炮
biān pào - firecrackers
禁止
jìn zhǐ - to prohibit, to ban
怪不得
guài bu de - no wonder, so that’s how
外地
wài dì - parts of the country other than where one is
春联 / 春聯
chūn lián - Spring Festival Couplets
窗花
chuāng huā - paper-cut for window decoration
尤其
yóu qí - especially
郊区 / 郊區
jiāo qū - suburban district
盖
gài - to build
四合院
sì hé yuàn - quadrangle (type of compound)
院子
yuàn zi - courtyard
装 / 裝
zhuāng - to load, to pack
卡车 / 卡車
kǎ chē - truck
水泥
shuǐ ní - cement
木头 / 木頭
mù tou - wood, log
装修 / 裝修
zhuāng xiū - to renovate
满 / 滿
mǎn - full
准备 / 準備
zhǔn bèi - to prepare, to get ready
送
sòng - to deliver, to carry
房子
fáng zi - apartment, house
邻居 / 鄰居
lín jū - neighbour
村子
cūn zi - village
听到 / 聽到
tīng dào - to hear
汽车 / 汽車
qì chē - automobile
声音 / 聲音
shēng yīn - sound, voice
远 / 遠
yuǎn - far
好奇
hào qí - curious
卸
xiè - to remove, to unload
完
wán - to finish
把
bǎ
声音 / 聲音
shēng yīn - voice, sound
远 / 遠
yuǎn - far
丈夫
zhàng fu - husband
跳
tiào - to jump, to leap
搬
bān - take away
让 / 讓
ràng - to let, to allow
司机 / 司機
sī jī - driver
仔细 / 仔細
zǐ xì - carefully
课文 / 課文
kè wén - text
回答
huí dá - to answer
迟到 / 遲到
chí dào - late
干活儿 / 幹活兒
gàn huó er - to work
趟
tàng - measure word for trips
笑话 / 笑話
xiào hua - to laugh at
犹豫 / 猶豫
yóu yù - hesitant
推
tuī - to push
小车 / 小車
xiǎo chē - wheelbarrow
拍
pāi - to pat
连忙 / 連忙
lián máng - promptly, at once
声 / 聲
shēng - sound
拜年
bài nián - to pay a New Year’s call
花生
huā shēng - peanut
梨
lí - pear
杏儿
xìngr - apricot
压岁钱 / 壓歲錢
yā suì qián - money given to children as Lunar New Year’s gift
年底
nián dǐ - end of the year
富
fù - rich, wealthy
小康
xiǎo kāng - relatively well-off
山沟 山溝
shān gōu - remote mountaneous area
彩电 / 彩電
cǎi diàn - colour television
农业 / 農業
nóng yè - agriculture
养蜂 / 養蜂
yǎng fēng - to raise or keep bees
蜂蜜
fēng mì - honey
缺
quē - to lack