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)