LESSON 5.1

Question 1

Surrogate mother

Answer 1

代理孕母 Dàilǐ yùn mǔ

Question 2

case, instance

Answer 2

案例 Ànlì

Question 3

measure for people (formal)

Answer 3

名 Míng

Question 4

homosexual, gay （noun)

Answer 4

同志 Tóngzhì

Question 5

wish, heart’s desire

Answer 5

心願 Xīnyuàn

Question 6

to volunteer, out of ones own wish

Answer 6

自願 Zìyuàn

Question 7

measure for things or people that come in matching pairs

Answer 7

對 Duì

Question 8

to commission to entrust, to charge with, commission (verb/noun) (often used in formal or business contexts)

Answer 8

委託 Wěituō

委託他處理這件事 — Entrust him to handle this matter.
這家公司被委託進行市場調查 — This company was commissioned to conduct market research.

Question 9

twins (one boy and one girl)

Answer 9

龍鳳胎 Lóngfèng tāi

Question 10

to abandon, desert

Answer 10

遺棄 Yíqì

Question 11

defect, imperfection （more serious/ fundamental than 瑕疵）

Answer 11

缺陷 Quēxiàn

Question 12

measure for terms (eg first term as president)

Answer 12

任 Rèn

Question 13

husband

Answer 13

丈夫 Zhàngfū

Question 14

to be pregnant

Answer 14

懷孕 Huáiyùn

Question 15

volunteer ones services, recommend oneself

Answer 15

毛遂自薦 Máosuìzìjiàn

eg- 他毛遂自薦擔任語言中心的助教

Question 16

to advance with each passing day

Answer 16

日新月異 Rìxīnyuèyì

科技日新月異地發展

Question 17

to integrate

Answer 17

整合 Zhěnghé

這兩個整合必須整合

Question 18

ethics

Answer 18

倫理 Lúnlǐ

Question 19

to legalise

Answer 19

合法化 Héfǎ huà

Question 20

demand, need, requirements (noun)

Answer 20

需求 Xūqiú

Question 21

a ray of hope, minimal possibility

Answer 21

一線希望 Yīxiàn xīwàng

Question 22

nightmare (noun)

Answer 22

惡夢 È mèng

Question 23

seemingly, look like, seem

Answer 23

看似 看似

包餃子看似容易

Question 24

to take great pains to, exert great effort to （verb）

Answer 24

費盡 Fèi jìn
他費盡一切努力 He tried his best

Question 25

factor, element

Answer 25

因素 Yīnsù

Question 26

untold hardships, innumerable trials and tribulations

Answer 26

千辛萬苦 Qiān xīn wàn kǔ

Question 27

all (same as 都 but formal)

Answer 27

皆 Jiē

Question 28

to bear, withstand, put up with

Answer 28

承受 Chéngshòu 承受了很大的壓力

Question 29

to have no choice but to, to be forced, to have to

Answer 29

不得已 Bùdéyǐ

Question 30

to surrogate, to perform surrogacy

Answer 30

代孕 Dàiyùn

Question 31

extramarital affair （noun)

Answer 31

婚外情 Hūnwàiqíng

Question 32

to break, shatter

Answer 32

破碎 Pòsuì

Question 33

tragedy

Answer 33

悲劇 Bēijù

Question 34

both parties

Answer 34

雙方 Shuāngfāng

Question 35

longing, yearning, to long for, yeah for

Answer 35

渴望 Kěwàng

Question 36

supply and demand

Answer 36

供需 Gōngxū

Question 37

benefit both oneself and others

Answer 37

利人利己 Lì rén lìjǐ

Question 38

win-win

Answer 38

雙贏 Shuāngyíng

Question 39

looking back on, contrasting this with, when we reflect on

Answer 39

反觀 Fǎnguān

Question 40

continuously, in a row, successively (adverb)

Answer 40

連續 Liánxù

Question 41

to rank

Answer 41

排名 Páimíng

Question 42

counting backward, from the end, from the bottom of the list

Answer 42

倒數 Dàoshǔ eg 倒數第二名 (second worst)

Question 43

all the while, all along, invariably

Answer 43

始終 Shǐzhōng

Question 44

to ignore, neglect, overlook

Answer 44

忽視 Hūshì

Question 45

husband and wife, married couple

Answer 45

夫妻 Fūqī

Question 46

elder, one's superior

Answer 46

長輩 Zhǎngbèi

Question 46

to assist

Answer 46

協助 Xiézhù

Question 47

to endure, suffer

Answer 47

忍受 Rěnshòu

Question 48

as one hopes, as one wishes

Answer 48

如願 Rúyuàn

Question 49

right to make one's own decisions, autonomy

Answer 49

自主權 Zìzhǔ quán

Question 50

accept, incorporate, admit into

Answer 50

納 Nà eg- 納新Accept new people

Question 50

overhead/ expense

Answer 50

開銷 Kāixiāo

Question 51

confusing

Answer 51

令人困惑 Lìng rén kùnhuò