Lesson 58

Question 1

背影

Answer 1

bèi yǐng - view of someone’s back

Question 2

相见

Answer 2

xiāng jiàn - to meet

Question 3

忘记

Answer 3

wàng jì - to forget

Question 4

祖母

Answer 4

zǔ mǔ - grandma

Question 5

差使

Answer 5

chāi shi - work, job

Question 6

交卸

Answer 6

jiāo xiè - to hand over official duties to ones successor

Question 7

祸不单行

Answer 7

huò bù dān xíng - misfortunes never come singly

Question 8

奔丧

Answer 8

bēn sāng - to hasten home for the funeral of a parent or grandparent

Question 9

狼籍

Answer 9

láng jí - in disorder

Question 10

簌簌

Answer 10

sù sù - (description of sound) rustle; (tears) streaming down

Question 11

流

Answer 11

liú - to flow, to stream

Question 12

如此

Answer 12

rú cǐ - so, thus, herein

Question 13

好在

Answer 13

hǎo zài - fortunately, luckily

Question 14

天无绝人之路

Answer 14

tiān wú jué rén zhī lù - heaven will always leave a door open

Question 15

变卖

Answer 15

biàn mài - to sell off one’s property

Question 16

典质

Answer 16

diǎn zhì - to mortgage, to pawn

Question 17

亏空

Answer 17

kuī kong - debt, deficit

Question 18

丧事

Answer 18

sāng shì - funeral arrangement

Question 19

光景

Answer 19

guāng jǐng - circumstances, conditions

Question 20

参淡

Answer 20

cǎn dàn - gloomy, dismal

Question 21

赋闲

Answer 21

fù xián - to be unemployed

Question 22

完毕

Answer 22

wán bì - to finish, to complete, to end

Question 23

谋事

Answer 23

móu shì - to look for a job

Question 24

念书

Answer 24

niàn shū - to study

Question 25

同行

Answer 25

tóng xíng - travel together

Question 26

游逛

Answer 26

yóu guàng - to stroll about

Question 27

停留

Answer 27

tíng liú - to stay for a time; to stop

Question 28

须

Answer 28

xū - must

Question 29

渡

Answer 29

dù - to cross a river

Question 30

旅馆

Answer 30

lǔ guǎn - hotel

Question 31

熟识

Answer 31

shú shí - to be familiar with

Question 32

茶房

Answer 32

chá fáng - waiter, steward

Question 33

再三

Answer 33

zài sān - over and over again

Question 34

嘱咐

Answer 34

zhǔ fù - to enjoin, to exhort

Question 35

仔细

Answer 35

zǐ xì - careful

Question 36

妥帖

Answer 36

tuǒ tiē - appropriate

Question 37

颇

Answer 37

pō - considerably, quite

Question 38

踌躇

Answer 38

chóu chú - to hesitate

Question 39

照看

Answer 39

zhào kàn - to keep an eye on, to look after

Question 40

行李

Answer 40

xíng lī - baggage, luggage

Question 41

脚夫

Answer 41

jiǎo fū - porter

Question 42

讲价钱

Answer 42

jiǎng jià qiān - to bargain

Question 43

过分

Answer 43

guò fèn - excessive, undue

Question 44

插嘴

Answer 44

chā zuǐ - to interrupt, to chop in

Question 45

拣

Answer 45

jiǎn - to choose, to select

Question 46

紫毛大衣

Answer 46

zǐ máo dà yī - purple woolen overcoat

Question 47

铺

Answer 47

pū - to spread

Question 48

小心

Answer 48

xiǎo xīn - to be careful

Question 49

警醒

Answer 49

jǐng xǐng - to sleep lightly, vigilant, alert

Question 50

受凉

Answer 50

shòu liáng - to catch cold

Question 51

嘱托

Answer 51

zhǔ tuō - to entrust

Question 52

照应

Answer 52

zhào yīng - to look after, to take care of

Question 53

暗笑

Answer 53

àn xiào - to snicker, to snigger

Question 54

迂

Answer 54

yū - pedantic

Question 55

料理

Answer 55

liào lǐ - to take care of, to manage

Question 56

唉

Answer 56

āi - alas

Question 57

徐州

Answer 57

Xú zhōu - Xuzhou, a city in Jiangsu province

Question 58

浦口

Answer 58

Pú kǒu - name of a place in Jiangsu province