Modern Chinese En-Ch Flashcards by David Symington

Yangtze River Delta

长江三角洲

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The idea of a vessel that can travel underwater goes back a long way.

设计一艘能在水底航行的船只，是很久以前就有的构想。

Shuǐ dǐ
Gòu xiǎng

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Annals
Annalistic history

年表性质的历史书

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Of similar age

年龄相仿

nían líng xīang fǎng

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He was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment

(2 ways of saying it)

他被判处pànchǔ一年徒刑 túxíng

他被判处一年监禁 jiān jìn

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I think it’s necessary to ban this night market.

我认为取缔qǔdì这个夜市是必须的。

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This issue has excited a lot of discussion.

这件事受到热议。rè yì

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The panoramic movie recreates the last ten years of Deng Xiaoping’s life.

片子全景式再现邓小平人生的最后10年。

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I’ll get straight to the point.

那我就开门见山

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Recently there have been calls for greater flexibility.

最近有提高灵活性línghúoxìng的呼声。hūshēng

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This city has started to thrive.

这个城市已经开始兴盛xīngshèng起来。

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“break-down in social order”

社会秩序zhìxù崩溃bēngkuì

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The experts’ opinions conflict.

两位专家的观点相悖xiāngbeì

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My colleagues are so lively and amusing.

我的同事那么生动

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Can we learn anything from Nanjing’s experience?

南京的经验有没有借鉴意义呢？

jièjiàn yìyì

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Worth mentioning

值得一提的是

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He’s so opinionated and pompous

他那么自以为是

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She micromanages.

她事必躬亲。

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Burn the books and bury the Confucian scholars

焚书坑儒

fén shū kēng rú

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narrowly and luckily escape

幸免

xìng mǐan

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Not exactly the same

不尽相同

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He ingratiates himself with the boss.

他讨好老板。

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looking forward to getting to know you all better.

很期待接下来跟你们熟识起来

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All religions have gems as well as dross.

所有的宗教既有精华jīnghuá又有糟粕zāopò。

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He said policies promoting marriage were not the answer.

他表示，倡导chàngdǎo婚姻的政策并不解决问题。

He's going astray.

他走着歧路qílù。

A baby develops attachment to its mother after three or four days.

出生后三四天的婴儿就开始依恋母亲。

Hypnosis

催眠cuīmián

A woman's work is never done.

女人的工作永无止境。 yǒngwúzhǐjìng

long-cherished wish

夙愿 sùyùan

territory

疆域 jiāngyù

Eyewitness

目击者 mùjīzhě

As soon as I entered the room, my nose was assaulted by a bad smell.

我一进到屋子里，一股臭味扑面而来。 pū mìan ér lái

Armed robbery

持枪抢劫 chíqiāngqiāngjíe

Never before

未曾 wèi céng

I didn't deliberately mean to compete with him!

我不是成心跟陈教授叫板的意思！成心 chéng xīn：deliberately 叫板 jiào bǎn：compete with, challenge

You could count them on your fingers; just a handful

寥寥可数 líaolíaokěshǔ

Egoism Altruism

利己主义 lìjǐzhǔyì 利他主义 lìtāzhǔyì

Because of publishing "The Fountainhead" in 1943, she became famous overnight.

她一九四三年因发表小说《源泉》而一举成名。源泉 yuán quán 一举 at a stroke; yī jǔ 一举成名： become famous overnight

nook and cranny

犄角旮旯 jījiǎogālá

Bully and humiliate

欺凌 qī líng

Appearance is misleading

外表往往误导

I think he will squander her money.

我认为他会挥霍掉她的钱财。挥霍 huī huò；squander

Germany began to exert diplomatic pressure with military threats to annex territories.

德国开始以军事威胁施加外交压力要求吞并领土。威胁 wēi xié 施加 shī jiā: exert pressure 吞并 tún bìng: to annex

Tipsy

微醺 wēixūn

drifting along Making no attempt to improve oneself

苟且 gǒu qiě 苟且偷安 gǒu qiě tōu ān 苟且偷生 gǒu qiě tōu shēng

I was born with it. Congenital

是先天的先天性

I feel I have something to strive for.

我感觉人生更有奔头。奔头 bèn tóu: prospect, something to strive for

Doctrine

义理 yì lǐ

Annotating a text

训诂 xùn gǔ

I'm out of practice

我生疏了生疏 shēngshū out of practice

Code of laws

法典 fǎ diǎn

Without stopping to rest

马不停蹄 mǎ bù tíng tí

at that precise moment

一刹那间 yí chà nà jiān

No pain, no gain

吃一堑，长一智 chī yī qiàn，zhǎng yī zhì

Gallantly rise to the occasion

见义勇为 jiàn yì yǒng wéi

Plagiarise

抄袭 chāo xí

the pain of parting

离愁别绪 lí chóu bíe xù

Lifetime's work

毕生著述 bì shēng zhù shù

Spendthrift

败家子 bài jiā zǐ

He insisted on going to Beijing.

他偏要到北京去。偏要 piān yào

Flabbergasted

瞠目结舌 chēng mù jié shé

in a flash

瞬间 shùn jiān

I covered my face.

我遮住我的脸。遮住：zhē zhù

Cruel

残酷 cán kù 残忍 cán rěn

Vice versa

反之亦然 fǎn zhī yì rán

Missing (person)

失踪 shī zōng

transplant

移植 yí zhí

take a laissez faire attitude to

听之任之

Switzerland plans to provide every adult citizen with 2500 Swiss francs a month.

瑞士拟给每一位成年公民每个月无偿发放2500瑞士法郎。无偿 wú cháng：at no cost 拟 nǐ：to plan to

He was calm and collected.

他很淡定淡定 dàn dìng： calm and collected

I glanced round. I turned round and looked.

我转头一看。转头 zhuǎn tóu

dagger

匕首 bǐ shǒu

Obama issued a public statement.

奥巴马发表了一份公开声明。

The Euro is not compatible with full national sovereignty.

欧元与完整的国家主权不相容。

Deng Xiaoping's tour of the south

邓小平的南巡

a thickly wooded forest

茂密的森林茂密 mào mì

That child is very self motivated.

那个孩子很有自我激励！激励：jīlì

Very lifelike (of a painting, sculpture etc)

好传神！传神 chuán shén

He is very stingy.

他非常吝啬。吝啬 lìn sè：stingy

Elite

精英 jīng yīng

the last straw

忍无可忍 rěn wú kě rěn

fully deserving

当之无愧 dāng zhī wú kuì

XXX(issue) has been brewing for a long time

这是蛰伏很久之后的XXX 蛰伏：zhéfú （literally hibernation)

The shareholders are proposing to remove the chairman.

股东提出罢免董事长罢免 bà miǎn: remove from post

Very hot Summer

炎夏 yán xià

Of great concern

攸关 yōu guān

The "Book of Law" is no longer extant.

《法经》已经失传。