reading 2 part 2

Question 1

young woman / young lady

Answer 1

姑娘

(gūniang)

Question 2

considered to be / at last

Answer 2

算是

(suànshì)

Question 3

older

(than average in a group, at school, for marriage, etc.)

Answer 3

大龄

(dàlíng)

Question 4

leftover woman

(successful career woman who has remained single)

Answer 4

剩女

(shèngnǚ)

Question 5

in recent years

Answer 5

近几年

(jìnjǐnián)

Question 6

to chat / casual conversation

Answer 6

闲聊

(xiánliáo)

Question 7

to chat / to gossip

Answer 7

扯

(chě)

Question 8

major turning point of lifelong importance

(esp. marriage)

Answer 8

终身大事

(zhōngshēndàshì)

Question 9

on the surface, apparently

Answer 9

明面

(míngmìan)

Question 10

secretly / inwardly / on the sly

Answer 10

暗地里

(àndìli)

Question 11

urge; hurry; press

Answer 11

催

(cuī)

Question 12

down to / up to / to the extent that…

Answer 12

以至于

(yǐzhìyú)

Question 13

interest; taste

Answer 13

兴趣

(xìngqù)

Question 14

though / although

Answer 14

虽说

(suīshuō)

Question 15

unavoidable / can’t be avoided

Answer 15

免不了

(miǎnbùliǎo)

Question 16

one after another (Idiom) / in quick sucession

Answer 16

接二连三

(jiē’èrliánsān)

Question 17

feast

(bound form)

Answer 17

宴

(yàn)

Question 18

to shrink back / to cower

Answer 18

退缩

(tuìsuō)

Question 19

to be worried / to be distressed / worries

Answer 19

烦恼

(fánnǎo)

Question 20

similar / analogous

Answer 20

类似

(lèisì)

Question 21

life

(one’s time on earth)

Answer 21

人生

(rénshēng)

Question 22

to not calculate / to not count / to not be considered (as)

Answer 22

不算

(bùsuàn)

Question 23

to have the nerve / to feel no shame

Answer 23

好意思

(hǎoyìsi)

Question 24

to care about / to mind

Answer 24

在意

(zàiyì)

Question 25

to dispel (doubts, misgivings, etc.) / to give up on

Answer 25

打消

(dǎxiāo)

Question 26

barrier / impediment / obstacle

Answer 26

障碍

(zhàng’ài)

Question 27

to come back (images of the past) / to emerge / it occurs (to me that…)

Answer 27

浮现

(fúxiàn)

Question 28

pile

Answer 28

一堆

(yīduī)

Question 29

before leaving / on departure

Answer 29

临走

(línzǒu)

Question 30

to tell / to exhort / injunction

Answer 30

嘱咐

(zhǔfù)

Question 31

(to urge sb typically, one’s adult child or nephew, etc.) to get married

Answer 31

催婚

(cuīhūn)

Question 32

(not) any more

Answer 32

再也

(zàiyě)

Question 33

choose; select; pick out

Answer 33

挑

(tiāo)

Question 34

any; whatever; whichever

Answer 34

任何

(rènhé)

Question 35

can’t say for sure / maybe

Answer 35

说不定

(shuōbudìng)

Question 36

karma / fate / predestined affinity

Answer 36

缘

(yuán)

Question 37

granted that / even if

Answer 37

就算

(jiùsuàn)

Question 38

not reaching / insufficient / less than

Answer 38

不到

(bùdào)

Question 39

to be full of / completely

Answer 39

尽是

(jìnshì)

Question 40

(slang) weirdo / outlandish

Answer 40

奇葩

(qípā)

Question 41

to do sth as a mere formality / to go through the motions

Answer 41

过场

(guòchǎng)

Question 42

to obey / to follow

Answer 42

顺

(shùn)

Question 43

hastily; without loosing time

Answer 43

赶紧

(gǎnjǐn)

Question 44

to turn on / to switch on

Answer 44

打开

(dǎkāi)

Question 45

at this time / at this moment

Answer 45

这时

(zhèshí)