reading 4 part 2

Question 1

within the year / in the middle of the year / mid-year

Answer 1

年中

(niánzhōng)

Question 2

only; sole

Answer 2

唯一

(wéiyī)

Question 3

rare / infrequent

Answer 3

少有

(shǎoyǒu)

Question 4

to touch / in touch with

Answer 4

接触

(jiēchù)

Question 5

young person / the young

Answer 5

青年

(qǐngnián)

Question 6

male-female / male and female

Answer 6

男女

(nánnǚ)

Question 7

to offer / to supply / to provide

Answer 7

提供

(tígōng)

Question 8

seldom / rare / hard to come by

Answer 8

难得

(nándé)

Question 9

to get to know each other / acquaintance

Answer 9

相识

(xiāngshí)

Question 10

opportunity / chance

Answer 10

机会

(jīhuì)

Question 11

long term / long time

Answer 11

长期

(chángqī)

Question 12

to reside / to live in a place / resident in

Answer 12

居住

(jūzhù)

Question 13

lady’s private room or bedroom

Answer 13

深闺

(shēnguī)

Question 14

girl; daughter

Answer 14

女孩儿

(nǚháir)

Question 15

to go with sb / to form companionships

Answer 15

结伴

(jiébàn)

Question 16

to go one a tour / to have an outing

Answer 16

出游

(chūyóu)

Question 17

to look for; to seek out; to choose

Answer 17

物色

(wùsè)

Question 18

simply add

Answer 18

平添

(píngtiān)

Question 19

romantic

Answer 19

浪漫

(làngmàn)

Question 20

to pass / to go through

Answer 20

经过

(jīngguò)

Question 21

hundred years / century / lifetime

Answer 21

百年

(bǎinián)

Question 22

to spread / to circulate / to hand down

Answer 22

流传

(liúchuán)

Question 23

to devlop / to evolve / devlopment / evolution

Answer 23

演变

(yǎnbiàn)

Question 24

boiled or deep-fried calls of glutinous rice flour, usually eaten during Lantern Festival

Answer 24

汤圆

(tāngyuán)

Question 25

custom / tradition / local tradition

Answer 25

习俗

(xísú)

Question 26

phonetic value of a character

Answer 26

字音

(zìyīn)

Question 27

close / similar to

Answer 27

相近

(xiāngjìn)

Question 28

symbol / to signify

Answer 28

象征

(xiàngzhēng)

Question 29

be together

Answer 29

团团圆圆

(tuántuányuányuán)

Question 30

peaceful relations / harmonious

Answer 30

和睦

(hémù)

Question 31

to pray / to say one’s prayers / prayer

Answer 31

祈祷

(qídǎo)

Question 32

whole family / entire household

Answer 32

合家

(héjiā)

Question 33

to have all one’s wishes (idiom) / best wishes / may all your hopes be fulfilled

Answer 33

万事如意

(wànshìrúyì)

Question 34

(of time) to elapse or pass / (of a situation) to develop or evolve

Answer 34

推移

(tuīyí)

Question 35

to pass on (to future generations) / passed on (from former times) / a continued tradition

Answer 35

传承

(chuánchéng)

Question 36

to be in vogue; to be popular; to be prevalent

Answer 36

盛行

(shèngxíng)

Question 37

to inabit a region (esp. ethnic group) / to congregate

Answer 37

聚居

(jùjū)

Question 38

year after year; yearly; every year

Answer 38

年年

(niánnián)

Question 39

to celebrate

Answer 39

欢庆

(huānqìng)

Question 40

unfailing / enduring / unstoppable

Answer 40

不衰

(bùshuāi)

Question 41

rich / full of

Answer 41

富有

(fùyǒu)

Question 42

delight / fun / interest / appeal

Answer 42

情趣

(qíngqù)