Session 3 Flashcards
大多数
(Great) majority
本国
One’s own country
-> 本国人 - natives of one’s own country
-> 本国资源 - national resources
( … zi1yuan2)
特产
(Te4chan3) - special local product; specialty
感受
Be affected by, catch / experience, feeling
-> 感受风寒 - catch a cold
( … feng1han2)
-> 感受很深 - have a deep impression; be deeply impressed
触发
(Chu4fa1) - spark, trigger (动词）
-> 触发乡思 - provoke nostalgic longing
-> 触发相思的特点 - trigger that special feeling (正式：思念家乡）
柴米油盐酱醋茶
(Chai2mi3you2yan2jiang4cu4cha2) - life’s daily necessities
-> firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy, vinegar, and tea
每个人生活必备的：衣食住行
每个人生活必备的：衣食住行
(Yi1shi2zhu4xing2) - food, clothing shelter and transportation - basic necessities of life
-> people’s basic needs
住宿
(Zhu4su4) - stay, put up, get accommodation
-> 给客人安排住宿 - Arrange accommodation for the visitors
高速铁路
(Gao1su4 tie3lu4) - high-speed railway
-> 高铁
外汇
(Wai4hui4) - foreign (currency) exchange; forex
-> 赚外汇 - trading with countries»_space; you earn international currency/ foreign currency
北朝鲜
(Bei3 Chao2xian3) - North Korea
-> 朝鲜族 - Chinese Koreans (ethnic minority)
游牧民族
(You2mu4 min2zu2) - nomads
->养牛羊马
受追捧
(Shou4zhui1peng3) - to be eagerly sought after
小范围
(Xiao3fan4wei2) - small-scale, local
遍地开花
(Bian4di4 kai1hua1) - blossom everywhere; spring up all over the place, flourish on a large scale
渐渐
(Jian4jian4) - gradually, by degrees, little by little
数量
(Shu4liang4) - quantity, amount
几乎
Almost, nearly, practically
-> 几乎完全 - almost completely, almost entirely
三倍
(San1bei4) - triple
(倍 after a number denotes how much more)
骑在羊背上的国家
澳大利亚
惠灵顿
(Hui4ling2dun4) - Wellington, capital of New Zealand
金融资本中心
(Jin1rong2 zi1ben3) - financial capital/ financial center
奧克兰
(Ao4ke4lan2) - Auckland (NZ)/ Oakland (California)
绿化
(Lü4hua4) - make (a place) green by planting trees, flowers, etc
-> 绿化城市 - plant trees in and around the city
-> 城市绿化非常好。
风景如画
(Feng1jing3 ru2hua4) - picturesque scenery/ landscape
-> 风景如画的地方
动植物
(Dong4zhi2wu4) - plants and animals; flora and fauna
-> 新西兰的动植物比人口多。
尤其
Especially; particularly
-> 它们的菜大部分有肉，尤其是牛羊肉。
大洋洲
(Da4yang2zhou1) - Oceania
-> 大洋洲的原住民是毛利人。- Oceania’s indigenous people are the Māori.
原住民
Indigenous peoples
印第安人
（Yin4di4an1ren2) - American Indian, Native American
-> 美洲的原住民是印第安人。
残忍
(Can2ren3) - cruel, ruthless
-> 政策很残忍。- The government policy is very cruel.
赔偿
(Pei2chang2) - reparations (by a defeated state)（名词), compensate (动词）
-> 政府要赔偿那些原住民。- The government has to compensate the indigenous peoples.
-> 战爭赔偿 - war reparations; war indemnity
侵略
(Qīnlüè) - commit aggression; invade
-> 侵略别国
啤酒厂
brewery
制片人
(Zhìpiànrén) - film producer, filmmaker
-> 自然景色很棒，所以很多制片人选择在新西兰担电影。我巴去了拍《指环王》的地方。
指环
(Zhi3huan2) - (finger) ring
-> 环指 - ring finger
取景
（Qu3jing3) - find a view (to photograph, paint, etc)
独生子女政策
（Du2sheng1zi3nü3 zheng4ce4) - one-child policy
-> 城市家庭一家只能有一个孩子
农活
Farm work
力气
Physical strength; effort
干农活需要男孩，男孩力气大。
老龄化
Ageing (process)
-> 老龄化的问题
精力
（Jing1li4) - energy, vigour, vim
-> 生活压力很大，所以我们没有精力给孩子。
-> 精力充沛 - be energetic, dynamic, exuberant
(Chong1pei4)
质量
(Zhìliàng) - quality
-> 生活质量更高
-> 把好质量关 - guarantee the quality (of products, etc.)
