Topic 10: Family Relations and Generation Gaps

Question 1

烹调

Answer 1

pēng tiáo: to cook, cooking

Question 2

任务

Answer 2

rèn wu4: mission

Question 3

负担

Answer 3

fù dān: burden, to bear a burden

Question 4

欲望

Answer 4

yù wàng: desire, longing, appetite, craving

Question 5

都会

Answer 5

dū huì: city, metropolis

Question 6

束缚

Answer 6

shù fù: to bind, restrict, tie, fetter

Question 7

真诚

Answer 7

zhēn chéng: true, sincere, genuine

Question 8

缓解

Answer 8

huǎn jiě: to relieve, alleviate (a crisis)

Question 9

痛苦

Answer 9

tòng kǔ: pain, suffering

Question 10

复杂

Answer 10

fù zá: complicated, complex

Question 11

沟通

Answer 11

gōu tōng: communicate, connect, link up

Question 12

聚会

Answer 12

jù huì: gathering, party, get-together

Question 13

摆脱

Answer 13

bǎi tuō: to break away/free from, get rid of, cast off (old ideas)

Question 14

牺牲

Answer 14

xī shēng: to sacrifice (life, something valued)

Question 15

传统

Answer 15

chuán tǒng: tradition(al), convention(al)

Question 16

悲喜剧

Answer 16

bēi xǐ jù: tragicomedy

Question 17

代沟

Answer 17

dài gōu: generation gap

Question 18

愉快

Answer 18

yú kuài: cheerful, pleasant, delightful

Question 19

精心

Answer 19

jīng xīn: with utmost care, meticulously

Question 20

主厨

Answer 20

zhǔ chú: chef

Question 21

追求

Answer 21

zhuī qiú: to pursue (a goal, etc.) stubbornly; to seek after

Question 22

突出

Answer 22

tū chū: prominent, outstanding, to protrude, to project

Ex: 一个突出特点 (prominent features)