Topic 3: Chinese Mythology and Fables

Question 1

绕过

Answer 1

rào guò： to bypass, avoid, circumvent

Question 2

嘲笑

Answer 2

cháo xiào: to mock, ridicule

Question 3

凭

Answer 3

píng: to depend on, rely on, lean against

Question 4

编造

Answer 4

biān zào: to make up, invent, concoct, compile (Amy: generally negative context)

Question 5

寄托

Answer 5

jì tuō: to have somebody look after somebody; to entrust the care of somebody; to place (hope) on

Ex: 把孩子寄托在邻居家里。

Question 6

不切实际

Answer 6

bù qiè shí jì: unrealistic, impractical

Question 7

寓言

Answer 7

yù yán: fable (m. word 则[ze2])

Question 8

信心

Answer 8

xìn xīn: confidence; faith (in someone/something)

Question 9

带领

Answer 9

dài lǐng: to guide, lead

Question 10

力量

Answer 10

lì liang: power, force, strength

Question 11

放弃

Answer 11

fàng qì: to give up, renounce, abandon

Question 12

感受

Answer 12

gǎn shòu: to feel, sense

Question 13

幸福

Answer 13

xìng fú: happy, blessed

Question 14

无穷尽

Answer 14

wú qióng jìn: endless

Question 15

糊涂

Answer 15

hú tu: confused, silly, muddled

Question 16

神话

Answer 16

shén huà: myth, fairytale

Question 17

坚持

Answer 17

jiān chí: to insist on, persevere with, persist in

Question 18

道理

Answer 18

dào lǐ: reason, argument, sense, principle, basis

Question 19

阻挡

Answer 19

zǔ dǎng: to block, obstruct

Question 20

勇敢

Answer 20

yǒng gǎn: brave, courageous

Question 21

想象

Answer 21

xiǎng xiàng: imagination

Question 22

熟悉

Answer 22

shú xī: to be familiar with; know well