week 10 Lesson 2

Question 1

對峙 |对峙

Answer 1

duì zhì (of mountains etc) to stand facing each other / (fig.) to confront each other

Question 2

異曲同工 | 异曲同工

Answer 2

yì qǔ tóng gōng different tunes played with equal skill (idiom) / different methods leading to the same result / different approach but equally satisfactory outcome

Question 3

勢力 | 势力

Answer 3

shì li power / influence / a force (military, political etc)

Question 4

接盤 | 接盘

Answer 4

jiē pán (of an entrepreneur) to buy up a struggling business / (finance) to snap up shares sold off by others / (neologism) (slang) to take as a girlfriend a woman who was dumped by her ex for sleeping around

Question 5

領土爭議 | 领土争议

Answer 5

lǐng tǔ zhēng yì territorial dispute

Question 6

劃分 | 划分

Answer 6

huà fēn to divide up / to partition / to differentiate

Question 7

順差 | 顺差

Answer 7

shùn chā (trade or budget) surplus

Question 8

讓步 | 让步

Answer 8

ràng bù to concede / to give in / to yield / a concession / (linguistics) concessive

Question 9

冤仇 | 冤仇

Answer 9

yuān chóu rancor / enmity / hatred resulting from grievances

Question 10

舊仇加新恨 | 旧仇加新恨

Answer 10

jiù chóu jiā xīn hèn Old grudges added to new hatreds

Question 11

鼓吹 | 鼓吹

Answer 11

gǔ chuī to agitate for / to enthusiastically promote

Question 12

矛盾激化 | 矛盾激化

Answer 12

máo dùn jī huà Intensification of conflicts