Week 5 Lesson 4

Question 1

平起平坐 | 平起平坐

Answer 1

píng qǐ píng zuò to be on an equal footing

Question 2

天外飞来

Answer 2

Tiānwài fēi lái come flying from outside the sky/came out of nowhere

Question 3

上火

Answer 3

shàng huǒ to get angry / to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)

Question 4

對症下藥 | 对症下药

Answer 4

duì zhèng xià yào lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it / to take appropriate steps

Question 5

古典音樂 | 古典音乐

Answer 5

gǔ diǎn yīn yuè classical music

Question 6

安抚情绪

Answer 6

Ānfǔ qíngxù calm emotions

Question 7

金髮碧眼 | 金发碧眼

Answer 7

jīn fà bì yǎn fair-haired and blue-eyed / blonde / of Western appearance

Question 8

貝多芬 | 贝多芬

Answer 8

Bèi duō fēn Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), German composer

Question 9

千瘡百孔 | 千疮百孔

Answer 9

qiān chuāng bǎi kǒng heavily damaged / (fig.) full of holes / riddled with problems

Question 10

一竿子完全否定

Answer 10

Yī gānzi wánquán fǒudìng to completely deny with one stroke

Question 11

起伏不定

Answer 11

Qǐfú bùdìng “uneven” or “fluctuating.”