biǎo mèi younger female cousin via female line

qīn ài dear; beloved; darling

hǎo jiǔ quite a while

gū mā (coll.) father's married sister; paternal aunt

yǔ máo qiú shuttlecock; badminton

qiú duì sports team (basketball, soccer, football etc)

kè chéng course; academic program

kè chéng fǔ zhù huó dòng co-curricular activities (usu. in S'pore)

fǔ zhù to assist; to aid; supplementary; auxiliary; subsidiary

fēng fù to enrich; rich; plentiful; abundant

wǔ shù military skill or technique (in former times); all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development); self-defense; tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage); also called kungfu 功夫

wǔ shù duì Wushu team; Kongfu team

hé chàng chorus; to chorus

hé chàng tuán chorus

huá zú noble family; of Chinese ancestry

wǔ dǎo tuán dancing club; Dance company

tóng zǐ boy

tóng zǐ jūn child soldiers; juvenile militia; Scout (youth organization)

tóng copper

yuè duì band; pop group

duō zhǒng many kinds of; multiple; diverse; multi-

yuè qì musical instrument

xiǎo hào trumpet

xùn liàn to train; to drill; training

xīn kǔ hard; exhausting; with much toil; thanks for your trouble

liǎn hóng to blush; to redden (with shame, indignation etc)

liǎn hóng bó zi cū red in the face; extremely angry

bó zi neck

kuài yào almost; nearly; almost all

duàn qì to stop breathing; to breathe one's last; to die; to cut the gas supply

gǔ lì to encourage

fàng qì to renounce; to abandon; to give up

yú shì thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence

jiān chí to persevere with; to persist in; to insist on

yī duàn A paragraph; A period; a portion

jiào liàn instructor; sports coach; trainer

xiāo xi news; information

xuǎn zhòng to choose; to pick; to settle upon; to decide upon a candidate; to be selected for some role

jī huì opportunity; chance; occasion

dēng shàng to climb over; to ascend onto; to mount

wǔ tái stage; arena; fig. in the limelight

xìng yùn fortunate; lucky; fortune; luck

fēn xiǎng to share (joys, benefits, privileges etc) with others; to get one's share; to divide out; to partake

huí xìn to reply; to write back; letter written in reply