第五课小故事,大道理 | Dao

Chinese Vocabulary 华文词汇表

Primary Higher ‣ 6A ‣ 第五课小故事,大道理

- chéng yǔChinese set expression, often made up of 4 characters or two couplets of 4 characters each, often alluding to a story or historical quotation; idiom; proverb; saying; adage; set expression
成语通常不能照字面译成另一种语言。
chéng yǔ tōng cháng bù néng zhào zì miàn yì chéng lìng yī zhòng yǔ yán。
Idioms usually cannot be translated literally in another language.

- zì xiāngmutual; each other; one another; self-

- zì xiāng máo dùnto contradict oneself; self-contradictory; inconsistent

- shì jífair; small town

- kuā kǒuto boast

- ruì lìsharp; keen; acute; incisive; penetrating; perceptive

- dǐ dǎngto resist; to hold back; to stop; to ward off; to withstand

- yì lùn fēn fēnthere were many discussions
看到布告，好多人在议论纷纷。
Kàn dào bùgào, hǎoduō rén zài yìlùn fēnfēn.
Seeing the notice, many people were talking about it.

- nà gethat one; also pr. [nei4 ge5]

- yǎ kǒu wú yándumbstruck and unable to reply (idiom); left speechless; at a loss for words

- xiū kuìashamed

- hé lǐrational; reasonable; fair
这个价格不合理。
zhè gè jiàgé bùhé lǐ .
The price is not reasonable.

- qián hòuaround; from beginning to end; all around; front and rear
他坐在摇椅里前后摇晃着。
tā zuò zài yáo yǐ lǐ qián hòu yáo huàng zhuó。
He rocked back and forth in his rocking chair.

- yǎn ěr dào línglit. to cover one's ears whilst stealing a bell; to deceive oneself; to bury one's head in the sand (idiom)
你听过掩耳盗铃的故事吗？
Nǐ tīngguò yǎn'ěrdàolíng de gùshì ma?
Have you heard the story of covering your ears?

- tān cáito be greedy in getting money

- rén jiāhousehold; dwelling; family; sb else's house; household business; house of woman's husband-to-be
- rén jiaother people; sb else; he, she or they; I, me (referring to oneself as one or people)
这里有几户人家。
Zhèli yǒu jǐ hù rénjiā.
There are a few households here.

- yuàn zicourtyard
院子里种了很多花。
Yuànzi lǐ zhòngle hěn duō huā.
There are many flowers in the yard.

- zhí qiánvaluable; costly; expensive
这件古董很值钱。
Zhèjiàn gǔdǒng hěn zhíqián.
This antique is worth a lot of money.

- zá suìto pulverize; to smash to bits

- tiě chuíiron hammer

- zhèn lóngto deafen

- zāo gāotoo bad; how terrible; what bad luck; terrible; bad
糟糕！我把伞丢了。
zāo gāo! wǒ bǎ sǎn diū le。
Damnation! I've lost my umbrella.

- wǔ zhùto cover; to bury one's face

- yī wō fēnglike a swarm of bees; everyone swarms around pushing and shouting; a hornet's nest

- bù liǎounable to; without end

- qī piànto deceive; to cheat
他企图欺骗我们，但没有得逞。
tā qǐ tú qī piàn wǒ men, dàn méi yǒu dé chěng.
He was foiled in his attempt to deceive us/His attempt to deceive us was foiled.

- kè zhōu qiú jiànlit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances

- chuán fūboatman

- xià shuǐdownstream; to go into the water; to put into water; to launch (a ship); fig. to fall into bad ways; to lead astray; to go to pot
- xià shuioffal; viscera; tripe
这位渔民笑道： “ 没事儿！ ” 说着就和别人一道下水了。
zhè wèi yú mín xiào dào："r！"shuō zhuó jiù huò bié rén yī dào xià shuǐ le。ss..oour
It's nothing, smiled the fisherman, then disappeared into the water with the others.

- lāodrag for; fish for; scoop up; gain
在这座大城市里寻找一个人犹如大海捞针。
zài zhè zuò dà chéng shì lǐ xún zhǎo yī gè rén yóu rú dà hǎi lāo zhēn.
Searching for one man in this big city is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
捞起捞月亮捞出捞起来

- háo bùhardly; not in the least; not at all
他毫不犹豫地把自己的车卖了。
tā háobù yóuyùdi bǎ zìjǐ de chē mài le .
He sold his own car without hesitation.

- zài yìto care about; to mind

- yī dàipocket

- xiǎo dāoknife

- chuán xiánsides of a ship; ship's railing; fig. the dividing line between shipboard expenses and onshore freight charges

- jì haonotation; seal

- kào àn(of a boat) to reach the shore; to pull toward shore; close to shore; landfall

- lì jíimmediately
他们要求立即付款。
tā men yāo qiú lì jí fù kuǎn。
They demand prompt payment.

- bàn tiānhalf of the day; a long time; quite a while
他收拾行李，让我们等了好半天。
tā shōu shi xíng li， ràng wǒ men děng le hào bàn tiān。
He kept us waiting for ages while he packed his luggage.

- jiǎn zhísimply; at all; practically
假期简直是一晃而过。
jià qī jiǎn zhí shì yī huàng ér guò。
The holidays simply sped by.

- bù duànunceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant
人口在不断增长中。
rén kǒu zài bù duàn zēng zhǎng zhòng。
There was a steady increase in population.

- fāng fǎmethod; way; means
找到学习方法，能让我们少花一些时间。
Zhǎodào xuéxí fāngfǎ, néng ràng wǒmen shǎo huā yīxiē shíjiān.
Finding a learning method allows us to spend less time.