Mandarin - Week 4

yu3fa3

grammar

mei3shu4

art / fine arts / painting / CL:种[zhong3]

fan3yi4ci2

opposite (meaning) / antonym

diao4tou2

to turn through 180 degrees / a U-turn / to turn around

gu3dian3

classical

novel / fiction / CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]

jiang3

to speak / to explain / to negotiate / to emphasise / to be particular about / as far as sth is concerned / speech / lecture

you1mei3

graceful / fine / elegant

bei1shang1

sad / sorrowful

zhu3jue2

leading role / lead

qu4shi4

to pass away / to die

xi4jie2

details / particulars

men2dang1hu4dui4

(saying) social position and economic status be in harmony

zuo4zhe3

author / writer

zuo4jia1

author

wen2zhang1

article / essay / literary works / writings / hidden meaning / CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],页[ye4]

huan2jing4

environment / circumstances / surroundings / CL:个[ge4] / ambient

pao3ti2

to digress / to stray from the topic

gu1niang

girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:个[ge4]

gu3

merchant / to buy

yu4

jade / pure (of a person)

xiang1ai4

to be in love / to love each other

wo4shi4

bedroom / CL:间[jian1]

wu3yue4

Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山 in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山 in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan

bao3chi2

to keep / to maintain / to hold / to preserve

jin3zhang1

nervous / keyed up / intense / tense / strained / in short supply / scarce / CL:阵[zhen4]

I thought...

I thought...

si4miao4

temple / monastery / shrine

kao4jin4

near / to approach