day 50frontiers and far places
unit 7 · travel and geographyfrontiers and far places
Talk about remote and border places (deserts, oases, borders, crossings, hot springs) and rank things with 仅次于: “second only to”.
today’s words
- 边疆 biānjiāng · frontier region
- 边界 biānjiè · border, boundary line
- 边境 biānjìng · border area
- 边远 biānyuǎn · remote, far-flung
- 偏僻 piānpì · out of the way, secluded
- 偏远 piānyuǎn · remote
- 内地 nèidì · inland, the interior
- 乡下 xiāngxia · the countryside
- 首府 shǒufǔ · regional capital
- 都会 dūhuì · metropolis
- 繁华 fánhuá · bustling, flourishing
- 荒凉 huāngliáng · desolate, bleak
- 戈壁 gēbì · Gobi, stony desert
- 绿洲 lǜzhōu · oasis
- 沼泽 zhǎozé · swamp, marsh
- 坝 bà · dam, embankment
- 地势 dìshì · terrain, lie of the land
- 地带 dìdài · zone, belt
- 崎岖 qíqū · rugged, bumpy (road)
- 赤道 chìdào · the equator
- 经度 jīngdù · longitude
- 纬度 wěidù · latitude
- 交界 jiāojiè · to share a border
- 境内 jìngnèi · within the borders
- 境外 jìngwài · outside the borders, abroad
- 过境 guòjìng · to transit, pass through
- 口岸 kǒu'àn · port of entry, border crossing
- 环球 huánqiú · round the world
- 高空 gāokōng · high altitude
- 上空 shàngkōng · the sky above
- 奇观 qíguān · wonder, marvel
- 风景线 fēngjǐngxiàn · scenic route, attraction
- 温泉 wēnquán · hot spring
- 去处 qùchù · place to go
sentences
- 那个村子很偏僻，一天只有一趟车。 · That village is really out of the way: there’s only one bus a day.
- 戈壁上很荒凉，几十公里看不到人。 · The Gobi is desolate: you don’t see anyone for dozens of kilometres.
- 黄河的长度仅次于长江。 · The Yellow River is second only to the Yangtze in length.
- 这个县在三个省的交界处。 · This county lies where three provinces meet.
- 纬度越高，冬天越冷。 · The higher the latitude, the colder the winter.