day 66looks and fitness
unit 9 · health and medicinelooks and fitness
Talk about looks, figure and fitness, the Chinese art of 养生, and say what you would rather do with 宁可 / 宁愿……，也不…….
today’s words
- 相貌 xiàngmào · looks, appearance (of a face)
- 长相 zhǎngxiàng · looks (spoken)
- 容貌 róngmào · looks, features (written)
- 容颜 róngyán · face, youthful looks (literary)
- 面孔 miànkǒng · face (as seen by others)
- 外貌 wàimào · outward appearance
- 体态 tǐtài · figure, posture
- 苗条 miáotiao · slim, slender
- 修长 xiūcháng · long and slender
- 性感 xìnggǎn · sexy
- 美容 měiróng · to beautify, do beauty treatments
- 气色 qìsè · complexion, how well you look
- 憔悴 qiáocuì · haggard, worn out
- 健壮 jiànzhuàng · strong and healthy
- 硬朗 yìnglang · hale and hearty (of old people)
- 壮 zhuàng · strong; to strengthen
- 体质 tǐzhì · constitution, physique
- 体魄 tǐpò · physique, vigour
- 先天 xiāntiān · inborn, congenital
- 生理 shēnglǐ · physiology; physical
- 养生 yǎngshēng · to look after your health
- 保养 bǎoyǎng · to take care of (health, skin, a car)
- 疗养 liáoyǎng · to convalesce (in a sanatorium)
- 休养 xiūyǎng · to rest and recover
- 桑拿 sāngná · sauna
- 辫子 biànzi · plait, braid
- 嗅觉 xiùjué · sense of smell
- 触觉 chùjué · sense of touch
- 知觉 zhījué · consciousness, feeling
- 分泌 fēnmì · to secrete
- 激素 jīsù · hormone
- 唾液 tuòyè · saliva (medical)
- 口水 kǒushuǐ · saliva, drool
- 鼻涕 bítì · nasal mucus, runny nose
- 痰 tán · phlegm
sentences
- 我宁可少睡一会儿，也不想放弃早上的锻炼。 · I’d rather sleep a bit less than give up my morning workout.
- 她宁愿多花时间运动，也不吃减肥药。 · She would rather spend more time exercising than take slimming pills.
- 你最近气色真好！ · You’re looking really well these days!
- 不能光看一个人的外貌。 · You can’t judge someone just by their looks.
- 周末我或去游泳，或去健身房洗个桑拿。 · At weekends I either go swimming or have a sauna at the gym.