day 93turning points

turning points

Describe deadlocks, setbacks and turning points, and wave away thanks or blame with 说到哪儿去了.

today’s words

• 关头 guāntóu · crucial moment, juncture
• 僵局 jiāngjú · deadlock, stalemate
• 瓶颈 píngjǐng · bottleneck
• 弊病 bìbìng · malady, flaw (in a system)
• 弊端 bìduān · drawback, abuse
• 出路 chūlù · way out, prospects
• 出头 chūtóu · to make it; just over (an age)
• 余地 yúdì · room, leeway
• 极限 jíxiàn · limit (of what is possible)
• 下场 xiàchǎng · fate, end (usually bad)
• 挫败 cuòbài · to defeat, frustrate; setback
• 受挫 shòucuò · to suffer a setback
• 经受 jīngshòu · to undergo, withstand
• 挨 ái · to suffer, endure (criticism, hunger)
• 陷 xiàn · to sink, get stuck
• 降临 jiànglín · to arrive, descend (night, chance)
• 情境 qíngjìng · situation, scene, setting
• 归属 guīshǔ · to belong to; belonging
• 着落 zhuóluò · whereabouts; a sure source
• 分割 fēngē · to cut apart, separate
• 分化 fēnhuà · to split, polarise
• 颠倒 diāndǎo · to reverse, turn upside down
• 扭曲 niǔqū · to distort, twist
• 扭转 niǔzhuǎn · to turn around, reverse (a situation)
• 飞跃 fēiyuè · leap; to leap forward
• 跨越 kuàyuè · to span, leap across
• 深化 shēnhuà · to deepen
• 升华 shēnghuá · to raise to a higher level, sublimate
• 凸显 tūxiǎn · to bring out, highlight
• 引领 yǐnlǐng · to lead, guide
• 着力 zhuólì · to put effort into, focus on
• 加紧 jiājǐn · to step up, speed up
• 提速 tísù · to speed up
• 一体 yītǐ · a single whole, one body
• 无力 wúlì · powerless, unable; weak

sentences

• “给您添麻烦了。”“说到哪儿去了！” · “Sorry to trouble you.” “Not at all!”
• “是你的错吧？”“说到哪儿去了，跟我没关系！” · “It’s your fault, isn’t it?” “What are you talking about? It’s nothing to do with me!”
• 这次的难度不亚于修一座城墙。 · This is every bit as hard as building a city wall.
• 三天改完？谈何容易！ · Finish the changes in three days? Easier said than done!
• 谈判陷入了僵局。 · The talks have reached a deadlock.