day 99stories and style

stories and style

Talk about books and writing style, and link cause, result and purpose in formal Chinese with 故, 以至(于) and 以.

today’s words

• 名著 míngzhù · classic, famous work
• 传记 zhuànjì · biography
• 传 zhuàn · biography, life story; commentary
• 回忆录 huíyìlù · memoir
• 传奇 chuánqí · legend; legendary
• 寓言 yùyán · fable
• 寓意 yùyì · moral, implied meaning
• 体裁 tǐcái · genre, literary form
• 素材 sùcái · material (for a work)
• 取材 qǔcái · to draw material (from)
• 虚构 xūgòu · to make up; fictional
• 刻画 kèhuà · to portray, to depict
• 写照 xiězhào · true portrayal, reflection
• 抒情 shūqíng · to express feelings; lyrical
• 朗诵 lǎngsòng · to recite (with expression)
• 序言 xùyán · preface, foreword
• 片段 piànduàn · extract, excerpt, fragment
• 简练 jiǎnliàn · concise, succinct
• 精练 jīngliàn · polished, terse
• 连贯 liánguàn · coherent, joined-up
• 堆砌 duīqì · to pile up (fancy words)
• 通俗 tōngsú · popular, accessible, plain
• 流派 liúpài · school (of thought or art)
• 原创 yuánchuàng · original (work); to create
• 仿 fǎng · to imitate, to copy
• 编排 biānpái · to arrange, to lay out
• 故 gù · therefore, so (formal)
• 以致 yǐzhì · so that, with the result that (bad)
• 以至于 yǐzhìyú · so much so that, to the point that
• 致使 zhìshǐ · to cause, to result in
• 旨在 zhǐzài · to be aimed at, to be intended to
• 致力于 zhìlìyú · to devote yourself to

sentences

• 这部电影取材于一部名著。 · The film is based on a classic novel.
• 因时间有限，故只读一个片段。 · As time is short, we’ll only read an extract.
• 他写得太长，以至于没人读完。 · He wrote at such length that nobody finished it.
• 我们把字印得大一些，以方便老人阅读。 · We print the letters bigger to make reading easier for older people.
• 这个故事完全是虚构的。 · The story is entirely made up.