day 116staying safe
unit 15 · law and rightsstaying safe
Talk about safety, surveillance and reporting wrongdoing, say whether something was done on purpose, and restate a point with 换句话说.
today’s words
- 警报 jǐngbào · alarm, alert
- 警戒 jǐngjiè · to be on alert, cordon off
- 警惕 jǐngtì · to be vigilant, on guard
- 警钟 jǐngzhōng · alarm bell, warning
- 警犬 jǐngquǎn · police dog
- 防范 fángfàn · to guard against
- 监控 jiānkòng · to monitor; CCTV
- 监视 jiānshì · to keep watch on
- 看守 kānshǒu · to guard
- 看管 kānguǎn · to look after, mind
- 间谍 jiàndié · spy
- 禁区 jìnqū · restricted area, no-go zone
- 揭发 jiēfā · to expose, blow the whistle
- 举报 jǔbào · to report (wrongdoing)
- 维权 wéiquán · to defend one’s rights
- 伸张 shēnzhāng · to uphold (justice)
- 自卫 zìwèi · self-defence
- 藏匿 cángnì · to hide away, conceal
- 审查 shěnchá · to examine, vet
- 押 yā · to escort (a prisoner); to pledge
- 暗地里 àndìlǐ · secretly, behind sb’s back
- 暗中 ànzhōng · in secret
- 私下 sīxià · privately, in private
- 成心 chéngxīn · on purpose
- 存心 cúnxīn · deliberately
- 无意 wúyì · unintentionally; to have no wish to
- 无故 wúgù · without reason
- 猛然 měngrán · suddenly
- 迎面 yíngmiàn · head-on, in one’s face
- 径直 jìngzhí · straight, directly
- 胡乱 húluàn · at random, carelessly
sentences
- 对陌生人要保持警惕，小心掉进骗子的陷阱。 · Stay on your guard with strangers, and watch out for scammers’ traps.
- 我们要防范网络诈骗，别让骗子窃取个人信息。 · We need to guard against online scams and not let scammers steal our personal details.
- 小区门口装了监控，晚上再也没有人闹事了。 · CCTV has been put up at the estate gate, and nobody makes trouble at night any more.
- 这件事我们私下谈吧。 · Let’s talk about this in private.
- 对不起，我是无意的。 · Sorry, I didn’t mean to.