day 171learning from others

learning from others

Talk about learning from teachers, books and colleagues, and frame what you say with 归根到底 (in the final analysis), 无论如何 (whatever happens) and 总而言之 (in a word).

today’s words

• 会意 huìyì · to understand (without words); ideograph
• 文 wén · writing, written language
• 文盲 wénmáng · illiterate person; illiteracy
• 译 yì · to translate (written)
• 阅览 yuèlǎn · to read (in a library)
• 涉猎 shèliè · to read widely, dip into
• 汲取 jíqǔ · to draw (lessons, strength) from
• 钻研 zuānyán · to study in depth
• 切磋 qiēcuō · to learn from each other, compare notes
• 观摩 guānmó · to observe and learn from
• 启迪 qǐdí · to inspire; inspiration
• 启蒙 qǐméng · to teach the basics, enlighten
• 陶冶 táoyě · to shape, cultivate (character)
• 熏陶 xūntáo · to influence gradually, nurture
• 聚焦 jùjiāo · to focus on
• 亮相 liàngxiàng · to appear, make one’s debut
• 灵通 língtōng · well-informed, quick (of news)
• 归根到底 guīgēndàodǐ · in the final analysis, at root
• 无论如何 wúlùnrúhé · whatever happens, in any case
• 总而言之 zǒng'éryánzhī · in a word, in short
• 到头来 dàotóulái · in the end, after all
• 反之 fǎnzhī · conversely, otherwise
• 好比 hǎobǐ · to be like, can be compared to
• 譬如 pìrú · for example
• 可不是 kěbùshi · exactly! isn’t it just!

sentences

• 归根到底，学习是自己的事。 · In the final analysis, learning is up to you.
• 无论如何，我都要把论文写完。 · Whatever happens, I’m going to finish my thesis.
• 总而言之，学语言没有捷径。 · In a word, there are no shortcuts to learning a language.
• 今天有十几位老师来观摩王老师的课。 · A dozen or so teachers have come to observe Teacher Wang’s class today.
• 我的启蒙老师是王老师。 · Teacher Wang was the first to teach me.