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day 77heroes and stubborn types

unit 12 · looks & personality

    heroes and stubborn types

    Describe good and difficult personalities, own up to a mistake, and play something down with ……而已 (that’s all).

    today’s words

    • 英雄 yīngxióng · hero
    • 堅定 jiāndìng · firm, determined
    • 天才 tiāncái · genius
    • 自私 zìsī · selfish
    • 風趣 fēngqù · witty, humorous
    • 高明 gāomíng · brilliant, clever
    • 馬虎 mǎhū · careless, sloppy
    • 勤勞 qínláo · hard-working
    • 誠懇 chéngkěn · sincere
    • 誠意 chéngyì · sincerity, good faith
    • 和氣 héqì · friendly, kindly
    • 暴躁 bàozào · hot-tempered, irritable
    • 盲目 mángmù · blind (unthinking)
    • 任性 rènxìng · wilful, headstrong
    • 疏忽 shūhū · neglect, overlook
    • 如果說 rúguǒshuō · if (we say that)
    • 差 chā · difference, gap
    • 而已 éryǐ · that’s all, merely

    sentences

    • 我只是問一下而已。 · I was only asking, that’s all.
    • 這件衣服才三百塊而已。 · This top is only three hundred dollars.
    • 他不是天才,只是很努力而已。 · He’s no genius: he just works hard, that’s all.
    • 她的想法很堅定。 · Her mind is firmly made up.
    • 別這麼任性! · Don’t be so headstrong!