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day 78haircuts and willpower

unit 12 · looks & personality

    haircuts and willpower

    Talk about haircuts, courage and ambition, and say “some, more or less” with 多少 before a verb.

    today’s words

    • 中 zhòng · hit; win (a prize)
    • 髮型 fǎxíng · hairstyle
    • 瘋子 fēngzi · madman; (joking) lunatic
    • 禿 tū · bald
    • 壯 zhuàng · strong, sturdy
    • 口才 kǒucái · eloquence, way with words
    • 老大 lǎodà · eldest child; the boss
    • 野心 yěxīn · ambition
    • 自主 zìzhǔ · independent, your own master
    • 慎重 shènzhòng · careful, cautious
    • 正經 zhèngjīng · serious, proper
    • 意志 yìzhì · will, willpower
    • 膽量 dǎnliàng · courage, guts
    • 志氣 zhìqì · ambition, aspiration
    • 神氣 shénqì · cocky, full of oneself; spirited
    • 來自 láizì · come from
    • 桌 zhuō · (measure word for tables of food or guests)
    • 粗 cū · thick; rough

    sentences

    • 我多少存了一點錢。 · I’ve saved a bit of money, more or less.
    • 這件事,你多少也知道一點吧? · You must know a bit about this, surely?
    • 他的口才很好,又很有野心。 · He’s a good talker, and very ambitious too.
    • 我是家裡的老大,從小就很自主。 · I’m the eldest, so I’ve been independent since I was small.
    • 他一次就猜中了。 · He guessed it right first time.