day 79insiders and outsiders
unit 12 · looks & personalityinsiders and outsiders
Talk about experts and beginners, character and looks, and say “less than, not even” with 不到 + an amount.
today’s words
- 高貴 gāoguì · noble, elegant
- 內行 nèiháng · expert; know the trade
- 外行 wàiháng · amateur, layman
- 人格 réngé · character, integrity
- 出身 chūshēn · come from (a family, background)
- 面貌 miànmào · appearance, look (of a place)
- 美容院 měiróngyuàn · beauty salon
- 小子 xiǎozi · lad, kid (casual)
- 光榮 guāngróng · glorious, honoured
- 崇高 chónggāo · lofty, noble
- 品德 pǐndé · moral character
- 開明 kāimíng · open-minded, enlightened
- 貼心 tiēxīn · sweet, thoughtful
- 口紅 kǒuhóng · lipstick
- 重 chóng · again, anew
- 受到 shòudào · receive, be given
- 並且 bìngqiě · and, moreover
- 不到 bùdào · less than, under
sentences
- 從我家到學校不到五分鐘。 · It’s less than five minutes from my place to the university.
- 這件衣服不到五百塊。 · This top costs under five hundred dollars.
- 她出身很窮的家庭，可是很有志氣。 · She comes from a very poor family, but she aims high.
- 這條老街的面貌，跟以前完全不一樣了。 · This old street looks completely different from how it used to.
- 寫錯了，請重寫。 · That’s wrong: please write it again.