day 139sleep and medicine

sleep and medicine

Talk about sleep, energy and medicine, and say who does something with 由 + someone + verb.

today’s words

• 睡眠 shuìmián · sleep
• 藥物 yàowù · medication, drugs
• 中藥 zhōngyào · Chinese medicine
• 精力 jīnglì · energy, vigour
• 不良 bùliáng · poor, bad (formal)
• 平衡 pínghéng · balance
• 消極 xiāojí · negative, passive
• 補充 bǔchōng · replenish, add (to)
• 移 yí · move, shift
• 閉 bì · close (eyes, mouth)
• 撐 chēng · hold up, keep going
• 顯然 xiǎnrán · obviously, clearly
• 一致 yīzhì · unanimous, in agreement
• 運用 yùnyòng · use, apply
• 章 zhāng · chapter (measure word)
• 主觀 zhǔguān · subjective
• 不止 bùzhǐ · not only, more than
• 初步 chūbù · first, preliminary

sentences

• 今天的晚飯由我來做。 · I’m making dinner tonight.
• 這次的報名，由公司負責。 · The company is handling the sign-up this time.
• 睡眠不好，白天就沒有精力。 · If you don’t sleep well, you’ve got no energy during the day.
• 中藥也是藥物，不能隨便吃。 · Chinese medicine is still medicine: you can’t just take it as you please.
• 顯然，你最近太累了。 · You’ve obviously been too tired lately.