day 153leisure time

leisure time

Talk about hobbies, clubs and amateur sport, and read fractions, percentages and the written 的 with 之.

today’s words

• 閒 xián · idle, free, not busy
• 娛樂 yúlè · entertainment
• 釣魚 diàoyú · go fishing
• 俱樂部 jùlèbù · club
• 射 shè · shoot; shine (light)
• 散 sàn · break up, scatter
• 歇 xiē · rest, take a break
• 業餘 yèyú · amateur, spare-time
• 拔 bá · pull out
• 奔跑 bēnpǎo · run (fast, freely)
• 之 zhī · (written 的)
• 起初 qǐchū · at first, originally
• 絲 sī · silk; thread; a trace
• 突破 túpò · breakthrough; break through
• 原先 yuánxiān · originally, at first
• 正面 zhèngmiàn · front; positive
• 主張 zhǔzhāng · advocate; view, position
• 笨重 bènzhòng · heavy, cumbersome
• 分之 fēnzhī · (in fractions) of … parts
• 百分之 bǎifēnzhī · per cent (百分之五 = 5%)

sentences

• 三分之一的同事喜歡釣魚。 · A third of my colleagues like fishing.
• 百分之九十的人都贊同這個主張。 · Ninety per cent of people support this idea.
• 走累了，我們在樹下歇一下吧。 · We’re tired: let’s rest under the tree for a bit.
• 這件衣服是絲做的，不能用洗衣機洗。 · This top is silk: it can’t go in the washing machine.
• 這張沙發太笨重了，我們搬不動。 · This sofa is too heavy and awkward for us to move.