day 191emperors and ceremonies
unit 29 · culture & historyemperors and ceremonies
Visit a history museum, talk about emperors and ceremonies, and make firm promises with 絕不.
today’s words
- 屬 shǔ · belong to; be born in the year of
- 文物 wénwù · cultural relic, historical object
- 公元 gōngyuán · AD, CE (the common era)
- 跪 guì · kneel
- 皇帝 huángdì · emperor
- 原始 yuánshǐ · primitive; original
- 逢 féng · meet; whenever (it comes to)
- 儀式 yíshì · ceremony, ritual
- 逃走 táozǒu · run away, escape
- 站住 zhànzhù · stand still, stop
- 扯 chě · pull; chat, talk nonsense
- 抵 dǐ · arrive (written); make up for
- 絕不 juébù · absolutely not, never
- 世 shì · life, lifetime; world
- 想不到 xiǎngbùdào · unexpected; never thought
- 喲 yāo · oh! (surprise)
- 有些 yǒuxiē · some; somewhat
- 磅 bàng · pound (weight; British money)
sentences
- 這些文物都有一千多年的歷史。 · These relics are all more than a thousand years old.
- 我絕不會忘記這一天。 · I’ll never forget this day.
- 古時候，人見到皇帝都要跪下。 · In the old days, people had to kneel when they saw the emperor.
- 每逢過年，全家人都會回奶奶家。 · Every New Year the whole family goes back to Grandma’s.
- 對奶奶來說，世上最重要的是家人。 · For Grandma, family is the most important thing in the world.