day 193history and porcelain

history and porcelain

Visit a ceramics town, read museum signs with 請勿, and talk about history and old crafts.

today’s words

• 貴族 guìzú · aristocrat, noble
• 滅亡 mièwáng · perish, be wiped out
• 俗話 súhuà · saying, proverb
• 陳列 chénliè · display, lay out
• 陶瓷 táocí · ceramics, pottery and porcelain
• 封建 fēngjiàn · feudal
• 湊 còu · gather, pool together
• 裹 guǒ · wrap, bind
• 發揚 fāyáng · carry on, develop (a tradition)
• 勿 wù · do not (written)
• 算起來 suànqǐlái · counting it up, all in all
• 歪 wāi · crooked, slanting
• 心目中 xīnmùzhōng · in one’s mind, in one’s eyes
• 以便 yǐbiàn · so that, in order to
• 月分 yuèfèn · month (in counting, dates)
• 正規 zhèngguī · regular, formal, proper
• 波動 bōdòng · fluctuate, go up and down
• 對策 duìcè · countermeasure, way of dealing with it

sentences

• 博物館內請勿拍照。 · No photography inside the museum.
• 這些陶瓷是古代貴族用的。 · This porcelain was used by nobles long ago.
• 店裡陳列著很多漂亮的碗。 · Lots of beautiful bowls are on display in the shop.
• 封建時代，很多女人不能讀書。 · In feudal times, many women weren’t allowed to study.
• 算起來，我來臺灣已經兩年了。 · All told, I’ve been in Taiwan for two years now.