day 194festivals and flowers
unit 29 · culture & historyfestivals and flowers
Talk about festivals, flower arranging and customs, and weigh both sides with 話說回來.
today’s words
- 節慶 jiéqìng · festivals, festive celebrations
- 拜 bài · pay respects to; take (someone) as a master
- 插花 chāhuā · arrange flowers; flower arranging
- 回教 huíjiào · Islam
- 建國 jiànguó · found a country
- 教會 jiàohuì · church (the organisation)
- 天主教 tiānzhǔjiào · Catholicism
- 搓 cuō · rub, roll (between the hands)
- 俗話說 súhuàshuō · as the saying goes
- 現 xiàn · on the spot, now
- 吸取 xīqǔ · absorb, draw (a lesson)
- 一大早 yīdàzǎo · early in the morning
- 與其 yǔqí · rather than
- 陣子 zhènzi · period of time
- 不由得 bùyóude · can’t help (doing)
- 分明 fēnmíng · clear; clearly
- 合乎 héhū · conform to, be in line with
- 緩和 huǎnhé · ease, calm down
- 話說回來 huàshuōhuílái · but then again
sentences
- 臺灣每個季節都有不同的節慶。 · Taiwan has different festivals in every season.
- 奶奶一大早就去市場了。 · Grandma went to the market first thing in the morning.
- 與其在家看電視，不如出去走走。 · Rather than watch TV at home, let’s go out for a walk.
- 這些湯圓都是現做的。 · These tangyuan are all made on the spot.
- 這陣子我特別忙。 · I’ve been especially busy lately.