day 212order and leaders
unit 32 · law, safety & the newsorder and leaders
Follow the news about leaders and keeping order, and say what changes “now, this time” with 這下子.
today’s words
- 秩序 zhìxù · order (orderliness)
- 罪 zuì · crime; guilt
- 中央 zhōngyāng · centre; central (government)
- 總理 zǒnglǐ · premier, prime minister
- 武器 wǔqì · weapon
- 討 tǎo · ask for, demand (back)
- 逃避 táobì · run away from, avoid
- 領袖 lǐngxiù · leader
- 官方 guānfāng · official (side), the authorities
- 牢 láo · firm, secure
- 祖國 zǔguó · motherland, home country
- 部隊 bùduì · troops, army unit
- 鬥爭 dòuzhēng · struggle, fight
- 同胞 tóngbāo · fellow countrymen, compatriots
- 叫喊 jiàohǎn · shout, yell
- 這下子 zhèxiàzi · now (as a result), this time
- 制止 zhìzhǐ · stop, curb
- 易 yì · easy (written)
sentences
- 請大家排隊，維持秩序。 · Please queue up and keep things orderly.
- 這下子我們回不了家了。 · Now we can’t get home.
- 官方的消息還沒出來。 · There’s no official news yet.
- 各國的領袖下個月見面。 · World leaders meet next month.
- 問題不能逃避，要面對。 · You can’t run away from problems: you have to face them.