day 6first impressions
unit 1 · people & characterfirst impressions
Describe faces and first impressions, judge character, and say “didn’t even…” with 看都不看 and 問都沒問.
today’s words
- 婦人 fùrén · woman, lady (formal)
- 老頭子 lǎotóuzi · old man; (my) old man
- 眉頭 méitóu · brows (where you frown)
- 貪心 tānxīn · greedy
- 主見 zhǔjiàn · one’s own views, a mind of one’s own
- 果斷 guǒduàn · decisive
- 務實 wùshí · pragmatic, practical
- 忠實 zhōngshí · loyal, faithful
- 才智 cáizhì · intelligence and ability
- 誠心 chéngxīn · sincerity
- 刻薄 kèbó · mean, harsh (in words)
- 懶散 lǎnsǎn · sluggish, lax
- 臉龐 liǎnpáng · face (literary)
- 懦弱 nuòruò · weak, cowardly
- 端正 duānzhèng · upright, proper
- 不肖 bùxiào · unworthy (of one’s parents)
- 廉潔 liánjié · honest, incorruptible
- 可見 kějiàn · it is clear that, so
- 先後 xiānhòu · one after another; in turn
- 稱 chèng · weigh
- 預測 yùcè · predict, forecast
- 總結 zǒngjié · summary; sum up
sentences
- 他看都不看就把信丟了。 · He threw the letter away without even looking at it.
- 窗邊坐著一位婦人和一個老頭子。 · A woman and an old fellow are sitting by the window.
- 阿傑眉頭深鎖，看起來很嚴肅。 · Ajie’s brows are knitted: he looks very serious.
- 她的臉龐很美，可是說話很刻薄。 · She has a lovely face, but she says cutting things.
- 政府官員一定要廉潔。 · Government officials must be incorruptible.