day 13worries on your mind
unit 2 · moods & feelingsworries on your mind
Talk about worries, doubts and disappointment, and sound like Taiwan with the particles 啦, 喔, 欸 and 唷.
today’s words
- 心事 xīnshì · something on one’s mind
- 失落 shīluò · let down, lost
- 惋惜 wànxí · feel sorry, regret (a loss)
- 憋 biē · hold in, suppress
- 仇恨 chóuhèn · hatred, hostility
- 關切 guānqiè · be deeply concerned about
- 慌張 huāngzhāng · flustered, in a panic
- 焦急 jiāojí · anxious, worried
- 疑慮 yílǜ · doubts, misgivings
- 滿懷 mǎnhuái · be full of (hope, feeling)
- 洩氣 xièqì · discouraged, lose heart
- 心酸 xīnsuān · heart-sore, sad
- 辛酸 xīnsuān · hardship, bitter experiences
- 輕蔑 qīngmiè · scornful, contemptuous
- 惦記 diànjì · keep thinking about, miss
- 怨 yuàn · blame, resent
- 匹 pǐ · (measure word for horses)
- 模式 móshì · model, pattern, mode
- 展現 zhǎnxiàn · show, display
- 欸 ǎi · hey; huh (Taiwan particle)
- 唷 yō · (particle: playful, cute)
- 而是 érshì · but rather (不是…而是)
sentences
- 好啦，我知道了。 · OK, OK, I get it.
- 明天要考試喔，別忘了。 · Remember, there’s a test tomorrow: don’t forget.
- 欸，你的手機掉了！ · Hey, you dropped your phone!
- 他不是不想來，而是沒時間。 · It’s not that he doesn’t want to come: he just hasn’t got time.
- 這位模範老師提早退休，大家都很惋惜。 · This model teacher is retiring early, and everyone is very sorry about it.