day 20pampering and pushing
unit 3 · talking & getting alongpampering and pushing
Talk about spoiling, coaxing and bossing people around, and say you don’t know what to do with 不知道……才好.
today’s words
- 情侶 qínglǚ · couple (in love)
- 團聚 tuánjù · reunite, be together (family)
- 傢伙 jiāhuǒ · guy, fellow (casual)
- 辜負 gūfù · let down, fail to live up to
- 侮辱 wǔrù · insult, humiliate
- 哄 hǒng · coax, humour
- 順從 shùncóng · obedient, compliant
- 慫恿 sǒngyǒng · egg on, put up to
- 迎合 yínghé · cater to, pander to
- 誘惑 yòuhuò · tempt; temptation
- 縱容 zòngróng · indulge, let get away with
- 寵愛 chǒng'ài · dote on, spoil
- 出面 chūmiàn · step in, intervene personally
- 打發 dǎfā · send away; pass (time)
- 外號 wàihào · nickname
- 玩弄 wánnòng · toy with, play with
- 怠慢 dàimàn · neglect (a guest), slight
- 恩怨 ēnyuàn · old scores, grudges
- 使喚 shǐhuàn · order around
- 拖累 tuōlèi · be a burden on, drag down
- 賜 sì · grant, bestow (formal)
- 奇蹟 qíjī · miracle
- 隨身 suíshēn · (carry) on oneself
- 看在 kànzài · for the sake of (看在…的份上)
sentences
- 美玲太寵愛小黑了，什麼都讓牠做。 · Meiling spoils Xiaohei rotten: she lets him do anything.
- 你們對我這麼好，我不知道說什麼才好。 · You’ve all been so good to me: I really don’t know what to say.
- 我不想拖累團隊，所以每天加班。 · I don’t want to hold the team back, so I work late every day.
- 大衛的外號是「爬山高手」。 · David’s nickname is “the mountain master”.
- 過年的時候，一家人終於團聚了。 · At New Year the whole family was finally together again.