day 22arguing and nagging
unit 3 · talking & getting alongarguing and nagging
Argue, nag, mutter and debate, and say how bad things have got with 到……的地步.
today’s words
- 插嘴 chāzuǐ · interrupt, butt in
- 說謊 shuōhuǎng · lie, tell a lie
- 提及 tíjí · mention (formal)
- 囉嗦 luōsuō · long-winded, naggy
- 責備 zébèi · reproach, blame
- 辯論 biànlùn · debate
- 講理 jiǎnglǐ · reasonable
- 撒謊 sāhuǎng · lie, tell a lie
- 爭辯 zhēngbiàn · argue, dispute
- 嘀咕 dígū · mutter, grumble
- 嚷 rǎng · shout, yell
- 俗稱 súchēng · be commonly called
- 俗語 súyǔ · common saying, proverb
- 字眼 zìyǎn · wording, choice of words
- 表白 biǎobái · confess (one’s feelings)
- 誇耀 kuāyào · show off, boast about
- 座右銘 zuòyòumíng · motto
- 高見 gāojiàn · your (brilliant) opinion
- 辯 biàn · argue, debate
- 壺 hú · pot (measure word); kettle
- 猜測 cāicè · guess, speculate
- 地步 dìbù · extent, point (bad state)
sentences
- 廚房亂到找不到碗的地步。 · The kitchen is such a mess you can’t find a bowl.
- 他們吵到誰也不理誰的地步。 · They argued until they weren’t speaking to each other.
- 他明明在說謊，還不承認。 · He’s obviously lying, and he won’t admit it.
- 跨年夜，臺北101放了一萬多發煙火。 · On New Year’s Eve, Taipei 101 set off more than ten thousand fireworks.
- 農曆新年，我們俗稱「過年」。 · Lunar New Year is what we usually just call “Guonian”.