day 27in-laws and inheritances
unit 4 · family & homein-laws and inheritances
Talk about in-laws, eldest sons, inheritance and family duties, and say “just”, “precisely” and “what a coincidence” with 恰好, 恰恰 and 湊巧.
today’s words
- 單親 dānqīn · single-parent
- 娘家 niángjiā · a married woman’s parents’ home
- 婆家 pójiā · husband’s family
- 長子 zhǎngzǐ · eldest son
- 遺體 yítǐ · remains, body (of the dead)
- 弟兄 dìxiōng · brothers
- 孝子 xiàozǐ · devoted son
- 處女 chǔnǚ · virgin; maiden (first)
- 奉養 fèngyàng · support and care for (parents)
- 撫育 fǔyù · nurture, raise
- 未婚夫 wèihūnfū · fiancé
- 未婚妻 wèihūnqī · fiancée
- 分家 fēnjiā · divide the family property
- 情婦 qíngfù · mistress
- 遺志 yízhì · last wishes, unfulfilled aim
- 動機 dòngjī · motive
- 聯想 liánxiǎng · associate, think of
- 缺陷 quēxiàn · defect, flaw
- 添 tiān · add
- 中斷 zhōngduàn · interrupt, break off
- 恰好 qiàhǎo · just, as it happens
- 恰恰 qiàqià · precisely, exactly
- 湊巧 còuqiǎo · by chance, coincidental
sentences
- 我到車站的時候，高鐵恰好開走了。 · Just as I got to the station, the high-speed train pulled out.
- 大家以為他很冷淡，其實恰恰相反。 · Everyone thinks he’s cold, but it’s exactly the opposite.
- 真湊巧，我們買了一樣的禮物！ · What a coincidence: we bought the same present!
- 她在單親家庭長大，媽媽一個人撫育她。 · She grew up in a single-parent family; her mother raised her alone.
- 下個月，家裡要添一個小寶寶了。 · Next month there’ll be a new baby in the family.