day 28bricks and walls
unit 4 · family & homebricks and walls
Describe an old house, its bricks, walls, well and pillars, talk about cleaning and repairs, and do something “for someone’s sake” with 看在……的面子上.
today’s words
- 架子 jiàzi · shelf, frame; airs
- 清潔 qīngjié · clean
- 井 jǐng · a well
- 鈴 líng · bell
- 台階 táijiē · (flight of) steps
- 漏 lòu · leak
- 磚 zhuān · brick
- 灰塵 huīchén · dust
- 水泥 shuǐní · cement
- 別墅 biéshù · villa, country house
- 爐子 lúzi · stove
- 圍牆 wéiqiáng · enclosing wall
- 柱子 zhùzi · pillar, column
- 籠子 lóngzi · cage
- 漆 qī · paint, lacquer
- 清掃 qīngsǎo · clean, sweep
- 周邊 zhōubiān · surroundings; around
- 動力 dònglì · driving force, motivation
- 命名 mìngmíng · name (officially)
- 認定 rèndìng · firmly believe; recognise officially
- 透明 tòumíng · transparent
- 主導 zhǔdǎo · lead, dominate
sentences
- 看在奶奶的面子上，伯伯答應不拆房子了。 · For Grandma’s sake, Uncle agreed not to knock the house down.
- 看在老朋友的面子上，這次就算了吧。 · For old times’ sake, let’s forget it this time.
- 打開門，桌上全是灰塵。 · We opened the door: the table was covered in dust.
- 圍牆上的漆已經掉了。 · The paint on the outside wall has peeled off.
- 奶奶以前在院子裡用爐子做飯。 · Grandma used to cook on a stove in the courtyard.