day 30pipes, paint and hardware
unit 4 · family & homepipes, paint and hardware
Shop for hardware, paint and fix up a house, choose presents, and say “whether X or Y” with X 也好，Y 也罷 and “sure enough” with 果真.
today’s words
- 斧頭 fǔtou · axe
- 門戶 ménhù · door; family; gateway
- 裝潢 zhuānghuáng · do up, decorate (a home)
- 粉刷 fěnshuā · paint (walls)
- 管線 guǎnxiàn · pipes and wiring
- 五金 wǔjīn · hardware
- 茶具 chájù · tea set
- 防水 fángshuǐ · waterproof
- 樓房 lóufáng · building (of several floors)
- 毛毯 máotǎn · blanket
- 牆角 qiángjiǎo · corner (of a room)
- 熱水瓶 rèshuǐpíng · thermos (flask)
- 日光燈 rìguāngdēng · fluorescent light
- 下水道 xiàshuǐdào · sewer, drain
- 香皂 xiāngzào · (scented) soap
- 負面 fùmiàn · negative (side)
- 評論 pínglùn · comment on, review
- 柔軟 róuruǎn · soft
- 遙遠 yáoyuǎn · distant, far away
- 倒數 dàoshǔ · count down
- 果真 guǒzhēn · sure enough; if really
- 也罷 yěbà · whether…or; never mind
sentences
- 坐高鐵也好，坐火車也罷，我們星期五一定到。 · High-speed rail or ordinary train, either way we’ll be there on Friday.
- 天氣預報說會下雨，下午果真下雨了。 · The forecast said rain, and sure enough it rained in the afternoon.
- 新家的裝潢花了半年。 · Doing up the new place took six months.
- 颱風過後，一棵大樹橫在路上。 · After the typhoon, a big tree lay across the road.
- 這一帶以前都是田，現在都是樓房。 · This area used to be all fields; now it’s all buildings.