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day 34skin, lips and lungs

unit 5 · health & the body

    skin, lips and lungs

    Talk about skin, faces and the body’s systems, and boast that something has everything with 要 X 有 X,要 Y 有 Y.

    today’s words

    • 眉毛 méimáo · eyebrow
    • 脆弱 cuìruò · fragile
    • 能量 néngliàng · energy
    • 堵塞 dǔsè · blocked, clogged
    • 縫 fèng · crack, gap, seam
    • 揉 róu · rub, knead
    • 蒼白 cāngbái · pale
    • 嘴唇 zuǐchún · lips
    • 生理 shēnglǐ · physiology; physical (of the body)
    • 先天 xiāntiān · congenital, innate
    • 調節 tiáojié · regulate, adjust
    • 渾身 húnshēn · all over (the body)
    • 肌膚 jīfū · skin (written)
    • 皺紋 zhòuwén · wrinkles
    • 分泌 fēnmì · secrete
    • 面孔 miànkǒng · face (as seen by others)
    • 盲人 mángrén · blind person
    • 動脈 dòngmài · artery
    • 氣管 qìguǎn · windpipe, airway
    • 身子 shēnzi · body (colloquial), health
    • 拳 quán · (measure: a punch); fist
    • 綁 bǎng · tie, bind
    • 歷年 lìnián · over the years, past years

    sentences

    • 臺北要山有山,要海有海。 · Taipei has mountains, and it has the sea.
    • 這家公司要人有人,要錢有錢。 · That company has all the people and money it could want.
    • 他的心臟有先天的問題,不能跑太快。 · He was born with a heart problem and can’t run fast.
    • 你看你,臉色這麼蒼白,昨天又熬夜了吧? · Look at you, so pale: up late again last night?
    • 吃太多油的東西,動脈容易堵塞。 · Eat too much fatty food and your arteries clog more easily.