day 91far from home

far from home

Talk about living far from home, letters, parcels and travel money, and push a point further with 乃至 / 以至(於) and 以致.

today’s words

• 勝地 shèngdì · resort, (holiday) destination
• 市容 shìróng · look of a city, cityscape
• 異鄉 yìxiāng · foreign land, far from home
• 報關 bàoguān · declare at customs
• 大道 dàdào · avenue, boulevard
• 吊橋 diàoqiáo · suspension bridge
• 航空信 hángkōngxìn · airmail letter
• 里程 lǐchéng · mileage, distance travelled
• 旅費 lǚfèi · travel expenses
• 指南針 zhǐnánzhēn · compass; guide
• 周遊 zhōuyóu · travel around, tour
• 裝運 zhuāngyùn · load and ship
• 以至於 yǐzhìyú · so much so that, to the point that
• 以致 yǐzhì · with the (bad) result that
• 乃至 nǎizhì · and even, and indeed
• 破除 pòchú · break down, do away with (a belief)
• 巧合 qiǎohé · coincidental; a coincidence
• 熱潮 rècháo · craze, wave of enthusiasm
• 束縛 shùfú · tie down, restrict
• 脫身 tuōshēn · get away, extricate oneself
• 紊亂 wènluàn · disordered, in chaos
• 響亮 xiǎngliàng · loud and clear, resounding

sentences

• 我太興奮了，以至於昨天晚上都睡不著。 · I was so excited that I couldn’t sleep last night.
• 他出門太晚，以致錯過了火車。 · He left too late, and as a result he missed the train.
• 這部電影在臺灣，乃至全世界都很紅。 · This film is a hit in Taiwan and indeed all over the world.
• 阿里山是有名的旅遊勝地。 · Alishan is a famous holiday destination.
• 這幾年，臺北的市容變得更漂亮了。 · Taipei has become a better-looking city these past few years.