day 97fables and masks

fables and masks

Talk about fables, painted opera faces, scripts and autobiographies, deal with a conflict, and say “in front of someone” with 當著……的面.

today’s words

• 墨 mò · ink (Chinese ink, ink stick)
• 品味 pǐnwèi · taste (in style); savour
• 自傳 zìzhuàn · autobiography
• 刻畫 kèhuà · portray, depict (a character)
• 寓言 yùyán · fable
• 閉幕 bìmù · close (an event); the curtain falls
• 揭幕 jiēmù · unveil; open, inaugurate
• 臉譜 liǎnpǔ · opera face painting, painted face
• 陶器 táoqì · pottery, earthenware
• 朗誦 lǎngsòng · recite, read aloud (with expression)
• 取材 qǔcái · draw material (from)
• 腳本 jiǎoběn · script, screenplay
• 印證 yìnzhèng · confirm, bear out
• 支配 zhīpèi · control, dominate; allocate
• 準則 zhǔnzé · standard, guideline, norm
• 阻撓 zǔnáo · obstruct, thwart
• 撤回 chèhuí · withdraw, retract
• 安頓 āndùn · settle (in), find a place for
• 不公 bùgōng · unjust, unfair
• 打鬥 dǎdòu · fight (in films, on stage)
• 雇用 gùyòng · employ, hire
• 引 yǐn · lead, draw; quote; cause
• 當著 dāngzhe · in front of (當著…的面)

sentences

• 他當著大家的面向我道歉。 · He apologised to me in front of everyone.
• 別當著孩子的面吵架。 · Don’t argue in front of the children.
• 老師傅當著我們的面畫了一個臉譜。 · The master painted an opera face right in front of us.
• 這部木偶戲取材自一個老寓言。 · This puppet play draws on an old fable.
• 電影節昨天晚上閉幕了。 · The film festival closed last night.