day 98traditional crafts

traditional crafts

Talk about traditional crafts, art shows and opera singing, give figures, and compare in written style with adjective + 於 (高於, 多於, 少於).

today’s words

• 鑼 luó · gong
• 文壇 wéntán · literary world, literary circles
• 主人翁 zhǔrénwēng · main character, protagonist; master
• 唱腔 chàngqiāng · singing style (in opera)
• 底片 dǐpiàn · (photo) negative, film
• 工藝品 gōngyìpǐn · handicraft, craft item
• 畫展 huàzhǎn · art exhibition
• 木刻 mùkè · woodcut, wood carving
• 拍子 pāizi · beat, rhythm; bat, racket
• 仕女 shìnǚ · lady (in classical paintings)
• 音 yīn · sound; (musical) note
• 玉器 yùqì · jade object, jadeware
• 營造 yíngzào · create (an atmosphere); build
• 終結 zhōngjié · end, bring to an end
• 卓越 zhuóyuè · outstanding, excellent
• 總數 zǒngshù · total (number)
• 切實 qièshí · practical, feasible; earnest
• 懊惱 àonǎo · annoyed (with oneself), upset
• 步調 bùdiào · pace, step
• 獨到 dúdào · original, distinctive (insight)
• 過人 guòrén · exceptional, beyond others
• 中旬 zhōngxún · middle ten days of a month
• 高於 gāoyú · higher than, above
• 多於 duōyú · more than (in number)
• 低於 dīyú · lower than, below

sentences

• 今年的觀眾人數高於去年。 · This year’s audience figures are higher than last year’s.
• 年輕觀眾多於老觀眾。 · There are more young people in the audience than older ones.
• 這裡夏天的溫度很少低於三十度。 · Summer temperatures here rarely drop below thirty degrees.
• 畫展從這個月中旬開始，到下旬閉幕。 · The art exhibition opens in the middle of this month and closes at the end of it.
• 每一種戲曲都有自己的唱腔。 · Every kind of traditional opera has its own singing style.