day 108digging up the past
unit 16 · history & traditionsdigging up the past
Talk about archaeology, ancient sites and old texts, and build words with the suffixes -界, -觀, -性 and -化.
today’s words
- 發掘 fājué · excavate; discover (talent)
- 廢墟 fèixū · ruins
- 奴隸 núlì · slave
- 狀元 zhuàngyuán · top scorer (originally in the imperial exam)
- 聖賢 shèngxián · sages
- 中庸 zhōngyōng · the golden mean; middle-of-the-road
- 出土 chūtǔ · be unearthed
- 宮殿 gōngdiàn · palace
- 古籍 gǔjí · ancient books
- 中葉 zhōngyè · middle period (of a century or dynasty)
- 碑 bēi · stone tablet, stele
- 性 xìng · nature; -ness, -ity (suffix)
- 觀 guān · view, outlook (suffix -觀)
- 稠密 chóumì · dense, thick
- 浮動 fúdòng · float; fluctuate
- 艱鉅 jiānjù · arduous, formidable
- 就緒 jiùxù · be ready, in place
- 破例 pòlì · make an exception
- 事態 shìtài · state of affairs, situation
- 突兀 túwù · abrupt, out of place
- 仰 yǎng · look up; admire
- 莊嚴 zhuāngyán · solemn, dignified
- 界 jiè · circles, world (suffix -界)
sentences
- 這些碗是從遺址出土的。 · These bowls were dug up at the site.
- 她在考古界很有名。 · She’s well known in archaeology circles.
- 每一代人的價值觀都不一樣。 · Every generation has different values.
- 這件事的重要性，大家都知道。 · Everyone knows how important this is.
- 臺南也越來越現代化了。 · Tainan is getting more and more modern too.