day 110confucius and the classics
unit 16 · history & traditionsconfucius and the classics
Talk about Confucianism, the classics and history, and use the 不 A 不 B frame: 不知不覺, 不冷不熱, 不多不少.
today’s words
- 儒家 rújiā · Confucianism, the Confucian school
- 喪事 sāngshì · funeral arrangements
- 史料 shǐliào · historical material, sources
- 事變 shìbiàn · incident, upheaval (historical)
- 壽星 shòuxīng · birthday person (an older one)
- 鄉土 xiāngtǔ · local, of one’s native place
- 正統 zhèngtǒng · orthodox, authentic
- 八字 bāzì · birth chart (eight characters)
- 國君 guójūn · monarch, ruler
- 經書 jīngshū · classics (ancient canonical books)
- 軍閥 jūnfá · warlord
- 圖騰 túténg · totem
- 不知不覺 bùzhībùjué · without realizing, before you know it
- 簇擁 cùyǒng · crowd around
- 宏偉 hóngwěi · grand, magnificent
- 揭曉 jiēxiǎo · announce (results), reveal
- 利弊 lìbì · pros and cons
- 強勁 qiángjìng · powerful, strong
- 舒展 shūzhǎn · stretch, unfold
- 掀 xiān · lift (a lid or cover)
- 展望 zhǎnwàng · look ahead; outlook
- 並列 bìngliè · stand side by side, be ranked equal
sentences
- 不知不覺，我在臺灣已經住了好幾年。 · Before I knew it, I’d lived in Taiwan for years.
- 今天的天氣不冷不熱，很舒服。 · The weather today is neither hot nor cold: lovely.
- 這個部落的圖騰是一隻鳥。 · This tribe’s totem is a bird.
- 儒家很重視教育和家庭。 · Confucianism places great importance on education and family.
- 這些老照片是很珍貴的史料。 · These old photos are precious historical sources.