day 111warriors and hermits
unit 16 · history & traditionswarriors and hermits
Talk about antiques, old stories and the history behind them, and use 半 A 半 B (half… half…) and 忽 A 忽 B (now… now…).
today’s words
- 武士 wǔshì · warrior; samurai
- 鴉片 yāpiàn · opium
- 隱士 yǐnshì · hermit, recluse
- 造化 zàohuà · nature, the Creator; good fortune
- 匾額 biǎn'é · inscribed board (over a door)
- 佛像 fóxiàng · statue of the Buddha
- 古物 gǔwù · antique, ancient object
- 鬼怪 guǐguài · ghosts and monsters
- 基督 Jīdū · Christ
- 理學 lǐxué · Neo-Confucianism
- 列國 lièguó · the various states (in ancient China)
- 仁愛 rén'ài · benevolence, kindness
- 仙丹 xiāndān · elixir of immortality
- 修女 xiūnǚ · nun
- 造物主 zàowùzhǔ · the Creator
- 摧殘 cuīcán · devastate, wreck
- 劃時代 huàshídài · epoch-making
- 緊湊 jǐncòu · tight, packed
- 邁 mài · stride, step
- 深奧 shēn'ào · profound, hard to understand
- 順應 shùnyìng · go with, adapt to
- 鑲 xiāng · inlay, set (in)
sentences
- 他說的話半真半假。 · What he says is half true, half made up.
- 最近天氣忽冷忽熱，很容易感冒。 · The weather keeps switching between hot and cold lately: it’s easy to catch a cold.
- 奶奶家有很多古物。 · Grandma’s house is full of antiques.
- 颱風摧殘了奶奶的芒果樹。 · The typhoon wrecked Grandma’s mango trees.
- 這次的行程很緊湊。 · This trip’s schedule is very packed.