day 115rules and rights

rules and rights

Talk about rights, rules and peaceful protest, and use 連 A 帶 B / 自 A 自 B (連說帶笑, 自說自話).

today’s words

• 華裔 huáyì · person of Chinese descent
• 約束 yuēshù · restrain, bind
• 機制 jīzhì · mechanism, system
• 體系 tǐxì · system
• 局面 júmiàn · situation, phase
• 容許 róngxǔ · allow, tolerate
• 刑事 xíngshì · criminal (law)
• 基層 jīcéng · grassroots, lower levels
• 鼓動 gǔdòng · stir up, incite
• 呼籲 hūyù · appeal, call on
• 抗爭 kàngzhēng · resist, fight back
• 行使 xíngshǐ · exercise (a right)
• 倡導 chàngdǎo · advocate, initiate
• 團員 tuányuán · member (of a group or troupe)
• 創 chuàng · create; start
• 積 jī · accumulate, store up
• 阻力 zǔlì · resistance, obstacle
• 定額 dìng'é · quota, fixed amount
• 猜忌 cāijì · be suspicious and jealous
• 誠心誠意 chéngxīnchéngyì · sincerely, wholeheartedly
• 凋零 diāolíng · withered; dwindling
• 更動 gēngdòng · change, alter
• 惶恐 huángkǒng · terrified, in a panic

sentences

• 許伯伯一直倡導用和平的方式抗爭。 · Uncle Xu has always argued for fighting it peacefully.
• 法律容許大家和平地表達意見。 · The law allows everyone to express their views peacefully.
• 她連說帶笑地講了一個小時。 · She talked and laughed for a whole hour.
• 政府要聽基層的聲音，不能自說自話。 · The government has to listen to the grassroots, not just to itself.
• 教育界也看到了它的重要性。 · The education world has seen how important it is too.