day 135troops and exercises
unit 20 · war, peace & the worldtroops and exercises
Talk about troops, drills and keeping the peace, and report what you have heard with 據悉 and 據了解 (it is reported that, as far as we know).
today’s words
- 包圍 bāowéi · surround, encircle
- 占領 zhànlǐng · occupy (by force)
- 軍官 jūnguān · (military) officer
- 武裝 wǔzhuāng · arms; armed forces
- 駐 zhù · be stationed (in)
- 子彈 zǐdàn · bullet
- 補給 bǔjǐ · supply, resupply
- 軍艦 jūnjiàn · warship
- 司令 sīlìng · commander
- 演習 yǎnxí · (military) exercise, drill
- 炸藥 zhàyào · explosives
- 戰士 zhànshì · fighter, warrior
- 戰友 zhànyǒu · comrade-in-arms
- 參謀 cānmóu · staff officer; adviser
- 坦克 tǎnkè · tank (armoured vehicle)
- 武力 wǔlì · force, military force
- 據悉 jùxī · it is reported that
- 幻象 huànxiàng · illusion; (Taiwan) Mirage jet
- 俱全 jùquán · complete, all there
- 腦力 nǎolì · brainpower
- 群居 qúnjū · living in groups, gregarious
- 萬事 wànshì · everything, all things
- 議定 yìdìng · agree on, settle (by discussion)
- 在座 zàizuò · be present (in the room)
sentences
- 據悉，今年的演習下午一點半開始。 · It is reported that this year’s drill starts at half past one.
- 警報一響，車子都要停下來。 · As soon as the siren sounds, all traffic has to stop.
- 爺爺的戰友從加拿大寄來了一封信。 · Grandpa’s old comrade has sent a letter from Canada.
- 他在那裡兩年，一顆子彈也沒用過。 · In two years there, he never fired a single bullet.
- 靠的不是武力，是溝通。 · It wasn’t force that did it: it was talking.