Eating Bird’s Nest

168 words

WordPinyinDefinition
上火shàng huǒto get angry
xiàdown
(negative prefix)
不少bù shǎomany
世界shì jièworld
bìngand
主要zhǔ yàomain
之一zhī yīone of (sth)
le(modal particle intensifying preceding clause)
京城jīng chéngcapital of a country
rénman
人们rén menpeople
什么shén mewhat?
他们tā menthey
以后yǐ hòuafter
dànbut
you
láito come
来自lái zìto come from (a place)
个个gè gèeach one individually
偶然ǒu ránincidentally
传说chuán shuōlegend
光滑guāng huáglossy
免疫力miǎn yì lìimmunity
his
其中qí zhōngamong
其他qí tāother
其实qí shíactually
典故diǎn gùclassical story or quote from the literature
分布fēn bùto scatter
包括bāo kuòto comprise
zhǐonly
只好zhǐ hǎowithout any better option
叫作jiào zuòto call
可以kě yǐcan
chīto eat
míngname
chuīto blow
唾液tuò yèsaliva
因为yīn wèibecause
困难kùn nandifficult
国家guó jiācountry
tuánround
zài(located) at
在内zài nèi(included) in it
de-ly
地区dì qūlocal
堪称kān chēngcan be rated as
tàihighest
女性nǚ xìngwoman
it
宫廷gōng tíngcourt (of king or emperor)
jiùat once
已经yǐ jīngalready
带回dài huíto bring back
几乎jī hūalmost
广泛guǎng fànextensive
hěn(adverb of degree)
hòuback
后来hòu láiafterwards
destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
心目xīn mùmind
怎么zěn mehow?
àito love
成为chéng wéito become
所以suǒ yǐtherefore
to hold
提升tí shēngto promote
据说jù shuōit is said that
于是yú shìthereupon
zǎoearly
昂贵áng guìexpensive
shìis
时候shí houtime
普通pǔ tōngcommon
céngonce
zuìmost
huìcan
yǒuto have
有可能yǒu kě néngpossible
有钱yǒu qiánwell-off
东西dōng xithing
mǒusome
极品jí pǐnbest quality
yàngmanner
树枝shù zhībranch
树叶shù yètree leaves
欢迎huān yíngto welcome
正是zhèng shì(emphasizes that sth is precisely or exactly as stated)
this
没想到méi xiǎng dàodidn't expect
没有méi yǒuhaven't
海岛hǎi dǎoisland
海风hǎi fēngsea breeze
深受shēn shòuto receive in no small measure
混合hùn héto mix
清洗qīng xǐto wash
为什么wèi shén mewhy?
然而rán érhowever
热带rè dàithe tropics
燕子yàn ziswallow
燕窝yàn wōswallow's nest
营养yíng yǎngnutrition
物质wù zhìmatter
特别tè biéespecially
特殊tè shūspecial
现在xiàn zàinow
yòngto use
当作dàng zuòto treat as
当然dāng ránonly natural
发现fā xiànto find
deof
的确dí quèreally
皇帝huáng dìemperor
皮肤pí fūskin
真假难辨zhēn jiǎ nán biànhard to distinguish real from imitation
稀少xī shǎosparse
zhǒngseed
nest
děngto await for
zhùto build
精神jīng shenvigor
红润hóng rùnruddy
绒毛róng máofur
érand
而且ér qiě(not only ...) but also
自己zì jǐoneself
zhìto arrive
船队chuán duìfleet (of ships)
càidish (type of food)
菜肴cài yáovegetable and meat dishes
bèiquilt
补品bǔ pǐntonic
西洋xī yángthe West (Europe and North America)
记载jì zǎito write down
许多xǔ duōmany
话说huà shuōIt is said that ... (at the start of a narrative)
认为rèn wéito believe
ràngto yield
象征xiàng zhēngemblem
guìexpensive
贵族guì zúlord
mǎito buy
to rise
身份shēn fènidentity
送礼sòng lǐto give a present
送给sòng gěito send
zhèthis
过年guò niánto celebrate the Chinese New Year
háistill
那么nà melike that
dōuall
医书yī shūmedical book
inside
金丝燕jīn sī yàngiant swiftlet (collocalia gigas)
开始kāi shǐto begin
除了chú lebesides
非常fēi chángvery
面色miàn sècomplexion
lèikind
风靡fēng mǐfashionable
饱满bǎo mǎnfull
餐厅cān tīngdining hall
饿èto be hungry
高档gāo dàngsuperior quality
niǎobird
看到kàn dàoto see (something)
食材shí cáiingredients