Lesson 12: 前门拆迁故事

106 words

WordPinyinDefinition
七零八落qī líng bā luò(idiom) everything broken and in disorder
中西合璧Zhōng Xī hé bìharmonious combination of Chinese and Western elements (idiom)
交代jiāo dàito hand over
人文rén wénhumanities
保存bǎo cúnto conserve
保本bǎo běnto break even
修缮xiū shànto renovate
the side
chuánto pass on
传承chuán chéngto pass on (to future generations)
充斥chōng chìto be full of
his
secondary
功能gōng néngfunction
化为乌有huà wéi wū yǒuto go up in smoke
即将jí jiāngon the eve of
呼吁hū yùto call on (sb to do sth)
品味pǐn wèito sample
品尝pǐn chángto taste a small amount
品牌pǐn páibrand name
商圈shāng quāncommercial district
启动qǐ dòngto start (a machine)
喇叭lǎ bahorn (automobile etc)
回味huí wèito reflect on
土著tǔ zhùaboriginal
奔走bēn zǒuto run
如火如荼rú huǒ rú túlike wildfire (idiom)
学徒xué túapprentice
完毕wán bìto finish
宗旨zōng zhǐobjective
寒碜hán chenugly
对待duì dàito treat
工程gōng chéngengineering
xiànglane
布满bù mǎnto be covered with
平米píng mǐsquare meter
干道gàn dàoarterial road
店铺diàn pùstore
廉价lián jiàcheaply-priced
废墟fèi xūruins
从容cóng róngto go easy
复原fù yuánto restore (sth) to (its) former condition
思维sī wéi(line of) thought
恢复huī fùto reinstate
惬意qiè yìsatisfied
庆幸qìng xìngto rejoice
xuánto hang or suspend
成立chéng lìto establish
拆迁chāi qiānto demolish a building and relocate the inhabitants
招牌zhāo paisignboard
指定zhǐ dìngto appoint
挪动nuó dòngto move
摇头yáo tóuto shake one's head
搬迁bān qiānto move
抢眼qiǎng yǎneye-catching
拥有yōng yǒuto have
改造gǎi zàoto transform
文物wén wùcultural relic
时尚shí shàngfashion
杯水车薪bēi shuǐ chē xīnlit. a cup of water on a burning cart of firewood (idiom)
殷实yīn shíthriving
huǐto destroy
shuànto rinse
tiānto add
清仓qīng cāngto take an inventory of stock
无可奈何wú kě nài héhave no way out
烧麦shāo màishumai (shao mai) steamed dumpling
争论zhēng lùnto argue
生态shēng tàiecology
皇城Huáng chéng
直观zhí guāndirect observation
相当xiāng dāngequivalent to
众多zhòng duōnumerous
破旧立新pò jiù lì xīnto get rid of the old to bring in the new (idiom); to innovate
积淀jī diàndeposits accumulated over long periods
窗口chuāng kǒuwindow
丝绸sī chóusilk cloth
总经理zǒng jīng lǐgeneral manager
自个儿zì gě r(dialect) oneself
蓝本lán běnblueprint
补偿bǔ chángto compensate
覆盖fù gàito cover
触目惊心chù mù jīng xīnlit. shocks the eye, astonishes the heart (idiom)
买卖mǎi màibuying and selling
赔偿péi chángto compensate
赔本péi běnloss
通告tōng gàoto announce
远远yuǎn yuǎndistant
郊外jiāo wàioutskirts
部门bù méndepartment
dìngto join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points
开幕kāi mùto open (a conference)
开发商kāi fā shāngdeveloper (of real estate, a commercial product etc)
杂乱zá luànin a mess
面目全非miàn mù quán fēinothing remains the same (idiom); change beyond recognition
téngto soar
算账suàn zhàngsettle accounts
有底yǒu dǐbottomed
标识biāo zhìlogo
酱菜jiàng càiChinese pickles (made with flour paste)
压轴yā zhòupresent the last but one program
老号lǎo hàoold number
甩货shuǎi huòdump
酸梅汤suān méi tāngsour plum soup
面貌一新miàn mào yī xīna new look
京味儿jīng wèi erBeijing flavor