Lesson 11: 中国文化

65 words

WordPinyinDefinition
一再yī zàirepeatedly
一辈子yī bèi zi(for) a lifetime
不得不bù dé bùhave no choice or option but to
世界观shì jiè guānworldview
代沟dài gōugeneration gap
任务rèn wumission
佛教Fó jiào
偶尔ǒu ěroccasionally
儒家Rú jiā
先秦xiān Qín
凋零diāo língwithered
勉强miǎn qiǎngto do with difficulty
博士bó shìdoctor
原则yuán zéprinciple
可取kě qǔacceptable
否定fǒu dìngto negate
shàngood (virtuous)
地球村dì qiú cūnglobal village
垃圾lā jītrash
大可不必dà kě bù bìneed not
孔子Kǒng zǐ
学者xué zhěscholar
心胸xīn xiōngbreadth of mind
zhìaspiration
思考sī kǎoto reflect on
息息相关xī xī xiāng guānclosely bound up (idiom); intimately related
所谓suǒ wèiso-called
采用cǎi yòngto adopt
教科书jiào kē shūtextbook
文字wén zìcharacter
文凭wén píngdiploma
枝叶zhī yèbranch and leaf
根基gēn jīfoundation
比喻bǐ yùto compare
qiúto seek
洋文yáng wénforeign language (esp. Western) (old)
渐渐jiàn jiàngradually
潮流cháo liútide
无人wú rénunmanned
知识分子zhī shi fèn zǐintellectual
秦朝Qín cháo
良知liáng zhīinnate sense of right and wrong
冲击chōng jīto attack
被迫bèi pòto be compelled
制造zhì zàoto manufacture
西学Xī xué
诠释quán shìto interpret
证明zhèng míngproof
辜负gū fùto fail to live up (to expectations)
进入jìn rùto enter
道家Dào jiā
开创kāi chuàngto initiate
开放kāi fàngto bloom
阻止zǔ zhǐto prevent
除非chú fēionly if (..., or otherwise, ...)
青少年qīng shào niánadolescent
风气fēng qìgeneral mood
食古不化shí gǔ bù huàto swallow ancient learning without digesting it (idiom)
惊醒jīng xǐngto rouse
鸦片战争Yā piàn Zhàn zhēng
麦当劳Mài dāng láo
优越感yōu yuè gǎnfeeling of superiority
唯我独尊wéi wǒ dú zūnthink himself to be revered and respected exclusively
西化xī huàwesternization
美梦měi mèngsweet dream, beautiful dream