Lesson 12: 十二生肖

40 words

WordPinyinDefinition
一向yī xiàngalways (previously)
仔细zǐ xìcareful
代表性dài biǎo xìngrepresentativeness
储蓄chǔ xùto deposit money
善于shàn yúto be good at
固执gù zhíobstinate
央求yāng qiúto implore
shǔcategory
形象xíng xiàngimage
性情xìng qíngnature
怪不得guài bu deno wonder!
悠闲yōu xiánleisurely
排列pái lièto arrange in order
文献wén xiàndocument
早期zǎo qīearly period
星座xīng zuòconstellation
时常shí chángoften
标记biāo jìsign
机警jī jǐngperceptive
民间mín jiānamong the people
河岸hé ànriverside
熟知shú zhīto be well acquainted with
生肖shēng xiàoone of the twelve animals symbolic of the earthly branches 地支[di4 zhi1]
确实què shíindeed
竟然jìng ránunexpectedly
籍贯jí guànone's native place
经常jīng chángfrequently
背景bèi jǐngbackground
胆子dǎn zicourage
举止jǔ zhǐbearing
落选luò xuǎnto fail to be chosen (or elected)
记载jì zǎito write down
话题huà tísubject (of a talk or conversation)
赛跑sài pǎorace (running)
趣味qù wèifun
yuèto jump
féngto meet by chance
陆地lù dìdry land (as opposed to the sea)
顺序shùn xùsequence
择友zé yǒuto choose a trustful friend