Lesson 12: 十二生肖 (Supplementary)

9 words

WordPinyinDefinition
一席之地yī xí zhī dì(acknowledged) place
地支dì zhīthe 12 earthly branches 子[zi3], 丑[chou3], 寅[yin2], 卯[mao3], 辰[chen2], 巳[si4], 午[wu3], 未[wei4], 申[shen1], 酉[you3], 戌[xu1], 亥[hai4], used cyclically in the calendar and as ordinal numbers I, II etc
埃及Aī jí
威风凛凛wēi fēng lǐn lǐnmajestic
巴比伦Bā bǐ lún
津津乐道jīn jīn lè dàoto discuss sth enthusiastically
令人捧腹lìng rén pěng fùhilarious
不谙水性bù ān shuǐ xìngto be not good at swimming
信不信由你xìn bù xìn yóu nǐbelieve it or not