Lesson 16: 留守儿童

56 words

WordPinyinDefinition
事件shì jiànevent
作坊zuō fangworkshop (of artisan)
偏执piān zhíprejudice
初中chū zhōngjunior high school
匮乏kuì fáto be deficient in sth
哭泣kū qìto weep
shádialectal equivalent of 什麼|什么[shen2 me5]
嗷嗷待哺áo áo dài bǔcry piteously for food
因素yīn sùelement
大有人在dà yǒu rén zàithere are plenty of such people
失落shī luòto lose (sth)
duóto seize
孤僻gū pìantisocial
time and again
年限nián xiànage limit
弱势ruò shìvulnerable
niànto read
性侵犯xìng qīn fànto assault sexually
情感qíng gǎnfeeling
感受gǎn shòuto sense
Chéngsurname Cheng
托付tuō fùto entrust
承受chéng shòuto bear
拐卖guǎi màihuman trafficking
料到liào dàoto foresee
权威quán wēiauthority
照样zhào yàngas before
爆竹bào zhúfirecracker
爹娘diē niáng(dialect) parents
现状xiàn zhuàngcurrent situation
生长shēng zhǎngto grow
留守儿童liú shǒu ér tóng"left-behind children", rural children whose parents have to make a living as migrant workers in distant urban areas, but cannot afford to keep the family with them
空话kōng huàempty talk
缺乏quē fáto lack
胆小dǎn xiǎocowardice
自私zì sīselfish
荒凉huāng liángdesolate
荒草huāng cǎoweeds
诱发yòu fāto induce
Lún
谋生móu shēngto seek one's livelihood
买单mǎi dānto pay the restaurant bill
to rise
超载chāo zàito overload
轻微qīng wēislight
辛酸xīn suānpungent (taste)
逃犯táo fànescaped criminal
通缉tōng jīto order the arrest of sb as criminal
过早guò zǎopremature
遥远yáo yuǎndistant
酸楚suān chǔdisconsolate
针对zhēn duìto target
顺口溜shùn kǒu liūpopular piece of doggerel
虎头虎脑hǔ tóu hǔ nǎolooking dignified and strong
默默地mò mò desilently
汇款单huì kuǎn dānremittance slip