Lesson 6: Changing Views of Marriage (Part 2)

113 words

WordPinyinDefinition
上升shàng shēngto rise
事实shì shífact
互相hù xiāngeach other
人才rén cáitalent
以及yǐ jías well as
来源lái yuánsource (of information etc)
gòngsacrificial offering
依照yī zhàoaccording to
依附yī fùto adhere
俗称sú chēngcommonly referred to as
保姆bǎo mǔnanny
保留bǎo liúto retain
个别gè biéindividual
假作jiǎ zuòto feign
仅次于jǐn cì yúsecond only to...
fēnto divide
分析fēn xīto analyze
制定zhì dìngto draw up
力量lì liangpower
quànto advise
Bāosurname Bao
吵架chǎo jiàto quarrel
严厉yán lìsevere
严格yán géstrict
地主dì zhǔlandlord
执行zhí xíngto implement
基础jī chǔbase
外公wài gōng(coll.) mother's father
外婆wài pó(coll.) mother's mother
多重duō zhòngweigh how much?
奶奶nǎi nai(informal) grandma (paternal grandmother)
妓院jì yuànbrothel
安慰ān wèito comfort
完整wán zhěngcomplete
家庭jiā tíngfamily
富有fù yǒurich
jiāngwill
将来jiāng láiin the future
对象duì xiàngtarget
干部gàn bùcadre
得以dé yǐable to
rěnto bear
意味yì wèimeaning
惩罚chéng fápenalty
惩处chéng chǔto punish
懒得lǎn dénot to feel like (doing sth)
成分chéng fèncomposition
或许huò xǔperhaps
手续shǒu xùprocedure
tuōto drag
拖累tuō lěito encumber
插足chā zúto squeeze in
抚养fǔ yǎngto foster
担心dān xīnanxious
于是yú shìthereupon
普遍pǔ biànuniversal
àn(legal) case
条件tiáo jiàncondition
标榜biāo bǎngto flaunt
浓厚nóng hòudense
爷爷yé ye(coll.) father's father
独立dú lìindependent
rate
理解lǐ jiěto comprehend
生儿育女shēng ér yù nǚto bear and raise children
当事人dāng shì rénpersons involved or implicated
weary
尽量jìn liàngas much as possible
zhēngto open (one's eyes)
秘密mì mìsecret
秘书mì shūsecretary
称呼chēng huto call
符合fú héin keeping with
简化jiǎn huàto simplify
精神jīng shénspirit
纳妾nà qièto take a concubine
纷纷fēn fēnone after another
结合jié héto combine
结构jié gòustructure
经济jīng jìeconomy
缘故yuán gùreason
继父jì fùstepfather
shēngsound
行为xíng wéiaction
亲戚qīn qia relative (i.e. family relation)
变相biàn xiàngin disguised form
贫下中农pín xià zhōng nóng(category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants)
转变zhuǎn biànto change
办理bàn lǐto handle
追逐zhuī zhúto chase
通奸tōng jiānadultery
邻居lín jūneighbor
重新chóng xīnagain
重视zhòng shìto attach importance to sth
to close
开倒车kāi dào chēto drive in reverse
开放kāi fàngto bloom
关闭guān bìto close
离婚lí hūnto divorce
露面lòu miànto show one's face
Fēito not be
革命gé mìngrevolution
xiǎngecho
领导lǐng dǎolead
顾不上gù bu shàngcannot attend to or manage
顾名思义gù míng sī yìas the name implies
yǎngto raise (animals)
容不下róng bu xiànot able to tolerate
一夜暴富yī yè bào fùget rich overnight (one-night sudden-wealth)
工本费gōng běn fèicost of production
unify
随之而来suí zhī ér láiaccompanied by
发家致富fā jiā zhì fùbuild up a family fortune