Correct Answer: B Analysis: A. “Happiness” is the word for “幸福 (xìngfú).” “幸 (xìng)” means lucky and “福 (fú)” means blessing.
B. “Good fortune” is the phrase for “福气 (fúqi).”
“福 (fú)” means blessing and “气 (qì)” refers to fortune.
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Correct Answer: D Analysis: A. “幸福 (xìngfú)” is the word for “Happiness.” The character “幸 (xìng)” means lucky and “福 (fú)” means blessing.
B. “悲伤 (bēishāng)” is the word for “Sorrow. ” The character “悲 (bēi)” means sad and “伤 (shāng)” …
Correct Answer: D Analysis: A. 祝贺 (zhùhè) is the word for “Congratulate.” The character “祝 (zhù)” means wish and “贺 (hè)” means congratulate.
B. 表扬 (biǎoyáng) is the word for “Praise.” The character “表 (biǎo)” means to show and “扬 …
大嘴巴 (dàzuǐba) Big Mouth
“大嘴巴 (dàzuǐba)” is the phrase for “Big mouth.” The character “大 (dà)” means big and “嘴巴 (zuǐba)” means mouth. Example: Nǐ kě qiānwàn bú yào bǎ zhège mìmì gàosu Lǐ Lì, tā kě shì chū le míng de dàzuǐba. 你可千万不要把这个秘密告诉李丽，她可是出了名的大嘴巴。
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等待 (děnɡdài): v. to wait
老师 (lǎoshī) n. teacher
Chítáng biān de róngshù shàng, zhīliao zài shēngshēng jiàozhe xiàtiān. 池塘 边 的 榕树 上， 知了 在 声声 叫着 夏天。 The cicadas in BANYAN TREES …
旱鸭子 (hàn yāzi) Non-swimmer
The character “旱 (hàn)” means dry or drought; “鸭 (yā)” means duck and “子
(zi)” is used as a suffix here.
Wǒ mèimei búhuì yóuyǒng, dàjiā dōu jiào tā hàn yāzi. 我妹妹不会游泳，大家都叫她旱鸭子。
My sister cannot swim, so we all call …
呆若木鸡 (dāiruòmùjī) Transfixed/Dumb as a wooden chicken
The character “呆 (dāi)” means dull or stupid; “若 (ruò)” means like or as; “木 (mù)” refers to wood and “鸡 (jī)” refers to chicken.
Nà gè nánhái dāiruòmùjī dì zhànzhe, xià dé lián qì dōu bùgǎn …
乌鸦嘴 (wūyāzuǐ) Big Mouth
“乌鸦嘴 (wūyāzuǐ)” is the phrase for “Big mouth.” The character “乌 (wū)” means dark; “鸦 (yā)” means crow and “嘴 (zuǐ)” means mouth.
Example:
Wǒ zhèng xiǎng yóuyǒng ne, nǐ jiù shuō ” xiǎoxīn yānzhe, ” nǐ shìbúshì yě tàiwūyāzuǐ le. …
夜猫子 (yèmāozǐ) Owl/ A Person Who Goes to Bed Late
“夜猫子 (yèmāozǐ)” is the phrase for “Owl/ A person who goes to bed late.”
The character “夜 (yè)” means night; “猫 (māo)” means cat and “子 (zi)” is used as a suffix here.
Example:
Chén …
大腕 (dàwàn) Top Notch
“大腕 (dàwàn)” is the phrase for “Top notch.” The character “大 (dà)” means
big or great and “腕 (wàn)” means wrist. Example: Chéng Lóng shì yǎnyìjiè de dàwàn. 成龙是演艺界的大腕。
Jackie Chan is a top notch star in film industry. Got questions?…
感恩节 (gǎn’ēnjié) is the Chinese phrase for Thanksgiving. Although traditionally people in China don’t celebrate Thanksgiving Day, now many young people do. They want to express thankfulness to all people who have helped them. The common Chinese saying “滴水之恩, 当涌泉相报 (Dī shuǐ …
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超出……接受范围 (chāochū…jiēshòu fànwéi) Go beyond/be out of the acceptable range of…
闹市区 (nàoshìqū) Downtown area
核心竞争力 (héxīn jìngzhēnglì) Core competitiveness
Recently, KFC restaurants are reported to have to move frequently in some areas of China. Why does such a fast-food giant …
Windows 7 was released in China on October 23rd. Because of the incompatibility problems, its preceding edition Vista was questioned and 戏称(xìchēng) jokingly called 围死它(wéi sĭ tā) besiege it to death by some Chinese users. The pronunciation of Vista sounds like …
The competition between search engines 百度(bǎidù) Baidu and 谷歌(gŭgē) Google is always a hot topic. As the most popular Chinese search engine in the world, 百度(bǎidù) Baidu recently published its new platform concept-框计算(kuàng jìsuàn) Box Computing, which obviously challenges the …
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Fú wù yuán: Xiānsheng, nínhăo, nín xūyào diăn shénme? 服务员：先生， 您好， 您需要点什么？ Waiter: Sir, can I help you please?
Gù kè: Wŏ yào yí fèn niúpái. 顾客：我要一份牛排。 Customer: I’d like a steak.
Fú wù yuán: Hăo de, qĭng shāoděng. 服务员：好的，请稍等。 Waiter: …
