Chinese Vocabulary Power (T97-9)
Vocabulary Cards: 27
- 1.
- half the work, twice the effect (idiom)
- the right approach saves effort and leads to better results
- a stitch in time saves nine
- 2.
- hedonism
- 3.
- to pass on amorous feelings
- to send one's love to sb
- 4.
- firm
- unyielding
- 6.
- unrequited love
- one-sided love
- 7.
- Dagong Bao, popular newspaper name
- Ta Kung Pao, founded 1902 in Beijing, now published in Hong Kong
- 9.
- level
- gentle
- almost flat
- not strongly sloping
- fig. moderate
- mild-mannered
- 10.
- infected person
- 12.
- Singaporean person
- Singaporean
- 14.
- Mao Sui recommends himself (idiom)
- to offer one's services (in the style of Mao Sui offering his services to king of Chu 楚 of the Warring states)
- 15.
- dumpling in soup
- wonton
- 16.
- thyme (Thymus vulgaris)
- 18.
- first person (in writing)
- 19.
- to come back from death's door (idiom)
- unexpected rescue from danger
- fig. to recover from a seemingly impossible situation
- to find a way out of a predicament
- 23.
- to dive
- diving (sport, a Chinese specialty)
- 26.
- Joan Chen (1961-), Chinese born American actress