Chinese Vocabulary Power (T99-15)
Vocabulary Cards: 29
- 1.
- synthetic fiber
- 2.
- to use one's neighbor as a drain
- to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)
- 3.
- amphibian
- amphibious animals
- 5.
- the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties
- 7.
- intolerant
- unable to tolerate
- unable to bear sth
- 8.
- Euphrates river
- 9.
- a chronic illness
- a disease that takes effect slowly
- 11.
- Siam (old word for Thailand)
- Siamese
- 15.
- product manager
- 20.
- gullible
- to easily trust
- naïve
- 21.
- to have second thoughts about sth
- to think better of
- 23.
- communication system
- 26.
- scandal
- 27.
- hard of hearing
- 28.
- cloudy day
- overcast sky
- 29.
- lit. the horse loses its front hooves
- fig. sudden failure through miscalculation or inattentiveness