Chinese Vocabulary Power (T99-92)
Vocabulary Cards: 22
- 1.
- emulsifier
- 3.
- harsh
- grim
- stern
- 4.
- lit. use others' strengths to make up for one's weak points (idiom from Mencius)
- to use this in place of that
- what you lose on the swings, you win on the roundabouts
- 7.
- lit. to take one's appointed place (according to the seat number)
- fig. to put sb in his place
- to accept one's social role
- to admit criticism
- 9.
- portable computer
- 12.
- residue
- remnant
- material left over
- 14.
- piping hot
- 15.
- focus (of infection)
- 16.
- to prepare to film
- to plan a shoot
- 18.
- to consider as
- to elect as
- to choose as
- 19.
- the Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism
- 20.
- Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist and author of "On the Origin of Species 物種起源|物种起源[wu3 zhong3 qi3 yuan2]
- Darwin, capital of Australian Northern Territory 北領地|北领地[Bei3 Ling3 di4]