Chinese Vocabulary Power (S99-54)
Vocabulary Cards: 21
- 1.
- the matter depends on the individual (idiom)
- it is a matter for your own effort
- With effort, one can achieve anything.
- 2.
- empty-handed (idiom)
- fig. not receiving anything
- 3.
- to catch cold
- 5.
- pest
- injurious insect
- 8.
- seasick
- 9.
- to die
- to perish
- 10.
- to serve as a model (idiom)
- a paragon
- 11.
- to concede defeat
- to step down gracefully (humble expression)
- to play second fiddle
- 12.
- Qinling mountain range in Shaanxi forming natural barrier between Guanzhong plain 關中平原|关中平原 and Han River 汉水 valley
- 13.
- to practice work skill
- 14.
- flowery of fist with fancy footwork (idiom)
- highly embellished and ineffectual
- fancy but impractical skills
- all show and no go
- pugilistic wankery
- 17.
- the starting line (of a race)
- scratch line (in a relay race)
- 18.
- head-on
- direct attack
- 20.
- fellow sufferers (idiom)