mandarin

春暖花开

spring blossoms

百花盛开

blaze of flowers

风和日丽

fine and warm

鸟语花香

birds sing and flowers release fragrance

雨后春笋

mushroom like growth after a spring rain

烈日炎炎

extremely hot sun

满头大汗

to be soaked in sweat

寸草不生

as bare as a bone

烈日弹孔

scorching hot and dry

暴风骤雨

a prodigious storm

秋高气爽

high sky and bright autumn

景色宜人

offering enchanting views

秋风落叶

autumn leaves

五谷丰登

have a bumper harvest

秋风萧瑟

autumn wind is rustling

冰天雪地

world full of ice and snow

白雪茫茫

snow everywhere

寒冬腊月

in the wintry months

漫天飞雪

snow all over the sky

天寒地冻

the weather is cold and the ground is frozen

对面

opposite

顶上

top

地下

bottom

角上

corner

四周

around

远处

beyond

近处

nearby

在附近

round about (zai…)

挨着

next to

周围

round about (zhou…)

紧挨着

close to

沿着

along (y….)

顺着

along (s…..)

并且

and

不但…而且

not only…but also

还

also;still

而且

moreover

此外

moreover (formal)

另外

in addition

例如

for instance (l)

以…为例

for example (y)

特别是

specifically

首先

first

其次

second

最后

finally

不过

however

一方面

on one hand

另一方面

on the other hand

相反

in contrast

反之

otherwise f

反而

instead

家庭生活

family life

代

generation

出身

origin

后代

descendants

血缘

blood relationship

成员

member

继父

step father

继母

stepmother

养父

adopted father

亲属

relatives (qs)

亲戚

relatives (qq)

大波

fathers elder brother

叔叔

father’s younger brother

舅舅

mothers brother

子女

children

尊敬

respect

长辈

elder member of a family

晚辈

the younger generation

平辈

same generation

平等

equality

期望

hope for and expect

单亲

single parent

夫妇

husband and wife

婚姻

marriage

结婚

get married

离婚

divorce

同居

cohabitation

关系

relation

融洽

harmonius

紧张

strained

严格

strict

家教

family upbringing

管

care about; control; manage

关爱

care and concern

溺爱

spoil a child

和睦

harmony

温暖

warm

快乐

happy

稳定

stable

操心

worry about

分担

share (burden)

家务

household duties

家庭主妇

homemaker

职业妇女

career woman

习俗

custom

特色

special feature

喜庆

auspicious occasion

祝愿

wish

气氛

atmosphere