Chinese Part 2

炯炯

jiǒng jiǒng (very bright) —> for eyes

双目

shuāng mù (pair of eyes)

双目炯炯有神

shuāng mù jiǒng jiǒng yǒu shén (Subject + Adjective) —> both eyes sparkled with spirit

[这]只猴子双目炯炯有神,灵异非凡

[main topic] + [description 1] + [description 2]

灵异

líng yì (type of trait —> mystical/magical) (this can act as an abstract noun and an adjective)

非凡

fēi fán (extraordinary —> adjective)

灵异非凡

líng yì fēi fán (extraordinarily mystical) (Noun + Adjective OR Adjective + Adjective)

在……后

After [doing X] or Having [done X]

叩拜

kòubài (kowtow)

感谢

gǎnxiè (gratitude)

生育

shēngyù (to give birth and nurture/raise)

之

zhī (equivalent to 的）

恩

ēn (grace/kindness for a debt being paid / favor given —> thanksgiving)

在叩拜了天地感谢生育之恩后

After kowtowing to Heaven and Earth to express gratitude for the blessing of giving [it] life

慢慢地走

Manner/Description + 地 + Verb Phrase

就蹦蹦跳跳地下了山

[it] then hopped and skipped down the mountain

蹦蹦跳跳

bèng bèng tiào tiào (hop/leap) (manner of action)

Give an example of AA + BB

蹦蹦跳跳

恰巧

qiàqiǎo (adverb —> coincidentally/as luck would have it)

山下的树林里

shān xià de shùlín lǐ (in the woods at the foot of the mountain)

有一群猴子

(yǒu yì qún hóuzi) (has a bunch of monkeys)

嬉闹

(xīnào) (playing around)

在 + verb

ongoing action

[Location] + 有 + [Noun] + 在 + [Verb]

山下的树林里 (In the woods) + 有 (there were) + 一群猴子 (a group of monkeys) + 在嬉闹 (frolicking)

和 + [Target] + 一同 + [Verb]

和他们 (with them) + 一同 (together) + 玩耍 (play)

他就混入其中和他们一同玩耍

He blended among the group and played with them

恰巧山下的树林里有一群猴子在嬉闹

Just by chance, inside the woods under the mountain, was a group of monkeys.

混入

hùnrù (blend into)

其中

(qízhōng) (among them)

一同

yìtóng (together)

玩耍

(wánshuǎ) (have fun)

转眼

Zhuǎnyǎn (in the blink of an eye)

十分

(shífēn) (adverb —> ten out of ten —> like 非常）

炎热

(yánrè) (very hot)

天气十分炎热

weather was very hot

[Subject] + 到 + [Location] + 去 + [Action]

$$\text{到 } \underbrace{\text{树林后的一条山涧中}}_{\text{Location}} \text{ 去 } \underbrace{\text{冲凉}}_{\text{Action}}$$

便

(biàn) (basically 就 —> thereupon, then）

决定

(juédìng) (decided)

Give an example of 到……去

到树林后的一条山涧中去

一条山涧

(yì tiáo shānjiàn) (mountain stream)

[place] + [direction]

一条山涧中

冲凉

(chōngliáng) (rinse)