B4 L15: GENDER EQUALITY（男女平等）

平等

adj/n: equal; equality (píng děng)

重男轻女

to regard males as superior to females, to privilege men over women (zhòng nán qīng nǚ)

妇女

n: women (fù nǚ)

地位

n: position, status (dì wèi)

情况

n: situation, condition, circumstances (qíng kuàng)

逐渐

adv: gradually, little by little (zhú jiàn)

机会

n: opportunity (jī huì)

改革开放

v/n: to reform and open up; Reform and Opening-Up (gǎi gé kāi fàng)

以来

t: since (yǐ lái)

企业

n: enterprise, business, company, firm (qǐ yè)

单位

n: unit (dān wèi)

出现

v: to appear, to arise, to emerge (chū xiàn)

现象

n: phenomenon, appearance (xiàn xiàng)

工厂

n: factory (gōng chǎng)

同工同酬

equal pay for equal work (tóng gōng tóng chóu)

女性

n: female gender, woman (nǚ xìng)

超过

v: to surpass, to exceed (chāo guò)

丈夫

n: husband (zhàng fū)

妻子

n: wife (qī zǐ)

互相

adv: mutually, each other, reciprocally (hù xiāng)

家务

n: household chores, household duties (jiā wù)

模范

adj/n: exemplary; model, fine example (mó fàn)

表现

v/n: to display, to manifest; performance, manifestation (biǎo xiàn)

男子

n: man, male (nán zǐ)

队

n: team, a row or line of people, (measure word for teams and lines) (duì)

讨厌

v/adj: to dislike, to loathe; disgusting, disagreeable (tǎo yàn)

队员

n: team member (duì yuán)

骄傲

adj/n: proud, arrogant, full of oneself; pride (jiāo 'ào)

输

v: to lose, to be defeated (shū)

成绩

n: performance, achievement, result, score, grade (chéng jì)

公平

adj: fair, just, impartial, equitable (gōng píng)

由

prep: by (yóu)

市场

n: market (shì chǎng)

职业

n: occupation, profession, vocation (zhí yè)

薪水

n: salary, pay, wages (xīn shuǐ)

消息

n: news, message, information (xiāo xī)

赢

v: to win (yíng)

冠军

n: champion, first place in a competition (guàn jūn)

相信

v: to believe, to trust (xiāng xìn)

比分

n: score (bǐ fēn)

乒乓球

n: ping pong, table tennis (pīng pāng qiú)

德国

Germany (dé guó)

西班牙

Spain (xī bān yá)