Chinese 5 - Unit 1

离婚 (lí hūn)

to divorce

明白 (míng bai)

to understand

苦恼 (kǔ nǎo)

distressed; frustrated

离开 (lí kāi)

to leave

时常 (shí cháng)

often

想念 (xiǎng niàn)

to miss

再婚 (zài hūn)

to remarry

变成 (biàn chéng)

to change into

继父 (jì fù)

stepfather

同母异父 (tóng mǔ yì fù)

born of the same mother but a different father

接受 (jiē shòu)

to accept

后来 (hòu lái)

later

当做 (dāng zuò)

to regard as

亲生 (qīn shēng)

one’s own

年龄 (nián líng)

age

相差 (xiāng chà)

to differ

合得来 (hé de lái)

to get along well

成员 (chéng yuán)

member

继父把她当做自己的亲生女儿

The stepfather treats her as his own daughter.

虽然他们年龄相差十二岁但是很合得来

Although there is a twelve-year age difference, they get along very well.