Lesson 12 Changing China

熟悉- shúxī

to be familiar with

变化- biànhuà

change, to change

申请-shēnqǐng

to apply

原来-yuánlái

original / former / originally / formerly / at first / so... actually

来不及-láibùjí

not have enough time to do something; too late to do something

竟-jìng

unexpectedly,

同意-tóngyì

to agree,

高速- gāosù

high speed;

变成-biànchéng

to change into / to turn into / to become,

实际上-shíjìshàng

in fact; in reality; actually

其实-qíshí

actually,

陌生-mòshēng

unfamiliar; strange; unknown;

盖-gài

to build; to construct

的确-díquè

indeed;

融入-róngrù

to merge into; to meld into;

特色-tèsè

characteristic;

建筑-jiànzhù

architecture;

保留-bǎoliú

to remain as before; to retain;

民以食为天-mínyǐshíwéitiān

the people think of food as important as heaven;

简单地-jiǎndānde

simply;

道理-dàolǐ

reason; sense;

看来-kànlái

it seems;

尽可能-jìnkěnéng

as much as possible;

栋-dòng

measure word for buildings;

脚步-jiǎobù

footstep

末-mò

end;

表哥-biǎogē

older male cousin of a different surname;

站-zhàn

station, stop, to stand;

姑妈-gūmā

father's sister;

拍-pāi

to take pictured, to shoot film, to clap, to pat;

变-biàn

to change

总zǒng

always;

街-jiē

street;

骑-qí

to ride;

自行车-zìxíngchē

bicycle

上班-shàngbān

to go to work, to start work;

想像-xiǎngxiàng

to imagine, to visualize, imagination;

游客-yóukè

tourist;

老外-lǎowài

foreigner

对面-duìmiàn

opposite side

快餐-kuàicān

fast food;

服装-fúzhuāng

clothing, apparel;

尝-cháng

to taste

小吃-xiǎochī

snacks

不管-bùguǎn

no matter, regardless of;

从来-cónglái

from past till present, always, at all times;

老百姓-lǎobǎixìng

common folk, (ordinary) people;

厦-shà

mansion, tall building;

声音-shēngyīn

sound, voice;

咕噜-gulu

rumbling sound;

难过-nánguò

sad, hard to bear;

五颜六色-wǔyánliùsè

colorful;

历史-lishi

history