Chinese lesson 10

傳統

Chuan tong; traditional

節日

jie ri; festival

春節

spring festival

慶賀

qing he; to celebrate

看節目

kan jie mu; watch a television program

對。。。來說。。。很重要

dui…lai shuo…hen zhong yao; for (person), (something) is very important.

再過。。。就是。。。了

zai guo (time) jiushi (thing) le; it will be () in just ()

喜迎新年

xi ying xin nian; welcome the new year

慶賀新春

qing he xin chun; celebrate the spring festival

根據

based on; gen ju

計算

calculate

陰曆

yin li; lunar calendar

陽曆

yang li; solar calendar

大約

da yue; about/approximately

大約。。。左右

da yue (amt) zuo you; approximately (amt)

不論

bu lun; no matter

開晚會

kai wan hui; hold an evening party

參加

can jia; join

表演

biao yan; perform at

小品

xiao pin; skit

邀請

yao qing; invite

熱鬧

re nao; noisy/lively

放進

fang jin; put in

再。。。也

(sb) zai (v), ye (vp); no matter how hard (s)(v)(s), still (cp)

一邊兒。。。一邊兒

… yi bianr …. yi bianr; do smth while smth

。。唄

bei; obviously

老婆

lao po; husband

老公

lao gong; wife

親愛的

qin ai de; dear

怕

pa; fear

壞

huai;bad

把。。。成

(sb)ba (smth) (v) cheng (smth else); somebody mistook smth for smth else

重視

zhongshi; attach importance to

犯愁

fanchou; worried

常常因為。。。的事兒犯愁

changchang yinwei (smth) de shir fanchou; often worried because of (smth)

左。。。有。。。

zuo…you…; over and over

終於

zhongyu; finally

看出來

kan chu lai; understand by seeing

既然

ji ran; since