Oh China - Lesson 11

移民

yí mín - immigrant; to immigrate

来自

lái zì - come from

所有的

suǒ yǒu de - all (of)

适应

shì yìng - to adjust to; to adapt to

过程

guò chéng - course; process

或多或少

huò duō huò shǎo - more or less

经历

jīng lì - to go through; to experience

心理上

xīn lǐ shàng - psychologically

矛盾

máo dùn - conflict; contradiction

一方面

yì fāng miàn - on the one hand

...化

...huà - -ize; -ify

另

lìng - other

保持

bǎo chí - to keep; to maintain

原来

yuán lái - original

文化

wén huà - culture

当中

dāng zhōng - among; between

明显

míng xiǎn - obvious

习俗

xí sú - custom; tradition; convention

愿望

yuàn wàng - wish; desire

成

chéng - form into; become

额外

é wài - added; extra

负担

fù dān - burden

一般

yì bān - ordinary; common

周末

zhōu mò - weekend

放假

fàng jià - to be on a holiday or vacation

游戏

yóu xì - game

处罚

chǔ fá - punishment

不知不觉(地)

bù zhī bù jué de - unconsciously; without realizing

产生

chǎn shēng - produce; emerge

抗拒

kàng jù - resist

不幸

bú xìng - unfortunate

祖先

zǔ xiān - ancestor

自然

zì rán - naturally

华裔

huá yì - a person of Chinese descent; Chinese born overseas

进

jìn - enter

例子

lì zi - example

以为

yǐ wéi - to think mistakenly

毕业

bì yè - to graduate

找

zhǎo - look for

工作

gōng zuò - work; job

比较

bǐ jiào - more; relatively; comparatively

之所以

zhī suǒ yǐ - the reason that

与其 A 不如 B

yǔ qí A bù rú B - would rather B than A

进一步

jìn yí bù - further

背景

bèi jǐng - background

语言

yǔ yán － language

这种

zhè zhǒng - this kind

使

shǐ - make, cause

容易

róng yì - easy

主动(地)

zhǔ dòng de - to take the initiative; to do something of one's own accord