Harvest Chinese Lesson 12 Vocabulary and Definitions

剪纸

jiǎn zhǐ - paper cutting

剪刀

jiǎn dāo - scissors

流行

liú xíng - popular

民间

mín jiān - folk, among the people

地区

dì qū - area, region

婚嫁

hūn jià - wedding; to marry

贴

tiē - to paste; to glue

装饰

zhuāng shì - to decorate; decoration; decorative; ornamental

手工

shǒu gōng - hand work

制作

zhì zuò - make; manufacture

粘贴

zhān tiē - to stick; to affix; to adhere; to paste (as in cut, copy and paste)

图案

tú àn - pattern

修改

xiū gǎi - modify, amend

刻

kē - to carve, to cut ；kè - a quarter (of an hour)

折

zhé - to bend, to fold, to break

叠

dié - to fold over in layers, to repeat

优势

yōu shì - advantage

加工

jiā gōng - to process; processing

线条

xiàn tiáo - streak, line in drawing or painting

简练

jiǎn liàn - concise

风格

fēng gé - style, manner, mode

派

pài - tributary, clique, faction, send

淳朴

chún pǔ - honest, simple

粗放

cū fàng - rough and bold; slipshod

注重

zhù zhòng - pay attention to; emphasize

特征

tè zhēng - characteristic, trait

浓艳

nóng yàn - adj. gaudy, wear make up heavily

甚至

shèn zhì - even to the extent that...; so much so that...

鲜明

xiān míng - bright, clear-cut, distinct

新娘

xīn niáng - bride