L45 - The Chinese Education System (教育）

jiàoyù (education)

教育

gōnglì (public/publicly owned/established)

公立

jí (name/that is/thence)

即

pǔtōng (ordinary/common/average)

普通

zhòngdiǎn (the most important (point/center/etc.))

重点

tǐxì (system/structure)

体系

láizì yú (to originate from(

来自于

kējǔ (imperial civil service examination system)

科举

zhìdù (rules/regulations/institution/system)

制度

yǐ... wéi (to take… as/to regard… as/to treat… as)

以。。。为

shēng jí (to rise to a higher lvl/grade)

升级

liú jí (to be kept back a grade/fail to proceed to a higher lvl)

留级

xuéfèi (school fees/tuition)

学费

bùjǐn (not only)

不仅

(fēnshù) xiàn (the cutoff point for admission to schools)

（分数）线

jìngzhēng (to complete)

竞争

jīliè (intense/fierce)

激烈

zhuānxīn (to focus on one’s mind/heart to concentrate)

专心

nǔlì (to exert one’s strength/to exert oneself)

努力

yǐjí (including/going as far as)

以及

héngliáng (to measure/guage)

衡量

jìnbù (to make progress)

进步

fùmǔ (parents)

父母

shīwàng (to feel disappointed)

失望

yālì (pressure)

压力

tǒngyī (in a unified way/all together)

统一

guīdìng (to set as a rule)

规定

jìnxíng (to carry on)

进行

tǎolùn (to discuss)

讨论

nándào ((used in a rhetorical question) could it be possible that…?)

难道

shīzī (faculty of an educational institution)

师资

yīliú (first-rate/first-class)

一流

tiāoxuǎn (to pick and select)

挑选

zhōngyú (finally/at last)

终于

láiyuán (origin/source)

来源

bùrú (not as good as)

不如

zhìyuàn (preference (when choosing an academic discipline/profession/career)/ aspiration)

志愿

cáiliào (building material/material/data/information)

材料

zhāo shēng (to recruit students)

招生

rénshù (number of ppl)

人数

jīběn shàng (basically/generally speaking)

基本上

xìng (-ness/nature)

性

wēixiǎn (dangerous/risky)

危险

chúfēi... fǒuzé (unless… otherwise…)

除非。。。否则

cuòguò (to miss (an opportunity))

错过

tóngshí ((at) the same time)

同时

zhuānyè (profession/area of specialization)

专业

niánjí (grad/year (in school))

年纪

xuéwèi (academic degree)

学位

wéiyī (the one and only)

唯一

chūlù (outlet/

出路