NPCR 4 - Lesson 42 | Quizlet

洋

foreign (yáng)

农村

rural area, countryside (nóngcūn)

年夜饭

family reunion dinner on the lunar New Year`s Eve (nián yèfàn)

健康

healthy (jiànkāng)

发财

to get rich, to make a fortune (fācái)

万事如意

realize all one`s wishes (wànshìrúyì)

反而 (不但不/没...,反而）

on the contrary, instead (fǎněr)

尝

to taste, to try the flavor (cháng)

红烧鱼

fish braised in brown sauce (hóngshāoyú)

肉

meat, pork (ròu)

难道

*used in rhetorical questions for emphasis (nándào)

发音

to pronounce (fāyīn)

结余

surplus (jiéyú)

手机

mobile phone (shǒujī)

饺子

dumplings (jiǎozi)

除夕

New Year`s Eve (chúxī)

守岁

to stay up all night on New Year`s Eve (shóusuì)

随便

casual, informal, random (suíbiàn)

放鞭炮

to set off firecrackers (fàng biānpào)

禁止

to prohibit, to ban(jìnzhi)

怪不得

no wonder, so that`s why (guàibude)

外地

parts of the country other than where one is (wàidì)

春联

Spring Festival Couplets (chūnlián)

窗花

paper-cut for window decoration (chuānghuā)

尤其

especially (yóuqí)

远亲不如近邻

a close neighbor means more than a distant relative (yuǎnqīn bu rú jìnlín)

四合院

traditional residential compound with houses around a square courtyard (sìhéyuàn)

院

courtyard (yuàn)

装

to load, to pack (zhuāng)

卡车

lorry, truck (kǎchē)

木头

wood, log (mùtou)

水泥

cement (shuǐní)

装修

to fit up, to renovate (zhuāngxiū)

邻居

neighbor (línjū)

卸

to unload, to discharge (xiè)

干活

to work (gànhuó)

趟

*measure word for trips (tàng)

笑话

to laugh at somebody/joke (xiàohua)

犹豫

hesitate (yóuyù)

推

to push (tuī)

小车

wheelbarrow (xiǎochē)

拍

to pat (pāi)

连忙

promptly (liánmáng)

声

*measure word for sounds (shēng)