Integrated Chinese Volume 3 Lesson 9

移民 (yímín)

immigrant; to immigrate

留学 (liúxué)

to study abroad

博士 (bóshì)

Ph.D.; doctor [academic degree]

硕士 (shuòshì)

Master's degree (M.A.)

学士 (xuéshì)

bachelor degree

设计 (shèjì)

to design; design

结婚 (jiéhūn)

to get married

满 (mǎn）

full, complete

美满 ( měimǎn )

happy, blissful

一直 (yìzhí)

straight; continuously; always

嫂子 ( sǎozi )

(informal) elder brother's wife; sister-in-law

侄女 (zhí nǚ)

niece

钢琴 (gāngqín)

piano

安排 (ānpái)

to arrange, to plan, to set up, arrangements, plans

休息(xiūxi)

to take a break; to rest, day off

好（不）容易 (hǎo （bù） róng yì)

with great difficulty; have a hard time (doing sth.)

儿童 (értóng)

child, children

童年 (tóngnián)

childhood

厉害 (lìhai)

terrible; formidable; fierce; cool; awesome

抱怨 (bàoyuàn)

to complain, to grumble; complaint

选择 (xuǎnzé)

choice; to choose

尊重 (zūnzhòng)

esteem; to respect; to value; to honor

家长 (jiāzhǎng)

the parent or guardian of a child

认为 (rènwéi)

to believe/think that

做法 zuòfǎ

way of doing things; course of action

看法（kànfǎ）

point of view, opinion

反对 (fǎnduì)

to oppose; to fight; to be against

同意 (tóngyì)

to agree; to consent; to approve

望子成龙，望女成凤 (wàngzǐchénglóng, wàngnǚchéngfèng)

wish the son to be a dragon, wish the daughter to be a phoenix (a.k.a. may your son or daughter have a successful life)

理解 (lǐjiě)

to understand, comprehend

完全 (wánquán)

completely; fully; complete; whole

事业 (shìyè)

career; undertaking

社会 (shèhuì) (社會)

society

人才 ( réncái ) 人材

talent; talented person

知识 (zhīshi)

knowledge; intellectual

书本 (shūběn)

books

并 (bìng)

used before a negative for emphasis, usually as a retort; actually, definitely