PiB Week 4

软实力

soft power (ruǎn shílì)

军事

military (jūnshì)

力量

strength/ability/power/physical (lìliàng)

硬实力

hard power/militarya nd economic power (yìng shílì)

强大

powerful/strong (qiángdà)

电视剧

TV show/TV series (diànshì jù)

饮食

cuisine/food and drink (yǐnshí)

服装

clothing/costume (fúzhuāng)

引领

to lead/eg the trend (yǐnlǐng)

时尚

fashion/fashionable (shíshàng)

直接

direct (zhíjiē)

感受

experience/feeling (gǎnshòu)

日常生活

daily life (rìcháng shēnghuó)

千千万万

thousands upon thousands (qiānqiān wànwàn)

牛仔裤

jeans (niúzǎi kù)

换句话说

in other words (huànjùhuàshuō)

不知不觉

unconsciously (bùzhībùjué)

认同

to identify with (rèntóng)

价值观

values (jiàzhí guān)

影响力

influence/clout (yǐngxiǎnglì)

大炮

cannon/artillery (dàpào)

征服

to conquer/to subdue (zhēngfú)

土地

land/territory (tǔdì)

人心

the will of the people/public feeling (rénxīn)

顾虑

concern (gùlǜ)

有效

effective (yǒuxiào)

对策

the way to deal with a situation (duìcè)

防止

prevent (fángzhǐ)

无处不在

be everywhere/ubiquitous (wúchù búzài)

西化

to Westernize/Westernization (xīhuà)

建议

to suggest/to propose (jiànyì)

提倡

to advocate/to promote (tíchàng)

应对

to respond/to a change (yìngduì)

清明节

Tomb Sweeping Day (Qīngmíng jié)

端午节

the Dragon Boat Festival (Duānwǔ jié)

节日

festival (jiérì)

定为

to establish as/to recognize as (dìngwéi)

法定假日

official holidays (fǎdìng jiàrì)

复古

to revert to or restore old/ancient ways (fùgǔ)

倾向

tendency/inclination (qīngxiàng)

书法

calligraphy (shūfǎ)

茶道

tea ceremony (chádào)

剪纸

papercutting/traditional Chinese folk art form (jiǎnzhǐ)

中国结

Chinese knots/traditional Chinese folk art form (zhōngguó jié)

介绍

to introduce/introduction (jièshào)

占

to take up/to occupy (zhàn)

消失

to disappear (xiāoshī)

感兴趣

be interested in (gǎnxìngqu)

世界各地

all parts of the world/all over the world (shìjiè gèdì)

成立

to establish/an organization (chénglì)

孔子学院

Confucius Institute (Kǒngzǐ Xuéyuàn)

旅游

traveling/tourism (lǚyóu)

文学

literature (wénxué)

艺术

art (yìshù)

杂技

acrobatics (zájì)

资源

resources (zīyuán)

欣赏

to appreciate or enjoy/art/literature/acrobatics (xīnshǎng)

龙

dragon (lóng)

熊猫

panda (xióngmāo)

代表

to represent/representation (dàibiǎo)

传说

legend/folklore (chuánshuō)

蟒蛇

serpent/python (mǎngshé)

突出

to protrude/to stick out (tūchū)

张

to open/ones mouth/eyes (zhāng)

嘴巴

mouth (zuǐbā)

长

to grow/of hair,beard,mustache (zhǎng)

胡子

barbel/beard/mustache (húzi)

喷

to shoot/to spurt/spout (pēn)

火

fire (huǒ)

张牙舞爪

to bare fangs and brandish claws/to make threatening gestures (zhāngyá wǔzhǎo)

样子

appearance (yàngzi)

可怕

fearful/terrifying (kěpà)

龙的传人

descendants of the dragon (lóng de chuánrén)

古代

ancient (gǔdài)

皇帝

emperor (huángdì)

象征

to symbolize/symbol (xiàngzhēng)

绣

to embroider (xiù)

印象

impression (yìnxiàng)

瞪

to stare/to glare (dèng)

不幸

unfortunate/sad (búxìng)

误导

to mislead/to misguide (wùdǎo)

温和

mild/gentle (wēnhé)

软弱

weak/soft/of character (ruǎnruò)

功夫熊猫

Kung Fu Panda (Gōngfu Xióngmāo)

欺负

to bully (qīfu)

足够

enough/sufficient/sufficiently (zúgòu)

自卫

to defend oneself/self defense (zìwèi)

宠物

pet (chǒngwù)

凶猛

fierce/re animals (xiōngměng)

攻击性

aggressiveness/combativeness (gōngjī xìng)

形象

image (xíngxiàng)

长城

the Great Wall (Chángchéng)

人类

humans/mankind (rénlèi)

伟大

great/worthy of the greatest admiration (wěidà)

建筑

structure/building/architecture (jiànzhù)

防御

to defend/to guard (fángyù)

敌人

enemy (dírén)

群山

mountain range (qúnshān)

建

to build (jiàn)

道

mw/measure word for doors,walls,etc (dào)