AP Chinese Language & Culture - Topic Twelve: Education (Pinyin)

普及教育

Universal Education (pǔjí jiàoyù)

义务教育

Compulsory Education (yìwù jiàoyù)

优点

advantage (Yōu diǎn)

缺点

(qué diǎn) shortcoming; defect; weakness

方式

(fāngshì) method; way; pattern

填鸭式

force feeding [as a teaching method] (tiányāshì)

启发式

Elicitation method (in teaching) (qǐfāshì)

主动性

（zhǔ dòng xìng） initiative

打基础

Establish a foundation (dǎ jīchǔ)

上进心

The desire to be better; aspiration (shàngjìnxīn)

督促

Supervise and urge (dūcù)

鼓励

to encourage (gǔlì)

重视

to attach importance to (zhòngshì)

发挥

bring into play (fāhuī)

想象力

ability of imagination (xiǎngxiànglì)

创造力

(chuàng zào lì ) Creativity

死记硬背

(sǐjì yìngbèi) rote memorizing

读书

to attend school; to study; to read aloud （dú shū）

本领

skill, ability (Běn lǐng)

竞争

(Jìngzhēng) competition

态度

(tàidu) manner, how we conduct oneself

认真

conscientious; earnest; serious (rènzhēn)

自觉

self-conscious (zìjué)

压力

pressure (yālì)

负担

burden (fùdān)

淘汰

eliminate through selection or competition; die out; fall out of disuse (táotài)

要求

to require, requirement (yāoqiú)

目标

Goal (mù biāo)

补习班

cram class; cram school; evening classes (bǔxíbān)

辅导

coach, tutorial (fǔdǎo)

望子成龙

to hope that one's son will become a dragon; to hope that one's son will become successful （wàng zǐ chéng lóng）

用心良苦

Have really given much thought to the matter; well-meaning (yòngxīn liángkǔ)