Vocabulary: 跨文化冲击
from 丰盛人生：安利创始人理查•狄维士自传
- 顿x1 | Chapter Rank #162to stop; to pause; to arrange; to lay out; to kowtow; to stamp (one's foot); at once; classifier for meals, beatings, scoldings etc: time, bout, spell, meal
- 大家x1 | Chapter Rank #163everyone; influential family; great expert
- 合作x1 | Chapter Rank #164to cooperate; to collaborate; to work together
- 成果x1 | Chapter Rank #165result; achievement; gain; profit; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 看起来x1 | Chapter Rank #166seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appears to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
- 像是x1 | Chapter Rank #167
- 社区x1 | Chapter Rank #168community; neighborhood
- 中心x1 | Chapter Rank #169center; heart; core
- 基本x1 | Chapter Rank #170basic; fundamental; main; elementary
- 只有x1 | Chapter Rank #171only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 屋顶x1 | Chapter Rank #172roof
- 地板x2 | Chapter Rank #41floor
- 举行x1 | Chapter Rank #173to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc)
- 首先x1 | Chapter Rank #174first of all; in the first place
- 一位x1 | Chapter Rank #175
- 妇女x1 | Chapter Rank #176woman
- 小心x1 | Chapter Rank #177to be careful; to take care
- 将x1 | Chapter Rank #178to desire; to invite; to requestwill; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])(bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)
- 一块x1 | Chapter Rank #179a piece; a chunk; (fig.) (coll.) (typically preceded by a specifier such as 這|这[zhe4]) aspect; area; dimension (Example: 情感這一塊|情感这一块[qing2 gan3 zhe4 yi1 kuai4] "the emotional aspect (of it)"); (coll.) one yuan; a dollar; together; in the same place; in company
- 长方形x1 | Chapter Rank #180rectangle
- 彩色x1 | Chapter Rank #181color; multicolored
- 布料x1 | Chapter Rank #182fabric; cloth; material (for making clothing, curtains etc)
- 铺x1 | Chapter Rank #183storeplank bed; place to sleep; shop; store; (old) relay stationto spread; to display; to set up; (old) holder for door-knocker
- 后来x1 | Chapter Rank #184afterwards; later; newly arrived
- 才x2 | Chapter Rank #42ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- 知道x2 | Chapter Rank #43to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- 就是x1 | Chapter Rank #185exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也[ye3]) even; even if
- 餐桌x1 | Chapter Rank #186dining table; dinner table; CL:張|张[zhang1]
- 桌布x2 | Chapter Rank #44tablecloth; (Tw) (computing) background; wallpaper (of a desktop, phone etc)
- 以后x1 | Chapter Rank #187after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
- 身份x1 | Chapter Rank #188identity; aspect of one's identity (e.g. mayor, father, permanent resident); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as ..." 以[yi3] + ... + 的身份[de5 shen1 fen4]); status (social, legal etc); position; rank
- 合适x1 | Chapter Rank #189suitable; fitting; appropriate
- 人们x2 | Chapter Rank #45people
- 请来x2 | Chapter Rank #46
- 与x1 | Chapter Rank #190(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestowto take part in
- 一家x1 | Chapter Rank #191the whole family; the same family; the family ... (when preceded by a family name); group
- 共同x1 | Chapter Rank #192common; joint; jointly; together; collaborative
- 进餐x1 | Chapter Rank #193to have a meal
- 一碗x2 | Chapter Rank #47
- 又x1 | Chapter Rank #194(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 端上来x1 | Chapter Rank #195
- 吃饭x2 | Chapter Rank #48to have a meal; to eat; to make a living
- 却x1 | Chapter Rank #196but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 没有x1 | Chapter Rank #197haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 叉子x2 | Chapter Rank #49fork; CL:把[ba3]
- 观望x1 | Chapter Rank #198to wait and see; to watch from the sidelines; to look around; to survey
- 怎么x1 | Chapter Rank #199how?; what?; why?
- 做x1 | Chapter Rank #200to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- 直接x1 | Chapter Rank #201direct (opposite: indirect 間接|间接[jian4 jie1]); immediate; straightforward
- 手指x1 | Chapter Rank #202finger; CL:個|个[ge4],隻|只[zhi1]