Vocabulary: 家
- abacus; CL:把[ba3]; plan; scheme
- pearl; bead; CL:粒[li4],顆|颗[ke1]
- noise
- machine-woven cloth (old)
- curtain
- traditional Chinese building material made by mixing three components (typically lime, clay, and sand)
- loud and clear; resounding
- more and more
- double-edged sword; CL:口[kou3],把[ba3]; classifier for blows of a sword
- 云 yún: 云 yun2: (classical) to say云 yún: 云 yun2: cloud; CL:朵[duo3]云 Yún: 云 Yun2: surname Yun; short name for Yunnan 雲南|云南[Yun2 nan2]
- 当天 dàng tiān: 当天 dang4 tian1: the same day当天 dāng tiān: 当天 dang1 tian1: on that day
- nationals; citizens; people of a nation
- announcement; bulletin; communique
- news; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- winter vacation
- next week
- to take an exam; exam; CL:次[ci4]
- 埋 mái: 埋 mai2: to bury埋 mán: 埋 man2: used in 埋怨[man2 yuan4]
- federation
- fundraising
- to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event); to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise); (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect); (bound form) office (as in 招辦|招办[zhao1 ban4], admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室|办公室[ban4 gong1 shi4])
- ordinary people; commoner (contrasted with the privileged); civilian (contrasted with the military)
- politely; solicitously; eagerly attentive
- slightly; roughly; briefly; very generally
- cold; indifferent
- to be careful; to pay attention to
- to organize; to host (a conference or sports event)
- to finish class; to get out of class; (fig.) (esp. of a sports coach) to be dismissed; to be fired
- springtime
- to perform a play
- to appoint; to assign; to indicate clearly and with certainty; designated
- major turning point of lifelong import (esp. marriage)
- Hu Shi (1891-1962), original proponent of writing in colloquial Chinese 白話文|白话文[bai2 hua4 wen2]
- alone; independent; single; sole; only
- 景 jǐng: 景 jing3: (bound form) scenery; circumstance; situation; scene (of a play); (literary) sunlight景 Jǐng: 景 Jing3: surname Jing
- theatrical work (play, opera, TV series etc); dramatic (change, increase etc); acute; severe
- Norway
- 16; sixteen
- 远 yuàn: 远 yuan4: to distance oneself from (classical)远 yuǎn: 远 yuan3: far; distant; remote; (intensifier in a comparison) by far; much (lower etc)
- anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious
- it is a pity; what a pity; unfortunately