Chapter 17

Question 1

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

長城 or 长城

Answer 1

Cháng​ chéng

the Great Wall

Question 2

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

運河 or 运河

Answer 2

yùn​ hé

the Grand Canal, canal

Question 3

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

工程

Answer 3

gōng ​chéng

construction; engineering

Question 4

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

萬里長城 or 万里长城

Answer 4

Wàn ​lǐ​ Cháng ​chéng

the Great Wall

Question 5

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

全長 or 全长

Answer 5

quán​ cháng

entire length

Question 6

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

公里

Answer 6

gōng ​lǐ

kilometer

Question 7

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

照

Answer 7

zhào

according to

Question 8

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

一般

Answer 8

yī​ bān

general; ordinary

Question 9

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

說法 or 说法

Answer 9

shuō ​fǎ

way of saying

Question 10

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

秦始皇

Answer 10

Qín​ Shǐ ​huáng

The First Emperor of the Ch'in dynasty
Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor

Question 11

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

建

Answer 11

jiàn

to construct, to build

Question 12

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

大多

Answer 12

dà ​duō

mostly, for the most part

Question 13

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

明代

Answer 13

Míng ​dài

the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)

Question 14

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

修築 or 修筑

Answer 14

xiū​ zhù

to build, to construct

Question 15

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

防止

Answer 15

fáng ​zhǐ

to prevent / to guard against

Question 16

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

北方

Answer 16

běi ​fāng

norhtern part; the North

Question 17

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

南邊 or 南边

Answer 17

nán​ bian

south

Question 18

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

到底

Answer 18

dào​ dǐ

in actuality, after all

Question 19

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

起作用

Answer 19

qǐ zuò ​yòng

to show effect

Question 20

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

逃

Answer 20

táo

to escape

Question 21

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

外患

Answer 21

wài ​huàn

foreign trouble

Question 22

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

宋朝

Answer 22

Sòng ​cháo

Song Dynasty (960-1279)

Question 23

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

整個 or 整个

Answer 23

zhěng​ gè

the whole

Question 24

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character?

亡

Answer 24

wáng

perish (e.g., dynasty, country, etc.)

Question 25

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 蒙古人

Answer 25

Měng ​gǔ ​rén a Mongolian

Question 26

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 認為 or 认为

Answer 26

rèn​ wéi to think, to have the opinion that..., to consider (something to be true)

Question 27

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 國防 or 国防

Answer 27

guó ​fáng national defense

Question 28

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 軍事 or 军事

Answer 28

jūn ​shì military affairs

Question 29

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 意義 or 意义

Answer 29

yì ​yì significance

Question 30

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 極小 or 极小

Answer 30

jí ​xiǎo extremely small

Question 31

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 往

Answer 31

wǎng Prep: toward

Question 32

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 發展 or 发展

Answer 32

fā ​zhǎn N: development V: to develope

Question 33

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 以北

Answer 33

yǐ ​běi (to the) north of.....

Question 34

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 以南

Answer 34

yǐ​ nán (to the) south of...

Question 35

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 落後 or 落后

Answer 35

luò​ hòu underdeveloped; (has fallen) behind

Question 36

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 地理

Answer 36

dì ​lǐ geography

Question 37

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 緣故 or 缘故

Answer 37

yuán ​gù reason

Question 38

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 流血流汗

Answer 38

liú xuè liú hàn "bleeding and sweating", with great suffering

Question 39

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 大運河 or 大运河

Answer 39

Dà​ Yùn​ hé The Grand Canal

Question 40

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 人工

Answer 40

rén ​gōng manpower; man-made; artificial

Question 41

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 開建 or 开建

Answer 41

kāi jiàn to open up and build

Question 42

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 河流

Answer 42

hé​ liú rivers, formal

Question 43

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 杭洲

Answer 43

Háng zhōu Hangzhou

Question 44

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 連 or 连

Answer 44

lián to connect, to join

Question 45

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 水利

Answer 45

shuǐ ​lì irrigation

Question 46

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 項 or 项

Answer 46

Xiàng measure word for achievement

Question 47

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 成就

Answer 47

chéng ​jiù achievement, accomplishment

Question 48

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 隋朝

Answer 48

Suí ​cháo Sui dynasty (581-618)

Question 49

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 中期

Answer 49

zhōng ​qī middle period

Question 50

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 交流

Answer 50

jiāo ​liú​ N: exchange, interchange, communication

Question 51

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 建設 or 建设

Answer 51

jiàn​ shè N: construction V: to construct

Question 52

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 鐵路 or 铁路

Answer 52

tiě ​lù railway

Question 53

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 海

Answer 53

Hǎi sea

Question 54

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 地位

Answer 54

dì​ wèi position / status

Question 55

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 不如

Answer 55

bù ​rú not equal to / not as good as

Question 56

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 無論 or 无论

Answer 56

wú​ lùn no matter, regardless

Question 57

What is the meaning and pinyin of this character? 貢獻 or 贡献

Answer 57

gòng xiàn N: contribution (of something with significance and abstract entity) V: to contribute

Question 58

# Translate this sentence: 秦始皇建萬里長城原來是為了防止北方的敵人 | 向南邊侵略

Answer 58

The first emperor of china build the great wall to guard against invaders from the North and the South.

Question 59

# Translate this sentence: 從秦、漢一直到明、清，沒有一個朝代逃過了北方的外患

Answer 59

Ever since the Qin Dynasty, all the way to to the Ming, Qing Dynasties, there is not one dynasty that escaped from Northern Aggression.

Question 60

# Translate this sentence: 長城不但沒有防止北方敵人進人中國，反而限制了中國人往北方的發展。

Answer 60

The Great Wall not only failed to guard against northern enemies from entering (invading) china, but it also restricted china's development within the north.

Question 61

# Translate this sentence: 不過，這些去參觀的外國人哪裡會想到這個古老的長城是千千萬萬中國老百姓流血流汗的結果呢?

Answer 61

However, will these few foreign visitors realize that this ancient Great Wall was the result of tens of thousands of people's blood and sweat?

Question 62

# Translate this sentence: 這是古代中國人民在交通和水利兩項工程上的偉大成就。

Answer 62

In ancient times, these are the people's two greatest achievements in terms of transportation and irrigation.

Question 63

# Translate this sentece: 因為開始建設鐵路和發展海上的交通，運河的地位就· 一天不如一天了。

Answer 63

This is because at the start of the construction of the railway and the development of sea transportation, the Canal's position was getting worse day by day.