Class 242 Mid-Term Exam 1

Question 1

黑白无常

Answer 1

hēi bái wú cháng
two figures who arrive at a person’s death, to lead away the soul

Question 2

黑白

Answer 2

hēi bái
black and white; right and wrong; monochrome

Question 3

无常

Answer 3

wú cháng
variable; changeable; fickle; impermanence (Sanskrit: anitya); ghost taking away the soul after death; to pass away; to die

Question 4

阎王

Answer 4

yán wáng
same as 阎罗王; Yama, King of Hell; translation of Sanskrit: Yama Rama

Question 5

阎

Answer 5

yán
Yama; gate of village; (Chinese surname)

Question 6

王

Answer 6

wáng
king or monarch; best or strongest of its type; grand; great; (Chinese surname)

Question 7

申请

Answer 7

shēn qĭng
to apply for something; application (form, etc.)

Question 8

申

Answer 8

shēn
to extend; to state; to explain; 9th earthly branch: 3-5 pm, 7th solar month (7th August – 7th September), year of the Monkey; ancient Chinese compass point: 240 degrees; old name for Shanghai 上海; (Chinese surname)

Question 9

请

Answer 9

qĭng
to ask; to invite; please (do something); to treat (to a meal, etc.); to request

Question 10

复制

Answer 10

fù zhì
to duplicate; to make a copy of; to copy; to reproduce; to clone

Question 11

复

Answer 11

fù
to repeat; to double; to overlap; complex (not simple); compound; composite; double; diplo-; duplicate; overlapping; to duplicate

Question 12

制

Answer 12

zhì
to manufacture; to make

Question 13

粘贴

Answer 13

zhān tiē
to stick; to affix; to adhere; to paste (as in “copy and paste”); also written 黏贴

Question 14

粘

Answer 14

zhān
to glue; to paste; to adhere; to stick to

Question 15

贴

Answer 15

tiē
to stick; to paste; to post (e.g., on a blog); to keep close to; to fit snugly; to subsidize; allowance (e.g., money for food or housing); sticker; measure word for sticking plaster; strip

Question 16

扫描

Answer 16

săo miáo
to scan

Question 17

扫

Answer 17

săo
to sweep

Question 18

描

Answer 18

miáo
to depict; to trace (a drawing); to copy; to touch up

Question 19

截图

Answer 19

jié tú
screenshot (computing)

Question 20

截

Answer 20

jié
to cut off (a length); to stop; to intercept; section; chunk; length

Question 21

图

Answer 21

tú
diagram; picture; drawing; chart; map; to plan; to scheme; to attempt; to pursue; to seek

Question 22

截屏

Answer 22

jié píng
screenshot; to capture an image displayed on a computer screen

Question 23

屏

Answer 23

píng
(standing) screen

Question 24

高考

Answer 24

găo kăo
college entrance exam

Question 25

普通高等学校招生全国统一考试

Answer 25

pŭ tōng gāo dĕng xué xiào zhāo shēng quán guó tŏng yì kăo shì common colleges and universities student enrollment national standardized exam

Question 26

佩服

Answer 26

pèi fu to admire

Question 27

佩

Answer 27

pèi to respect; to wear (belt, etc.)

Question 28

服

Answer 28

fú clothes; dress; garment; to serve (in the military, a prison sentence, etc.); to obey; to be convinced (by an argument); to convince; to admire; to acclimatize; to take (medicine); mourning clothes; to wear mourning clothes

Question 29

认为

Answer 29

rèn wéi to believe; to think; to consider; to feel

Question 30

了不起

Answer 30

liăo bu qĭ amazing; terrific; extraordinary

Question 31

所以

Answer 31

suŏ yĭ therefore; as a result; so; the reason why

Question 32

所

Answer 32

suŏ actually; place; measure word for houses, small buildings, institutions, etc.; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive

Question 33

敬重

Answer 33

jìng zhòng to respect deeply; to revere; to esteem

Question 34

江山易改

Answer 34

jiāng shān yì găi rivers and mountains can easily change (but people’s character/behaviour cannot)

Question 35

本性难移

Answer 35

bĕn xìng nán yí it is hard to change one’s essential nature (idiom). You can’t change who you are; can the leopard change his spots (Jeremiah 13:23)

Question 36

本性

Answer 36

bĕn xìng natural instincts; nature; inherent quality

Question 37

移

Answer 37

yí to move; to shift; to change; to alter; to remove

Question 38

用来

Answer 38

yòng lái to be used for

Question 39

犄角旮旯

Answer 39

jī jiǎo gā lá corner; nook

Question 40

犄角

Answer 40

jī jiǎo horn

Question 41

旮旯

Answer 41

gā lá corner; nook; recess; out-of-the-way place

Question 42

角落

Answer 42

jiăo luò nook; corner

Question 43

不被人注意的地方

Answer 43

bù bèi rén zhù yì de dì fāng A place not paid attention to by people

Question 44

开导

Answer 44

kāi dăo to talk somebody round; to straighten something out; to enlighten

Question 45

说一些道理来劝告某人

Answer 45

shuō yī xiē dào lì lái quàn gào mŏu rén Speak some arguments to advise somebody

Question 46

劝告

Answer 46

quàn gào to advise; to urge; to exhort; exhortation; advice

Question 47

劝

Answer 47

quàn to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe

Question 48

告

Answer 48

gào to say; to tell; to announce; to report; to denounce; to file a lawsuit; to sue

Question 49

上网

Answer 49

shàng wăng to go online; to connect to the internet; (of a document, etc.) to be uploaded to the internet; (tennis, volleyball, etc.) to move in close to the net

Question 50

机盲

Answer 50

jī máng to be unable to use a machine, or kind of technology

Question 51

不懂计算机知识或不会用计算机的人

Answer 51

bù dŏng jì suàn jī zhī shi huò bù huì yòng jì suàn jī de rén A person who cannot understand or use a computer

Question 52

人是铁饭是钢

Answer 52

rén shì tiĕ fàn shì gāng one can’t function properly on an empty stomach (idiom); an empty sack cannot stand upright

Question 53

钢铁

Answer 53

gāng tiĕ steel

Question 54

钢

Answer 54

gāng steel

Question 55

铁

Answer 55

tiĕ iron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang); (Chinese surname)

Question 56

大侠

Answer 56

dà xiá knight; swordsman; noble warrior; chivalrous hero

Question 57

侠

Answer 57

xiá knight-errant; brave and chivalrous; hero; heroic

Question 58

钢铁侠

Answer 58

gāng tiĕ Iron Man, comic book superhero

Question 59

蜘蛛侠

Answer 59

zhī zhū xiá Spider-Man, comic book superhero

Question 60

这次考试又考砸了

Answer 60

zhè cì kăo shì yòu kăo zá le this time the exam was failed again

Question 61

考砸

Answer 61

kăo zá to flunk; to fail a test

Question 62

砸

Answer 62

zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to much up; to bungle

Question 63

失败

Answer 63

shī bài to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g., experiments); failure; defeat

Question 64

失

Answer 64

shī to lose; to miss; to fail

Question 65

败

Answer 65

bài to defeat; to damage; to lose (to an opponent); to fail; to wither

Question 66

跳砸了

Answer 66

tiào zá le to dance terribly (?)

Question 67

唱砸了

Answer 67

chàng zá le to sing terribly (?)

Question 68

演砸了

Answer 68

yăn zá le to perform terribly (?)

Question 69

演砸

Answer 69

yăn zá to crash

Question 70

往常

Answer 70

wăng cháng usual; customary

Question 71

万一

Answer 71

wàn yī just in case; if by any chance; contingency

Question 72

人家

Answer 72

rén jiā household; dwelling; family; somebody else’s house; household business; house of woman’s husband-to-be; used by girls trying to be ‘cute’ to refer to themselves

Question 73

笑话

Answer 73

xiào hua joke; jest; to laugh at; to mock

Question 74

只不过

Answer 74

zhĭ bu guò only; merely; nothing but; no more than; it’s just that...

Question 75

是一次期中考试罢了只是、仅仅。

Answer 75

shì yī cì qī zhōng kăo shì bà le zhĭ shì, jín jĭn. It’s merely just a mid-term exam, that’s all, only (this and nothing more).

Question 76

还可以说“只是……罢了”。

Answer 76

hái kĕ yĭ shuō “zhĭ shì... bà le”. Can still say “merely...that’s all”.

Question 77

罢了

Answer 77

bà le a modal particle indicating (that’s all, only, nothing much) bà liăo to let pass

Question 78

只是

Answer 78

zhĭ shì merely; simply; only; but

Question 79

仅仅

Answer 79

jín jĭn barely; only; merely; only (this and nothing more)

Question 80

仅

Answer 80

jín barely; only; merely jĭn barely; only; merely

Question 81

早就

Answer 81

zăo jiù already at an earlier time

Question 82

他早就知道这件事了，只是没告诉我们罢了

Answer 82

tā zăo jiù zhī dao zhè jiàn shì le, zhĭ shì méi gào sù wŏ men bà le he already at an earlier time knew (about) this matter, (he) merely didn’t tell us, that’s all

Question 83

她不是说不找男朋友吗?

Answer 83

tā bù shì shuō bù zhào nán péng you má? She didn’t say (that she) wasn’t seeking a boyfriend?

Question 84

她只不过是说说罢了，你别信她的。

Answer 84

tā zhĭ bu guò shì shuō shuo bà le, nĭ bié xìn tā de. She was only saying something, that’s all, don’t you believe her.

Question 85

这个房间也挺好的，只不过没有那个房间大罢了

Answer 85

zhè ge fáng jiān yĕ tĭng hăo de, zhĭ bu guò méi yŏu nà ge fáng jiā dà bà le This room is also good, it’s just not as big as that one