Class 304 Five Elements 02

Question 1

金木水火土

Answer 1

jīn mù shuǐ huǒ tǔ
gold wood water fire earth (usual spoken order)

Question 2

太阳东升西落

Answer 2

tài yang dōng shēng xǐ luò
the sun rises in the east and sets in the west

Question 3

夕阳

Answer 3

xī yáng
sunset; the setting sun

Question 4

适应

Answer 4

shì yìng
to adapt; to fit; to suit

Question 5

促进

Answer 5

cù jìn
to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost

Question 6

促

Answer 6

cù
to urge; to press; to prompt; to rush somebody; to hasten something; to expedite

Question 7

进

Answer 7

jìn
to go forward; to advance; to go it; to enter; to put in; to submit; to take in; to admit; (math.) base of a number system; measure word for sections in a building or residential compound

Question 8

催促

Answer 8

cuī cù
to urge

Question 9

促

Answer 9

cù
urgent; hurried; to urge; to promote; to urge haste; close; intimate

Question 10

促进两国关系友好发展

Answer 10

cù jìn liǎng guó guān xi yǒu hǎo fā zhān
to promote friendship and development between two countries

Question 11

促进经济发展

Answer 11

cù jìn jīng jì fā zhǎn
to promote economic development

Question 12

木生火

Answer 12

mù shēng huǒ
wood produces fire

Question 13

火生土

Answer 13

huǒ shēng tǔ
fire produces earth

Question 14

土生金

Answer 14

tǔ shēng jīn
earth produces gold

Question 15

金生水

Answer 15

jīn shēng shuǐ
gold produces water

Question 16

水生木

Answer 16

shuǐ shēng mù
water produces wood

Question 17

冷热

Answer 17

lěng rè
cold and hot

Question 18

干湿

Answer 18

gān shī
dry and wet

Question 19

风水土火

Answer 19

fēng shuǐ tǔ huǒ
air, water, earth and fire

Question 20

节约

Answer 20

jié yuē
to economize; to conserve (resources); economy; frugal

Question 21

节

Answer 21

jié
festival; holiday; node; joint; section; segment; part; to economize; to save; to abridge; moral integrity; measure word for segments, e.g., lessons, train wagons, biblical verses

Question 22

约

Answer 22

yuē
to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise

Question 23

约束

Answer 23

yuē shù
to restrict; to limit to; to constrain; restriction; constraint

Question 24

克制情绪

Answer 24

kè zhì qíng xù
to restrain the mood

Question 25

木克土

Answer 25

mǔ dè tǔ wood subdues earth

Question 26

土克水

Answer 26

tǔ kè shuǐ earth subdues water

Question 27

水克火

Answer 27

shuǐ kè huǒ water subdues fire

Question 28

火克金

Answer 28

huǒ kè jīn fire subdues gold

Question 29

金克木

Answer 29

jīn kè mù gold subdues wood

Question 30

传递

Answer 30

chuán dì to transmit; to pass on to somebody else; (math.) transitive

Question 31

传

Answer 31

chuán to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity)

Question 32

递

Answer 32

dì to hand over; to pass on something; to gradually increase or decrease; progressively

Question 33

烧

Answer 33

shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water, etc.); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one’s head

Question 34

熔化

Answer 34

róng huà to melt (of ice, metals, etc.)

Question 35

熔

Answer 35

róng to smelt; to fuse

Question 36

化

Answer 36

huà to make into; to change into; -ization; to ...-ize; to transform; abbr. for 化学

Question 37

制约

Answer 37

zhì yuē to restrict; condition

Question 38

制

Answer 38

zhì system; to control; to regulate; variant of 製

Question 39

约

Answer 39

yuē to make an appointment; to invite; approximately; pact; treaty; to economize; to restrict; to reduce (a fraction); concise

Question 40

调节

Answer 40

tiáo jié to adjust; to regulate; to harmonize; to reconcile (accountancy, etc.)

Question 41

调

Answer 41

tiáo to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite

Question 42

斧头

Answer 42

fǔ tóu ax; hatchet

Question 43

斧

Answer 43

fǔ hatchet

Question 44

头

Answer 44

tóu head; hair style; the top; end; beginning or end; a stub; remnant; chief; boss; side; aspect; first; leading; measure word for pigs or livestock

Question 45

滋养

Answer 45

zī yǎng to nourish

Question 46

滋

Answer 46

zī to grow; to nourish; to increase; to cause; juice; taste; (dialect) to spout; to spurt

Question 47

养

Answer 47

yǎng to raise (animals); to bring up (children); to keep (pets); to support; to give birth

Question 48

转化

Answer 48

zhuǎn huà to change; to transform; isomerization

Question 49

转

Answer 49

zhuǎn to turn; to change direction; to transfer; to forward (mail); (internet) to share (somebody else’s content)

Question 50

埋

Answer 50

mái to bury mán to blame

Question 51

液态

Answer 51

yè tài liquid (state)

Question 52

液

Answer 52

yè liquid; fluid

Question 53

态

Answer 53

tài (bound form); appearance; shape; form; state; attitude; (grammar) voice

Question 54

克制

Answer 54

kè zhì to restrain; to control; restraint; self-control

Question 55

克

Answer 55

kè to be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 ares; abbr. for 克罗地亚, Croatia; (Tw) abbr. for 克罗埃西亚, Croatia

Question 56

阻挡

Answer 56

zǔ dǎng to stop; to resist; to obstruct

Question 57

阻

Answer 57

zǔ to hinder; to block; to obstruct

Question 58

挡

Answer 58

dǎng to resist; to obstruct; to hinder; to keep off; to block (a blow); to get in the way of; cover; gear (e.g., in a car’s transmission)