Lesson 42

Question 1

洋

Answer 1

yáng - foreign

Question 2

农村 / 農村

Answer 2

nóng cūn - rural area, countryside

Question 3

年夜饭 / 年夜飯

Answer 3

nián yè fàn - family reunion dinner on Lunar New Year’s Eve

Question 4

年夜

Answer 4

nián yè - Lunar New Year’s Eve

Question 5

健康

Answer 5

jiàn kāng - healthy

Question 6

发财 / 發財

Answer 6

fā cái - to get rich

Question 7

发 / 發

Answer 7

fā - to make a fortune

Question 8

财 / 財

Answer 8

cái - wealth, money

Question 9

万事如意 / 萬事如意

Answer 9

wàn shì rú yì - to realize all one’s wishes

Question 10

反而

Answer 10

fǎn ér - on the contrary

Question 11

尝 / 嘗

Answer 11

cháng - to taste

Question 12

红烧鱼 / 紅燒魚

Answer 12

hóng shāo yú - fish braised in brown sauce

Question 13

红烧 / 紅燒

Answer 13

hóng shāo - to braise in soy sauce

Question 14

鱼 / 魚

Answer 14

yú - fish

Question 15

肉

Answer 15

ròu - meat

Question 16

难道 / 難道

Answer 16

nán dào - used in a rhetorical question for emphasis

Question 17

发音 / 發音

Answer 17

fā yīn - pronunciation, to pronounce

Question 18

余 / 餘

Answer 18

yú - to remain

Question 19

结余 / 結餘

Answer 19

jié yú - to remain; surplus

Question 20

手机 / 手機

Answer 20

shǒu jī - mobile phone

Question 21

饺子 / 餃子

Answer 21

jiǎo zi - Chinese dumpling

Question 22

除夕

Answer 22

chú xī - Lunar New Year’s Eve

Question 23

守岁 / 守歲

Answer 23

shǒu suì - to stay up all night on Lunar New Year’s Eve

Question 24

随便 / 隨便

Answer 24

suí biàn - any, no matter (what, when, how, etc.)

Question 25

放鞭炮

Answer 25

fàng biān pào - to set off firecrackers

Question 26

放

Answer 26

fàng - to set or let off

Question 27

鞭炮

Answer 27

biān pào - firecrackers

Question 28

禁止

Answer 28

jìn zhǐ - to prohibit, to ban

Question 29

怪不得

Answer 29

guài bu de - no wonder, so that’s how

Question 30

外地

Answer 30

wài dì - parts of the country other than where one is

Question 31

春联 / 春聯

Answer 31

chūn lián - Spring Festival Couplets

Question 32

窗花

Answer 32

chuāng huā - paper-cut for window decoration

Question 33

尤其

Answer 33

yóu qí - especially

Question 34

郊区 / 郊區

Answer 34

jiāo qū - suburban district

Question 35

盖

Answer 35

gài - to build

Question 36

四合院

Answer 36

sì hé yuàn - quadrangle (type of compound)

Question 37

院子

Answer 37

yuàn zi - courtyard

Question 38

装 / 裝

Answer 38

zhuāng - to load, to pack

Question 39

卡车 / 卡車

Answer 39

kǎ chē - truck

Question 40

水泥

Answer 40

shuǐ ní - cement

Question 41

木头 / 木頭

Answer 41

mù tou - wood, log

Question 42

装修 / 裝修

Answer 42

zhuāng xiū - to renovate

Question 43

满 / 滿

Answer 43

mǎn - full

Question 44

准备 / 準備

Answer 44

zhǔn bèi - to prepare, to get ready

Question 45

送

Answer 45

sòng - to deliver, to carry

Question 46

房子

Answer 46

fáng zi - apartment, house

Question 47

邻居 / 鄰居

Answer 47

lín jū - neighbour

Question 48

村子

Answer 48

cūn zi - village

Question 49

听到 / 聽到

Answer 49

tīng dào - to hear

Question 50

汽车 / 汽車

Answer 50

qì chē - automobile

Question 51

声音 / 聲音

Answer 51

shēng yīn - sound, voice

Question 52

远 / 遠

Answer 52

yuǎn - far

Question 53

好奇

Answer 53

hào qí - curious

Question 54

卸

Answer 54

xiè - to remove, to unload

Question 55

完

Answer 55

wán - to finish

Question 56

把

Answer 56

bǎ

Question 57

声音 / 聲音

Answer 57

shēng yīn - voice, sound

Question 58

远 / 遠

Answer 58

yuǎn - far

Question 59

丈夫

Answer 59

zhàng fu - husband

Question 60

跳

Answer 60

tiào - to jump, to leap

Question 61

搬

Answer 61

bān - take away

Question 62

让 / 讓

Answer 62

ràng - to let, to allow

Question 63

司机 / 司機

Answer 63

sī jī - driver

Question 64

仔细 / 仔細

Answer 64

zǐ xì - carefully

Question 65

课文 / 課文

Answer 65

kè wén - text

Question 66

回答

Answer 66

huí dá - to answer

Question 67

迟到 / 遲到

Answer 67

chí dào - late

Question 68

干活儿 / 幹活兒

Answer 68

gàn huó er - to work

Question 69

趟

Answer 69

tàng - measure word for trips

Question 70

笑话 / 笑話

Answer 70

xiào hua - to laugh at

Question 71

犹豫 / 猶豫

Answer 71

yóu yù - hesitant

Question 72

推

Answer 72

tuī - to push

Question 73

小车 / 小車

Answer 73

xiǎo chē - wheelbarrow

Question 74

拍

Answer 74

pāi - to pat

Question 75

连忙 / 連忙

Answer 75

lián máng - promptly, at once

Question 76

声 / 聲

Answer 76

shēng - sound

Question 77

拜年

Answer 77

bài nián - to pay a New Year’s call

Question 78

花生

Answer 78

huā shēng - peanut

Question 79

梨

Answer 79

lí - pear

Question 80

杏儿

Answer 80

xìngr - apricot

Question 81

压岁钱 / 壓歲錢

Answer 81

yā suì qián - money given to children as Lunar New Year’s gift

Question 82

年底

Answer 82

nián dǐ - end of the year

Question 83

富

Answer 83

fù - rich, wealthy

Question 84

小康

Answer 84

xiǎo kāng - relatively well-off

Question 85

山沟 山溝

Answer 85

shān gōu - remote mountaneous area

Question 86

彩电 / 彩電

Answer 86

cǎi diàn - colour television

Question 87

农业 / 農業

Answer 87

nóng yè - agriculture

Question 88

养蜂 / 養蜂

Answer 88

yǎng fēng - to raise or keep bees

Question 89

蜂蜜

Answer 89

fēng mì - honey

Question 90

缺

Answer 90

quē - to lack