Lesson 42 Part 1

Question 1

洋

Answer 1

yáng - foreign

Question 2

农村

Answer 2

nóng cūn - rural area, countryside

Question 3

年夜饭

Answer 3

nián yè fàn - family reunion dinner on Spring Festival’s Eve

Question 4

健康

Answer 4

jiàn kāng - healthy

Question 5

发财

Answer 5

fā cái - to get rich, to make a fortune

Question 6

万事如意

Answer 6

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

Question 7

反而

Answer 7

fǎn’ér - on the contrary

Question 8

尝

Answer 8

cháng - to taste, to try the flavor

Question 9

红烧鱼

Answer 9

hóng shāo yú - fish braised in brown sauce

Question 10

肉

Answer 10

ròu - meat, pork

Question 11

难道

Answer 11

nán dào - used in a rhetorical question

Question 12

发音

Answer 12

fā yīn - pronunciation; to pronounce

Question 13

结余

Answer 13

jié yú - to remain, surplus

Question 14

手机

Answer 14

shǒu jī - mobile phone

Question 15

饺子

Answer 15

jiǎo zī - Chinese dumpling

Question 16

除夕

Answer 16

chú xī - Spring Festival’s Eve, Lunar New Year’s Eve

Question 17

守岁

Answer 17

shǒu suì - to stay up all night on the Spring Festival’s Eve

Question 18

随便

Answer 18

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

Question 19

放鞭炮

Answer 19

fàng biān pào - to set off firecrackers

Question 20

禁止

Answer 20

jìn zhǐ - to prohibit, to ban

Question 21

怪不得

Answer 21

guài bu de - no wonder, so that’s why

Question 22

外地

Answer 22

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

Question 23

春联

Answer 23

chūn lián - Spring Festival couplets

Question 24

窗花

Answer 24

chuāng huā - papercut for window decoration

Question 25

尤其

Answer 25

yóu qí - especially