Week 5 Lesson 2

Question 1

有据可考

Answer 1

Yǒu jù kě kǎo Evidence-based

Question 2

大打出手

Answer 2

dà dǎ chū shǒu to come to blows / to start a fight / (derived from the term for a type of theatrical fight scene, 打出手[dǎ chū shǒu])

Question 3

德高望重

Answer 3

dé gāo wàng zhòng (idiom) a person of virtue and prestige; a person of good moral standing and reputation

Question 4

治病救人

Answer 4

zhì bìng jiù rén to treat the disease to save the patient / to criticize a person in order to help him

Question 5

針鋒相對 | 针锋相对

Answer 5

zhēn fēng xiāng duì to oppose each other with equal harshness (idiom); tit for tat / measure for measure

Question 6

共識 | 共识

Answer 6

gòng shí common understanding / consensus

Question 7

胡說八道 | 胡说八道

Answer 7

hú shuō bā dào to talk rubbish

Question 8

哺乳動物 | 哺乳动物

Answer 8

bǔ rǔ dòng wù mammal

Question 9

不值一驳

Answer 9

bù zhí yī bó (of an argument) not even worthy of a rebuttal

Question 10

牽扯 | 牵扯

Answer 10

qiān chě to involve; to implicate / to be interrelated

Question 11

激怒

Answer 11

jī nù to infuriate / to enrage / to exasperate