New Practical Chinese Reader (2nd edition) Volume 4 Lesson 42洋姑爷在农村过春节 A Foreign Son-in-Law Celebrates the Spring Festival in the Countryside
53 core vocabulary itemsTextbook order
Word list
Vocabulary
| No. | Item | Pinyin | POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 财 | cái | n. | wealth; money |
| 2 | 春联 | chūn | n. | Spring Festival Couplets |
| 3 | 鞭炮 | biān | n. | firecrackers |
| 4 | 难道 | nán | adv. | used in a rhetorical question for emphasis |
| 5 | 余 | yú | v./n. | surplus |
| 6 | 农村 | nóng | n. | rural area; countryside |
| 7 | 红烧鱼 | hóng | n. | fish braised in brown sauce |
| 8 | 守岁 | shǒu | v. | to stay up all night on New Year's Eve |
| 9 | 年夜 | nián | n. | the lunar New Year's Eve |
| 10 | 随便 | suí | adj. | casual; informal; random |
| 11 | 外地 | wài | n. | parts of the country other than where one is |
| 12 | 发 | fā | v. | to make a fortune |
| 13 | 放鞭炮 | fàng biān | v. | to set off firecrackers |
| 14 | 怪不得 | guài | ie. | no wonder; so that's why |
| 15 | 红烧 | hóng | v. | to braise in brown sauce |
| 16 | 尝 | cháng | v. | to taste, to try the flavor |
| 17 | 鱼 | yú | n. | fish |
| 18 | 发财 | fā | v. | to get rich; to make a fortune |
| 19 | 结余 | jié | v./n. | surplus |
| 20 | 除夕 | chú | n. | New Year's Eve |
| 21 | 反而 | fǎn'ér | adv. | on the contrary |
| 22 | 饺子 | jiǎo | n. | dumpling |
| 23 | 样 | yáng | adj. | foreign |
| 24 | 年夜饭 | nián | n. | family reunion dinner on the lunar New Year's Eve |
| 25 | 发音 | fā | v. | to pronounce |
| 26 | 拜年 | bài | v. | to pay a New Year's call |
| 27 | 四合院 | sì | n. | traditional residential compound with houses around a square courtyard |
| 28 | 窗花 | chuāng | n. | paper-cut for window decoration |
| 29 | 年底 | nián | n. | the end of the year |
| 30 | 连忙 | lián | adv. | promptly |
| 31 | 装修 | zhuāng | v. | to fit up; to renovate |
| 32 | 农业 | nóng | n. | agriculture |
| 33 | 小康 | xiǎo | adj. | relatively comfortable life |
| 34 | 远亲不如近邻 | yuǎn qīn bù rú jìn lín | ie. | a close neighbor means more than a distant relative |
| 35 | 尤其 | yóu | adv. | especially |
| 36 | 干活 | gàn | v. | to work |
| 37 | 花生 | huā | n. | peanut |
| 38 | 梨 | lí | n. | pear |
| 39 | 水泥 | shuǐ | n. | cement |
| 40 | 富 | fù | adj. | rich |
| 41 | 趟 | tàng | mw. | measure word for trips |
| 42 | 压岁钱 | yā | n. | money given to children as a lunar New Year gift |
| 43 | 小车 | xiǎo | n. | wheelbarrow |
| 44 | 彩电 | cǎi | n. | color television |
| 45 | 卡车 | kǎ | n. | lorry; truck |
| 46 | 养蜂 | yǎng fēng | v. | to raise or keep bees |
| 47 | 杏儿 | xìngr | n. | apricot |
| 48 | 缺 | quē | v. | to be short of sth.; to lack sth. |
| 49 | 蜂蜜 | fēng | n. | honey |
| 50 | 禁止 | jìn | v. | to prohibit, to ban |
| 51 | 卸 | xiè | v. | to unload; to discharge |
| 52 | 山沟 | shān | n. | remote mountainous area |
| 53 | 犹豫 | yóu | adj. | hesitate |
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