重要的生词 (第十二课 ~ 1) 名字 ____________________

pinyin meaning

节日	节日
风俗	风俗
用处	用处
表面上	表面上
实际上	实际上
自杀	自杀
爱国	爱国
精神	精神
老百姓	老百姓
救	救
动人	动人

1. 节日 节 (originally “bamboo segment” -> period [of time]), so 节日 means “a special day that marks a particular period of

calendar time”, namely, “holidays or festivals.”

8. 用处 用 (“ to use”) + 处 (= 地方 “place”) -> places where something can be used

32. 精神 精 (originally the “essence of rice (米)” -> select, choice) + 神 (god, deity)

46. 动人 动 (“move; motion”) -> 动人 ( “people-moving; moving, touching, poignant”)

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重要的生词 (第十二课 ~ 2) 名字 ____________________

pinyin meaning

传统	传统
鞭炮	鞭炮
拜年	拜年
各种各样	各种各样
灯	灯
月亮	月亮
圆	圆
尽可能	尽可能
院子	院子
春节	春节

47. 传统 传 (the altered “person” radical 人 on the left -> “pass (from person to person); transmit”) + 统 (the “thread” radical糸

on the left -> “to tie together strings, etc.”) –> 传统 is both a continuing (传) and a uniting (统) force.

48. 鞭炮 鞭 (“whip” ) + 炮 (the “fire” radical 火 on the left, “cannon”) -> Some lit firecrackers sound like whips (high-pitched

and sharp), some like thundering cannon (heavy-sounding). -> “(generic) firecrackers”

64. 尽可能 尽 (“to exhaust”) + 可能 (“possibilities”) -> “to exhaust all the possibilities; try one’s best, do one’s utmost”