A Bite of China

Episode review

Nutrition

S3E4 · 养 yǎng

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4.51 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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韭菜 韭菜 jiǔ cài garlic chives (Allium tuberosum), aka Chinese chives; (fig.) retail investors who lose their money to more experienced operators (i.e. they are "harvested" like garlic chives) ∼HSK 1
医书 醫書 yī shū medical book ∼HSK 1
脑 腦 nǎo brain ∼HSK 1
口诀 口訣 kǒu jué mnemonic chant; rhyme for remembering (arithmetic tables, character stroke order etc) ∼HSK 1
开饭 開飯 kāi fàn to serve a meal ∼HSK 1
上书 上書 shàng shū to write a letter (to the authorities); to present a petition ∼HSK 1
果 果 guǒ fruit; result ∼HSK 1
外国人 外國人 wài guó rén foreigner ∼HSK 1
体 體 tī body; group, class, body, unit; inferior ∼HSK 1
点水 點水 diǎn shuǐ to skim; lightly touching the water (as the dragonfly in the idiom 蜻蜓點水|蜻蜓点水); skin-deep ∼HSK 1
几年 幾年 jǐ nián a few years; several years; how many years? ∼HSK 1
不明就里 不明就裡 bù míng jiù lǐ not to understand the situation; unaware of the ins and outs ∼HSK 1
不可 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
这是 這是 zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
候 候 hòu wait; expect; visit; greet ∼HSK 1
是以 是以 shì yǐ therefore; thus; so ∼HSK 1
几年来 幾年來 jǐ nián lái for the past several years ∼HSK 1
十五 十五 shí wǔ fifteen; 15 ∼HSK 1
每个 每個 měi gè each; every ∼HSK 1
一家人 一家人 yī jiā rén household; the whole family ∼HSK 1
米饭 米飯 mǐ fàn (cooked) rice HSK 1
渴 渴 kě thirsty HSK 1
半天 半天 bàn tiān half of the day; a long time; quite a while; midair HSK 1
放假 放假 fàng jià to have a holiday or vacation HSK 1
午饭 午飯 wǔ fàn lunch HSK 1
北京 北京 Běi jīng Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China HSK 1
图书馆 圖書館 tú shū guǎn library HSK 1
鸡蛋 雞蛋 jī dàn (chicken) egg; hen's egg HSK 1
新年 新年 xīn nián New Year HSK 1
牛奶 牛奶 niú nǎi cow's milk HSK 1
常常 常常 cháng cháng frequently; often HSK 1
是不是 是不是 shì bù shì is or isn't; yes or no; whether or not HSK 1
不对 不對 bù duì incorrect; wrong; amiss; abnormal; queer HSK 1
在家 在家 zài jiā to be at home; (at a workplace) to be in (as opposed to being away on official business 差); (Buddhism etc) to remain a layman (as opposed to becoming a monk or a nun 家) HSK 1
老人 老人 lǎo rén old man or woman; the elderly; one's aged parents or grandparents HSK 1
知识 知識 zhī shi knowledge; intellectual HSK 1
贵 貴 guì expensive; noble; precious; (honorific) your HSK 1
一会儿 一會兒 yī huì r a moment; a while; in a moment; now...now...; also pr. [yī huǐ r] HSK 1
茶 茶 chá tea; tea plant HSK 1
进来 進來 jìn lái to come in HSK 1
同学 同學 tóng xué to study at the same school; fellow student; classmate HSK 1
慢 慢 màn slow HSK 1
有时候 有時候 yǒu shí hou sometimes HSK 1
最好 最好 zuì hǎo best; (you) had better (do what we suggest) HSK 1
天气 天氣 tiān qì weather HSK 1
哥哥 哥哥 gē ge older brother HSK 1
进去 進去 jìn qù to go in HSK 1
饭 飯 fàn cooked rice; meal; (loanword) fan; devotee HSK 1
国 國 guó country; nation; state; (bound form) national HSK 1
饿 餓 è to be hungry; hungry; to starve (sb) HSK 1