Chinese characters
change, n./v.
xiao3 chi1
snacks, street food
fast food
You see on the other side of the street, there is an American fast food restaurant, a Japanese bank, and a French clothing store......
My dad often says that Nanjing is a very quiet traditional city, so I never expected it would be so lively!
爸爸常常说南京是个很安静的传统城市，没想到这么热闹！
change into; become v.
shu2 xi
to know something or someone well; be familiar with
if it were not for
要不是 yao4 bu2 shi4
No matter how China changes, no matter how Nanjing changes, when you are hungry, you've got to eat, this doesn't change.
China opened its front gate, and has melded into the world. This is a good thing.
unexpectedly adv.
clothing, apparel
服装，fu2 zhuang1
“To mortals nothing matters as much as food”, to put it simply, is that the most important thing in ordinary people's lives is food.
你看，那是什么地方？人那么多，旁边还有吃的和玩的，五颜六色！
xiang3 xiang4
imagine
preserve traditional features
南京有一栋栋新盖的高楼大厦，也有一座座很有特色的传统建筑。
Nanjing has row after row of newly-built tall buildings, it also has row upon row of traditional architectures with many features.
It seems that Nanjing people are really trying their best to preserve old Nanjing's characters and traditions. Take architecture for example, Confucius Temple is very popular in Nanjing.
common folk;(ordinary) citizens n.
you2 ke4
tourist
the people think of food as important as heaven
民以食为天
- 站在这里，我听到了一种声音。
- 什么声音？
-历史的脚步声！
- I can hear a kind of sound.
- What sound?
- The footsteps of history.
- I can also hear a sound.
- What sound?
- The rumbling sound of my hungry stomach!
- 我也听到了一种声音。
- 什么声音？
- 肚子饿了咕噜咕噜叫的声音。