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pronunciation
Explain the grammar structure "先...,再/然后...", and provide a simple sentence as an example.
我先洗手,再吃饭。
他想先看电影,再做功课。
What's the eight-character phrase to mean "every year has fish, every year has surplus"?
年年有鱼, 年年有余!
这是一套三室、两厅、两卫的公寓,住起来很舒服。
This is an apartment with 3 bedrooms, 2 common family areas (living room and dining room), 2 bathrooms, very comfortable to live in.
剩下
to leave something over
This structure adds the meaning of "every" to the noun that follows.Eg: 天天 mean everyday,人人 means everybody.
List at least 3 Chinese New Year's wishes or greetings that are appropriate to say to people for 春节。(Don't say 新年快乐)
我给你拜年了!
过年好!
祝你身体健康!
恭喜发财!
祝你学习进步!
祝你事业成功!
祝你找工作顺利!
在家里吃年夜饭比较好,因为有家庭气氛。
It is relatively better to have New Year's Eve dinner at home, because of the family atmosphere.
春晚
Spring Festival TV Gala
一边...,一边...。
Do A while do B at the same time.
Originally. This word usually used when something got changed later, as there was an original status or original plan.
我本来想去那个学校,但是太远了,所以我来了这个学校。
If you don't drink liquor, what should you say to propose a toast to an elderly person and wish him/her good health?
我以茶代酒,祝你身体健康!
They first went to Xue Mei's home in Beijing, after that/ then, they came to uncle's home in Hangzhou.
他们先去了在北京的雪梅家,然后/再来杭州的舅舅家。
拜年
to wish someone a Happy Chinese New Year
succesful career!
他看起来很高兴, in this sentence, what does 看起来 mean? Please explain this grammar and provide another example with a different verb.
起来 (qǐ lái) is used in this structure to express that the speaker has only just initiated an action, and based on that, has made a preliminary judgment.
* This structure expresses that the subject seems adjective when the action of the verb is performed. This structure is frequently used with perception verbs such as 看(kàn), 听(tīng), 闻(wén), 摸(mō), etc.
Name in Chinese the Lunar Calendar dates of Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, and Min-Autumn Festival.
农历正月初一,正月十五,八月十五。
我的舅舅和舅妈把时间都放在事业上,不想要孩子,生活在”二人世界“里。
count down
Wish you good fortune/ prosperity!
What does 像...一样 mean? Please explain this grammar structure and provide an example sentence.
It means "similar to...", for example, 她像她的妈妈一样,都很喜欢帮人。
or: 中秋节像感恩节一样,都是一家人团圆的节日。
List at least 4 things in Chinese about what Chinese people do as rituals during Spring Festival.
贴窗花, 贴春联,给红包,吃年夜饭,看春晚,放鞭炮,拜年,吃鱼,吃饺子,etc.
Aunt is busy doing New Year's Eve dinner, uncle is helping her in the kitchen. You can tell that they are very close to each other (they have very good relation).
舅妈忙着做年夜饭,舅舅在厨房帮她。看得出来,他们的感情很好。