# Elementary Chinese Readers, Book 2 - Lesson 36 # Published by Sinolingua, 1986 - ISBN 7800520269 # Version 1.0 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) 以前 [yǐqián] /before, in the past, ago/ 干部 [gànbù] /cadre/ 社员 [shèyuán] /commune member/ 解放军 [jiěfàngjūn] /liberation army, the PLAman/ 秋天 [qiūtiān] /autumn/ 热 [rè] /hot/ 春天 [chūntiān] /spring/ 暖和 [nuǎnhuo] /warm/ 冷 [lěng] /cold/ 凉快 [liángkuai] /nice and cool, pleasantly cool/ 下雨 [xià yǔ] /to fall (rain), to rain/ 雨 [yǔ] /rain/ 雪 [xuě] /snow/ 刮 [guā] /to blow/ 风 [fēng] /wind/ 要 ... 了[yào ... le] /will, to be going to/ 以后 [yǐhòu] /later on, in the future/ 季 [jì] /season/ 秋收 [qiūshōu] /to harvest in autumn, autumn harvest/ 劳动 [láodòng] /to do physical labor/ 帮助 [bāngzhù] /to help/ 晴 [qíng] /clear, fine, fair/ 阴 [yīn] /cloudy, gloomy/ 云 [yún] /cloud/ 温度 [wēndù] /temperature/ 度 [dù] /(a measure word), degree/ 摄氏 [Shèshì] /centigrade/ # end