# Practical Chinese Reader Book 2 - Lesson 39 # Published by The Commercial Press, Beijing 1996 - ISBN 7100000890 # Version 1.0 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) 对 [duì] /to, for/ 关心 [guānxīn] /to care for, to be concerned with/ 车间 [chējiān] /workshop/ 选举 [xuānjǔ] /to elect/ 主人 [zhǔrèn] /director, head/ 老骥伏枥,志在千里 [lǎojìfúlì zhìzàiqiānlǐ] /an old steed in the stable still aspires to gallop a thousand li, (fig.) old people may still cherish high aspirations/ 句 [jù] /(a measure word for sentences or lines of verse)/ 意思 [yìsi] /meaning/ 虽然 [suīrán] /though, although/ 但是 [dànshishì] /but/ 本子 [běnzi] /book, notebook/ 春天 [chūntiān] /spring/ 退休 [tuìxiū] /to retire/ 街道 [jiēdào] /street/ 一 ... 就 [yī ... jiù] /no sooner than, as soon as/ 阿姨 [āyí] /auntie/ 邻居 [línjū] /neighbor/ 远方 [yuǎnfāng] /distant place/ 客人 [kèren] /guest, visitor/ 留 [liú] /to remain, to ask somebody to stay/ 叔叔 [shūshu] /father's younger brother, uncle/ 聪明 [cōngming] /intelligent, bright/ 完 [wán] /to finish, to be over/ 不好意思 [bù hǎoyìsi] /to feel embarassed, to feel embarrassing (to do something)/ 愉快 [yúkuài] /happy, delighted/ 永远 [yǒngyuǎn] /always, forever/ 记 [jì] /to remember, to bear in mind/ 小兰 [Xiǎolán] /(name of a person)/ 衣柜 [yīguì] /wardrobe/ 书架 [shūjià] /bookshelf/ 师傅 [shīfu] /master, a qualified worker/ 坏 [huài] /(there is something) wrong with, out of order/ 手 [shǒu] /hand/ 条子 [tiáozi] /a short note, a slip of paper/ 关 [guān] /to close, to shut/ # end