# Speaking Chinese About China 2 - Lesson 02 # Published by Sinolingua, 1990 - ISBN 7800521540 # Version 1.0 # Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org) 日记 [rìjì] /diary, journal/ 极其 [jíqí] /extremely/ 落后 [luòhòu] /(to be) backward, underdeveloped/ 可怜 [kělián] /pathetic, pitiable/ 实际上 [shíjìshang] /in fact, actually/ 实际 [shíjì] /actual, practical; actuality, reality/ 采矿 [cǎikuàng] /to mine; mining/ 修配 [xiūpèi] /repair; to repair/ 产品 [chǎnpǐn] /product/ 进口 [jìnkǒu] /to import; import/ 管A叫 B [guǎn A jiào B] /to call A B/ 火柴 [huǒchái] /match/ 规模 [guīmó] /scale/ 严重 [yánzhòng] /grave, serious/ 内地 [nèidì] /inland areas/ 制造 [zhìzào] /manufacture/ 电子 [diànzǐ] /electron, electronics/ 国防 [guófáng] /national defence/ 机床 [jīchuáng] /machine tool/ 全面 [quánmiàn] /overall, multi-faceted/ 展销会 [zhǎnxiāohuì] /exhibition where items are for sale/ 布匹 [bùpǐ] /fabrics, textiles/ 尤其 [yóuqí] /especially/ 服装 [fúzhuāng] /clothing, uniform, costume/ 花色 [huāsè] /design and color (of materials)/ 品种 [pǐnzhǒng] /kind, type, style/ 吸引 [xīyǐn] /to attract/ 观众 [guānzhòng] /viewer, audience/ 无论…(都|也) [wúlùn...(dōu|yě)] /no matter what, regardless of/ 男女老少 [nánnǚ-lǎoshào] /men and women, young and old, all people/ 单调 [dāndiào] /monotonous/ 解释 [jiěshì] /to explain; explanation/ 比例 [bǐlì] /proportion, ratio/ 失调 [shītiáo] /to lose balance, to be imbalanced/ 腿 [tuǐ] /leg/ 速度 [sùdu] /speed/ 调整 [tiáozhěng] /to adjust; adjustment/ 好转 [hǎozhuǎn] /to change for the better; improvement/ 满足 [mǎnzú] /to satisfy, to be satisfied/ 需要 [xūyào] /need; to need to/ 市场 [shìcháng] /market/ 专家 [zhuānjiā] /specialist, expert/ 油田 [yóutián] /oilfield/ 自给 [zìjǐ] /to be self-sufficient/ 质量 [zhìliàng] /quality/ 怪不得 [guàibude] /no wonder/ 出口 [chūkǒu] /to export; export/ 险 [xiǎn] /dangerous, precipitous/ 谷 [gǔ] /valley/ 实在 [shízài] /truly, really/ 桥 [qiáo] /bridge/ 轮渡 [lúndù] /ferry/ 架 [jià] /to build; (measure word for machines), rack/ 铁路 [tiělù] /railway/ 公路 [gōnglù] /highway/ 差得远 [chàdeyuǎn] /to fall short by far/ 差 [chà] /to lack, to be lacking, inferior, poor/ 拖…后腿 [tuō...hòutuǐ] /to hinder, to restrain/ 挤 [jǐ] /to be crowded, to squeeze/ 货运 [huòyùn] /freight transport/ 座谈 [zuòtán] /discussion, symposium; to have a discussion or meeting/ 强烈 [qiángliè] /ardent, violent, fierce/ 目标 [mùbiāo] /target, aim/ 翻…翻 [fān...fān] /to double, N times/ 比不上 [bǐbushàng] /cannot compare with, not as good as/ 先进 [xiānjìn] /advanced/ -弹 [-dàn] /projectile/ 原子弹 [yuánzǐdàn] /atomic bomb/ 氢弹 [qīngdàn] /hydrogen bomb/ 回收 [huíshōu] /to retrieve, to reclaim/ 人造地球卫星 [rénzào dìqiú wèixīng] /man-made earth satellite/ 大庆油田 [Dàqìng Yóutián] /Daqing Oilfields/ 陕西 [Shǎnxī] /Shaanxi Province/ 蜀 [Shǔ] /(abbr. for) Sichuan Province/ 云南 [Yúnnán] /Yunnan Province/ 贵州 [Guìzhōu] /Guizhou Province/ # end