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T3 Topic 5
Family Transformations
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 五代同堂 (wu dai tong tang) | five generations under one roof |
| 竟然 (jing ran) | surprisingly/ unexpectedly |
| 探讨 (tan tao) | to investigate |
| 究竟 (jiu jing) | actually (the fact of the matter) |
| 爷爷 (ye ye) | grandfather (paternal) |
| 奶奶 (nai nai) | grandmother (paternal) |
| 媳妇 (xi fu) | daughter-in-law |
| 宝贝 (bao bei) | precious/ treasure/ darling |
| 孙子 (sun zi) | grandchild (son) |
| 农村 (nong cun) | rural village/ countryside |
| 主干家庭 (zhu gan jia ting) | Mainstay family |
| 健康 (jian kang) | health |
| 一般 (yi ban) | ordinarily |
| 核心家庭 (he xin jia ting) | Nuclear family |
| 日益增多 (ri yi zeng duo) | increasing/ on the rise |
| 单亲家庭 (dan qin jia ting) | Single-parent family |
| 幸福 (xing fu) | happiness |
| 分享 (fen xiang) | sharing/ to share |
| 夫妇 (fu fu) | married couple |
| 正面 (zheng mian) | positive |
| 过 ~ (guo) | overly |
| 事实 (shi shi) | truth/ fact |
| 负担 (fu dan) | burden |
| 投资 (tou zi) | to invest/ investment |
| 除此以外 (chu ci yi wai) | apart from this |
| 负面 (fu mian) | negative |
| 存有 (cun you) | to have/ to hold onto/ to store |
| 重男轻女 (zhong nan qing nü) | preference of boys to girls |
| 思想 (si xiang) | thought/ idea |
| 得知 (de zhi) | to learn of/ to find out |
| 堕胎 (duo tai) | abortion |
| 独生孩子 (du sheng hai zi) | only child |
| 甚至 (shen zhi) | even |
| 照顾 (zhao gu) | to take care of |
| 阳光灿烂 (yang guang can lan) | glorious sunshine |
| 无微不至 (wu wei bu zhi) | good care |
| 沉重 (chen zhong) | heavy burden |
| 噩梦 (e meng) | nightmare |
| 承受 (cheng shou) | to bear |
| 讨论 (tao lun) | to discuss |
| 解释 (jie shi) | to explain |
| 一下 (yi xia) | a moment |
| 看法 (kan fa) | view |
| 婚姻 (hun yin) | marriage |
| 目的 (mu di) | purpose |
| 还不如 (hai bu ru) | better to/ might as well |
| 白领 (bai ling) | white-collar worker |
| 教育 (jiao yu) | to educate/ education |
| 拼命 (pin ming) | to fight to the death/ to go all out |
| 用 (yong) | to use |
| 清华大学 (qing hua da xue) | Tsinghua University |
| 羡慕 (xian mu) | to envy |
| 说实话 (shuo shi hua) | to be honest |
| 鼓励 (gu li) | to encourage |
| 随着 (sui zhe) | following/ to follow |
| 独立 (du li) | independent |
| 依赖 (yi lai) | to depend on |
| 洗衣 (xi yi) | to wash clothes |
| 期许 (qi xu) | to hope or expect something from someone else |
| 之后 (zhi hou) | afterwards |
| 出人头地 (chu ren tou di) | to become successful/ to be above others |
| 梦想 (meng xiang) | dream/ amibtion |
| 实际 (shi ji) | realistic |
| 心情 (xin qing) | feeling/ emotion |
| 复杂 (fu za) | complicated |