L30:Geography of China *

少数民族national minority, ethnic groupshǎo shù mín zú
花完to spend allhuā wán
这部电影this movie   alternativezhè bù diàn yǐng
最好不过了there is nothing better, none can surpasszuì hǎo bú guò le
打开灯to switch on the lightdǎ kāi dēng
第二天next day, the morrowdì èr tiān
自己的位子one's seatzì jǐ de wèi zi
人口较少the population is relatively sparse   abbreviatedrén kǒu jiào shǎo
当她的导游to serve as her tour guidedāng tā de dǎo yóu
旅行的路线route of travellǚ xíng de lù xiàn
你这个主意this idea of yoursnǐ zhè ge zhú yi
走太花时间to walk takes too much timezǒu tài huā shí jiān
从西往东流to flow from west towards eastcóng xī wǎng dōng liú
在沿海一带in the area around the oceanzài yán hǎi yí dài
大海sea, oceandà hǎi
一下子in a short while, all at once, all of a suddenyī xià zi
river bank, shore, river drainage ditch (old)
浦东Pudong   subprovincial district of Shanghaipǔ dōng
engrave, shrewddiāo
雪雕snow sculpturexuě diāo
nestcháo
鸟巢bird's nest   stadium of Beijing 2008 Olympic gamesniǎo cháo
放学后after school, after classes are overfàng xué hòu
汽油gas, gasolineqì yóu
专程special-purpose tripzhuān chéng
情调sentiment, tone and mood, tasteqíng diào
明日之星rising starmíng rì zhī xīng
报仇to revenge (oneself), to avengebào chóu
指望to hope for sth, to count on, hopezhǐ wàng
外表external, outside, outward appearancewài biǎo
冷酷grim, unfeeling, callouslěng kù
对比contrast, balanceduì bǐ
停留to stay somewhere temporarily, to stop overtíng liú
世事affairs of life, things of the worldshì shì
迷路to lose the way, lost, labyrinth, labyrinthus vestibularis (of the inner ear)mí lù
倍数multiplebèi shù
对于regarding, as far as sth is concerned, with regards toduì yú
告别to leave, to bid farewell to, to say good-bye togào bié
无数countless, numberless, innumerablewú shù
自言自语talk to oneself, think aloud, soliloquizezì yán zì yǔ
坐船to travel by boatzuò chuán
挤奶to milkjǐ nǎi
happening, instance, reason, deceased, old (in story)
故乡ancestors' land homeland, native placegù xiāng
山东Shandong provinceshān dōng
山西Shanxi provinceshān xī
河北Hebei provincehé běi
河南Henan provincehé nán
Zhejiang province   abbreviatedzhè
浙江Zhejiang provincezhè jiāng
Jiangsu   abbreviated
Jiangsu   abbreviated
江苏Jiangsu provincejiāng sū
江西Jiangxi provincejiāng xī
墨尔本Melbourne   Australiamò ěr běn
积非成是a wrong repeated becomes rightjī fěi chéng shì
喜形于色a man's happiness can be told by his facexǐ xíng yú sè
黑龙江Heilongjiang provincehēi lóng jiāng
登山mountain climbing, mountaineerdēng shān
山不转水转the mountains won't twist but the river willshān bù zhuǎn shuǐ zhuǎn
故意deliberately, on purposegù yì
其他三部other three (movies)qí tā sān bù
这一天this day todayzhè yì tiān
重于泰山heavier than Mt Tai, extremely serious matterzhòng yú tài shān