Survival Mandarin Chinese: Making new friends

Making new friends

jiāo péng you

交   朋   友 

Dialogue:

nǐ hǎo！wǒ jiao Alice, qǐnɡ wèn nǐ jiào shén me mínɡ zi?

你 好！我 叫 Alice，请 问 你 叫 什 么 名 字？

Hello! My name is Alice, what’s yours?

nǐ hǎo！wǒ jiào Jack, wǒ shì měi ɡuó rén, qǐnɡ wèn nǐ shì zhōnɡ ɡuó rén mɑ ?

你 好！我 叫 Jack，我 是 美 国 人，请 问 你 是 中 国 人 吗？

Hello ! My name is Jack, I’m American, are you Chinese?

bú shì, wǒ shì rì běn rén. nǐ de zhí yè shì shén me?

不 是， 我 是 日 本 人。你 的 职 业 是 什 么？

No, I’m not, I’m Japanese. What do you do?

wǒ shì yì mínɡ jīnɡ lǐ, zhè shì wǒ de mínɡ piàn, nǐ de zhí yè shì shén me?

我 是 一 名 经 理，这 是 我 的 名 片，你 的 职 业 是 什 么？

I’m a manager. This is my business card. What about you?

wǒ shì yì mínɡ lǎo shī，zhè shì wǒ de mínɡ piàn.

我 是 一 名 老 师，这 是 我 的 名 片 。

I’m a teacher. This is my name card.

hěn ɡāo xìnɡ rèn shí nǐ !

很 高 兴 认 识  你 ！

Nice to meet you!

hěn ɡāo xìnɡ rèn shí nǐ !

很 高 兴 认 识  你 ！

Nice to meet you, too!

yǒu kōnɡ chánɡ lián xì.

有 空 常 联 系 。

Let's keep in touch.

Sentence structure:

 Wǒ  shì

1.我  是 +Name/Occupation

I am+(Name/Occupation)

 wǒ shì        rén

2.我 是+country+人

I am+Nationality

wǒ de míng zi shì

3.我 的 名 字 是+Name

My Name is+……

Vocabulary：

Nationality=Country+ rén：

(需要国旗图）

yīnɡ ɡuó                                         

英 国   England                           

yì dà lì

意 大 利 Italy

jiā ná dà

加 拿 大 Canada

hán guó

韩 国 Korea

dé ɡuó

德 国 Germany

ruì diǎn

瑞 典 Sweden

xī bān yá

西 班 牙 Spain

Occupation：（可以配图）

yī sheng

医 生 doctor

hù shi

护 士 nurse

jīng lǐ

经 理 manager

mì shū

秘 书 secretary

shòu huò yuán

售 货 员 shop assistant

fú wù yuán

服 务 员 waiter&waitress

láo bǎn

老 板 boss

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Chinese idioms-yiguzuoqi(一鼓作气)

一(yì)鼓(gǔ)作(zuò)气(qì )

Rousing the Spirits with the First Drum Roll.

Story: During the Warring States period, the powerful state of Qi dispatches troops to attack the state of Lu. King of Lu leads his troops personally, ready to battle it out.

"The Qi army is ready to attack us. I order you all to get ready to fight back!"

"Your Majesty, now it is not opportune to fight back. I suggest we wait a moment."

"Good."

Seeing no response from the Lu army, the Qi army beat their battle drums again.

"Now, should we send out our troops?"

"We have to wait another moment."

The Qi army beat their drums for the third time. The Lu King throws a quick glance at Cao Gui. But Cao Gui keeps silent. The Qi army's third drumming has stopped.

"Your Majesty, now we can hit back."

"Good. Beat our drums and hit back!"

The Lu army goes all out and beats the Qi army. After the war is over, the Lu King asks Cao Gui: "Why did we have to wait until the Qi army's third drumming before we launched the attack?"

"Fighting relies on the soldiers' courage. After the first drumming, the enemy soldiers' morale was the highest. After the second drumming, their morale became weaker. And after the third drumming, their morale was completely gone. When our army sounded our drums, our buoyant troops would certainly beat the slack and tired enemy."

Explaination:

do sth. At one go; press on to the finish without letup; get sth. Done in one vigorous effort

Example:

他(tā)从(cóng)床(chuáng)上(shàng)爬(pá)起(qǐ)来(lái)，一(yì)鼓(gǔ)作(zuò)气(qì)地(dì)把(bǎ)信(xìn)写(xiě)完(wán)了(liǎo)。

He got up from the bed and finished the letter at one go.

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Chinese idioms-Lebusishu(乐不思蜀)

乐(lè)不(bù)思(sī)蜀(shǔ)

Be so happy as to forget home and duty

Story: At the later stage of the Three Kingdoms Period,the kingdom Wei took possession of the kingdom Shu.Liu Chan, the young king of Shu,was forced to move to Luoyang, the capital of Wei.One day, Wei's general Sima Zhao invited Liu Chan to a banquet.At the banquet, he specially ordered Shu dance performance.Shu's ministers were all stirred by the dance and felt very sad.But Liu Chan was keenly interested in the dance,and didn't feel any regrets for his perished kingdom.Sima Zhao asked Liu Chan on purpose,"Do you miss the kingdom of Shu?" "I am very happy here and don't miss Shu at all." After seeing this, Sima Zhao thought it was unbelievable that someone was so stupid.Even Zhuge Liang were still alive,he would not be able to protect the kingdom for Liu Chan.“ Le bu si shu ”. Forgetting one ’ s origin and roots due to pleasure.

Explanation

当(dāng) 一个人(yígèrén) 太(tài) 高兴(gāoxìng) 以致(yǐzhì) 忘记(wàngjì) 了(le) 他(tā)的(de)家(jiā) 及(jí) 他(tā) 要(yào)做(zuò)的(de) 工作(gōngzuò)，(，)我们(wǒmen) 就(jiù) 说(shuō) 这(zhè)个人(gèrén)乐(lè)不(bù)思(sī)蜀(shǔ)

When a person is enjoying himself so much that he forgets about his home and his work, we can say that he "is having so much fun that he has forgotten about Shu."

Example

1、富(fù)裕(yù) 的(de) 生(shēng)活(huó) 没(méi)有(yǒu) 让(ràng) 我(wǒ)乐(lè)不(bù)思(sī)蜀(shǔ)，(，)我(wǒ) 日(rì)夜(yè) 思(sī)念(niàn) 我(wǒ)的(de)祖(zǔ)国(guó) 和(hé) 家(jiā)人(rén)

Rich life did not let me forget my country. I miss my country and my family day and night.

2、一(yì)些(xiē) 小(xiǎo)孩(hái)子(zi) 玩(wán)起(qǐ)游(yóu)戏(xì) 来(lái) 就(jiù)乐(lè)不(bù)思(sī)蜀(shǔ)，(，)甚(shèn)至(zhì)连(lián) 功(gōng)课(kè) 都(dōu) 不(bù)做(zuò) 了(le)。(。)

Some children play the game very happy ，even the homework are not done .

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