‘昂贵’ is an adjective meaning ‘exorbitantly ex

贵姓 (guì xìng) is a formal, respectful way to a

贵重 (guì zhòng) is an adjective meaning 'valuab

‘推让’ is a verb meaning to decline something po

‘礼让’ (lǐ ràng) literally combines 礼 (lǐ),

让座 literally means 'to let (someone) sit' — com

‘课表’ (kè biǎo) literally combines ‘课’ (k

‘下课’ (xià kè) literally combines ‘下’ (xi

'Shàng kè' literally combines 'shàng' (to go up

课程 (kè chéng) refers to an academic course —

‘试行’ (shì xíng) is a verb meaning ‘to imple

‘试镜’ literally means ‘try the mirror’, but i

‘试用’ literally combines ‘试’ (to try, to tes

尝试 (cháng shì) is a verb meaning 'to attempt'

蛋糕 (dàn gāo) literally means 'egg cake'—'蛋'

舞会 (wǔhuì) literally combines 舞 (wǔ), meanin

舞伴 (wǔbàn) literally combines 舞 (wǔ), meanin

舞蹈 (wǔdǎo) refers specifically to dance as a f

跳舞 means 'to dance' — it's a compound verb form

‘送给’ is a compound verb meaning 'to give (some

‘传绍’ is a formal literary verb meaning 'to pas

累次 means 'repeatedly' or 'on multiple occasions'

积累 (jī lěi) is a verb meaning 'to accumulate'

‘包装纸’ literally means ‘packaging paper’ —

‘草稿纸’ literally means ‘draft paper’ — comb

‘纸币’ literally means ‘paper money’ — combin

‘纸巾’ (zhǐ jīn) literally means ‘paper cloth

Red sugar (hóng táng) is unrefined cane or beet

A hóng bāo (red envelope) is a traditional Chine

‘篮子’ (lán zi) is a common, colloquial noun me

'Cài lán' literally combines 'cài' (vegetable,

'提笔' literally means 'to lift the brush/pen' and

笔记 (bǐjì) literally means 'pen record' — 笔 (

‘Yī bǐ’ literally means ‘one stroke’—combin

钢笔 (gāng bǐ) literally means 'steel pen' — 钢

铅笔 (qiān bǐ) literally means 'lead brush' —

穿插 (chuān chā) is a verb meaning 'to interweav

穿帮 (chuān bāng) literally means 'the cover is

‘穿戴’ (chuān dài) is a compound noun meaning

离校 (lí xiào) literally means 'leave school' —