‘云朵’ (yún duǒ) literally combines ‘云’ (y

‘花朵’ literally combines ‘花’ (huā), meaning

粉笔末 (fěn bǐ mò) literally means 'chalk powde

铅笔末儿 (qiān bǐ mòr) literally means 'the ver

‘末日’ literally combines ‘末’ (mò), meaning

末尾 (mò wěi) literally combines 末 (mò), meani

年末 (nián mò) literally means 'year end' — 年

'期末' (qī mò) literally combines '期' (qī), me

‘三更’ (sān gēng) literally means ‘third watc

'Gēng nián qī' literally means 'changing-year p

‘公历’ (gōng lì) literally means ‘public cale

农历 (nóng lì) literally means 'agricultural cal

‘历法’ (lì fǎ) literally combines ‘历’ (lì)

‘月历’ (yuè lì) literally means ‘month calend

Lìchūn is the first of the 24 traditional Chines

'Spring rain' (chūn yǔ) literally combines 春 (c

‘Chūn yóu’ literally combines ‘chūn’ (sprin

春风 (chūn fēng) literally means 'spring wind'

春节 (chūn jié) literally means 'Spring Festival

春天 (chūn tiān) literally combines 春 (chūn),

‘易主’ literally means ‘to change master’ —

变易 (biàn yì) is a formal, literary noun meanin

交易 (jiāo yì) means 'transaction' or 'deal' —

‘公斤’ is the standard Mandarin term for ‘kilog

Shìjīn (市斤) is a traditional Chinese unit of m

'Sān jīn' literally means 'three catties' — a t

半斤 (bàn jīn) literally means 'half a catty' —

'Yī jīn' literally means 'one catty', a traditio

料理 (liào lǐ) is a versatile word with two prim

‘调料’ (tiáo liào) literally combines ‘调’ (

‘预料’ is a compound word meaning 'to anticipate

‘饲料’ (sì liào) literally combines ‘饲’ (to

'Plastic' is a synthetic material made from polyme

材料 (cái liào) literally combines 材 (cái), me

‘文凭’ (wén píng) is a noun meaning ‘diploma

语文 (yǔ wén) literally means 'language and lite

‘Wén zhāng’ literally combines ‘wén’ (liter

‘Wénxué’ (文学) literally combines ‘wén’ (

‘Wén huà’ (文化) literally combines ‘wén’ (

‘变故’ literally combines ‘变’ (biàn), meanin