The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People — Page 4

Vocabulary

离婚

lí hūn — To divorce; legally ending a marriage

法庭

fǎ tíng — Court of law; judicial tribunal

是

shì — To be; is, am, are

专门

zhuān mén — Specially; exclusively for a particular purpose

为

wèi — For; on behalf of; for the sake of

那些

nà xiē — Those; referring to plural things or people

记忆

jì yì — Memory; the ability to remember things

构成

gòu chéng — To constitute; to form or make up something

如此

rú cǐ — So; like this; in such a manner

奇特

qí tè — Strange; peculiar; unusually distinctive

的

de — Structural particle indicating possession or modification

人

rén — Person; people; human being

而

ér — And yet; but; conjunction linking contrasting clauses

发明

fā míng — To invent; to create something new

哦

ó — Oh; expression of realization or surprise

在

zài — At; in; on; indicating location or ongoing action

这个

zhè ge — This; this one; referring to a nearby thing

问题

wèn tí — Question; problem; issue to be addressed

上

shàng — On; above; regarding a topic or subject

胡乱

hú luàn — Randomly; carelessly; without proper thought

猜测

cāi cè — To guess; to speculate without solid evidence

没有

méi yǒu — Don't have; there is not; negation of existence

用

yòng — Use; useful; to make use of something

天造地设

tiān zào dì shè — Made by heaven; a perfect natural match

伸手

shēn shǒu — To reach out one's hand toward something

去

qù — To go; directional complement indicating movement away

拿

ná — To take; to grab; to hold something

一块

yī kuài — One piece; a chunk or slice of something

三明治

sān míng zhì — Sandwich; food with filling between bread slices

立刻

lì kè — Immediately; at once; without any delay

加以

jiā yǐ — To apply; to carry out an action upon something

阻止

zǔ zhǐ — To stop; to prevent; to block an action

请

qǐng — Please; polite request word; to invite

不要

bù yào — Don't; do not; prohibition or negative command

碰

pèng — To touch; to bump into; to make contact

黄瓜

huáng guā — Cucumber; a green cylindrical salad vegetable

它们

tā men — They; them; plural pronoun for non-human things

姑妈

gū mā — Paternal aunt; father's sister

订

dìng — To order; to reserve; to book in advance

了

le — Particle indicating completed action or changed state

吃

chī — To eat; to consume food

起来

qǐ lái — Complement indicating start or upward action

可是

kě shì — But; however; introducing a contrasting statement

你

nǐ — You; second-person singular pronoun

一直

yī zhí — Always; continuously; all along without stopping

啊

a — Ah; sentence-final particle expressing various emotions

那

nà — That; referring to something distant or previously mentioned

完全

wán quán — Completely; entirely; totally different or separate

不同

bù tóng — Different; not the same; distinct from another

事情

shì qing — Matter; thing; affair; an event or situation

她

tā — She; her; third-person singular female pronoun

我

wǒ — I; me; first-person singular pronoun

从

cóng — From; starting from a place or time

下面

xià miàn — Below; underneath; the lower part of something

取来

qǔ lái — To fetch and bring; to retrieve something

一个

yī gè — One; a single item; general measure word

盘子

pán zi — Plate; dish; a flat vessel for food

些

xiē — Some; a few; an unspecified small quantity

面包

miàn bāo — Bread; baked wheat-flour food product

和

hé — And; together with; connecting nouns or phrases

黄油

huáng yóu — Butter; yellow dairy fat spread on bread

吧

ba — Sentence-final particle suggesting or seeking agreement

准备

zhǔn bèi — To prepare; to get ready for something

非常

fēi cháng — Very; extremely; unusually high degree

喜欢

xǐ huān — To like; to be fond of something or someone

走近

zǒu jìn — To walk close to; to approach something

桌子

zhuō zi — Table; a flat-topped piece of furniture

自己

zì jǐ — Oneself; self; by one's own effort

取用

qǔ yòng — To take and use; to help oneself to

而且

ér qiě — Moreover; furthermore; in addition to that

也

yě — Also; too; as well; equally

好吃

hǎo chī — Delicious; tasty; good to eat

好吧

hǎo ba — All right; okay; reluctant or mild agreement

亲爱的

qīn ài de — Dear; beloved; affectionate form of address

朋友

péng yǒu — Friend; a person one has a friendship with

不必

bù bì — Need not; it is unnecessary to do something

得

děi — Must; need to; have to do something

好像

hǎo xiàng — Seem; as if; appears to be a certain way

要

yào — Want; going to; need to do something

把

bǎ — Disposal marker; preposition handling a direct object

它

tā — It; third-person singular pronoun for non-human things

全

quán — All; entirely; the whole amount of something

吃光

chī guāng — To eat up completely; to finish all the food

一样

yī yàng — The same; alike; as if exactly like something

举止

jǔ zhǐ — Behavior; manners; the way one conducts oneself

已经

yǐ jīng — Already; by now; indicating a completed state

结婚

jié hūn — To get married; to enter into marriage

还没有

hái méi yǒu — Not yet; still have not done something yet

认为

rèn wéi — To think; to believe; to hold an opinion

永远

yǒng yuǎn — Forever; always; for all time eternally

不会

bù huì — Will not; cannot; unlikely to happen

究竟

jiū jìng — Exactly; in the end; used for emphasis in questions

为什么

wèi shén me — Why; for what reason; asking for cause

这么

zhè me — So; this much; in this way or degree

说

shuō — To say; to speak; to tell someone something

嗯

ń / ńg — Hmm; interjection expressing thought or hesitation

首先

shǒu xiān — First of all; firstly; the first point

女孩子们

nǚ hái zi men — Girls; young females; plural form of girl

从不

cóng bù — Never; not ever; at no time in the past

嫁给

jià gěi — To marry (for a woman); to wed a man

她们

tā men — They; them; plural female third-person pronoun

调情

tiáo qíng — To flirt; to engage in playful romantic teasing

男人

nán rén — Man; male adult; a grown male person

那样

nà yàng — Like that; in that way; in such a manner

做

zuò — To do; to make; to carry out an action

不对

bù duì — Wrong; incorrect; that is not right

胡说

hú shuō — Nonsense; to talk rubbish; speaking without basis

不是

bù shì — Is not; am not; negation of the verb to be

这

zhè — This; referring to something nearby or just mentioned

重大

zhòng dà — Major; significant; of great importance

真理

zhēn lǐ — Truth; a fundamental fact or universal principle

就

jiù — Then; exactly; just; indicating immediacy or emphasis

解释

jiě shì — To explain; to clarify the meaning of something

到处

dào chù — Everywhere; all over the place; in every location

都

dōu — All; both; every; indicating totality

能

néng — Can; be able to; have the ability to

看到

kàn dào — To see; to catch sight of something

数量

shù liàng — Quantity; number; the amount of something

惊人

jīng rén — Astonishing; astounding; surprisingly large or impressive

单身汉

dān shēn hàn — Bachelor; unmarried man; single adult male

其次

qí cì — Secondly; next; the second point in a list

不

bù — No; not; general negation adverb

给予

jǐ yǔ — To give; to grant; to bestow upon someone

同意

tóng yì — To agree; to consent; to approve of something

表妹

biǎo mèi — Younger female cousin on maternal or paternal side