Thoughts before visiting and after visiting Japan. 去日本前和后的想法。

Serious Chinese Conversation 中文不轻松

语法 (grammar)

1. (A) 离 (B) 多远? How far is A from B?

2. (A) 怎么样? How's A?/What do you think of A?

3. (verb)关于 (A) 的 （noun). eg. Talk about Japanese stuff. 聊关于日本的事情

4. 把 (A) 放在 (B) (上,下 etc) eg. 把苹果放在桌子上. You CAN'T SAY 放苹果在桌子上!

词 (words)

start again 重新开始 chong2 xin1 kai1 shi3 note - 重 has 2 pronunciations

culture 文化 wen2 hua4

history 历史 li4 shi3

kill 杀 sha1

for a lifetime 一辈子 yi2 bei4 zi5 (don't say 一 as yi1 in this case)

accompany 陪 pei2

apart from 除了。。(以外) chu2 le5 ....yi3 wai4 note - 以外 is optional

change 改变 gai3 bian4

have knowledge of/deeply understand 了解 liao3 jie3 eg. I don't know much about Japan 我不太了解日本

polite/politeness 礼貌 li3 mao4

To wrap 包装 bao1 zhuang1

to describe 描述 miao2 shu4

sand 沙子 sha1 zi5

show 表示 biao3 shi4 i.e. what something represents or conveys

carcass/corpse 尸体 shi1 ti3

specimen 标本 biao1 ben3

nature/natural 自然 zi4 ran2

trash/rubbish 垃圾 la1 ji1 trash can 垃圾桶 la1 ji1 tong3

machine 机器 ji1 qi4

ice cream 冰淇淋 bing1 qi2 lin2

everywhere (something) 哪里都有 na3 li3 dou1 you3 到处都有 dao4 chu4 dou1 you3