{"id":10602,"date":"2019-11-22T12:36:20","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T12:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/?p=10602"},"modified":"2019-11-22T15:59:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-22T15:59:11","slug":"quot-two-sessions-quot-period-liang-hui-shi-qi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinesemoment.com\/de\/quot-two-sessions-quot-period-liang-hui-shi-qi\/","title":{"rendered":""Two Sessions" Period \u4e24\u4f1a\u65f6\u671f"},"content":{"rendered":"
Every early March, China’s top legislature and political advisory body are meeting in the capital for "\u4e24\u4f1a(li\u01ceng huì Two Sessions)". Not o<\/em>nly are media devoted to covering the event, ordinary folks are also keen on discussing hot-button issues that co<\/em>ncern them.<\/p>\n

\u5bf9\u8bdd Dialogue:<\/p>\n

           n\u01d0 kàn j\u012bn ti\u0101n de x\u012bn wén f\u0101 bù huì le ma
Simon: \u4f60\u770b\u4eca\u5929\u7684\u65b0\u95fb\u53d1\u5e03\u4f1a\u4e86\u5417\uff1f
           Have you watched today’s press conference?<\/p>\n

               zh\u012b kàn le y\u012b bù f\u0113n \uff0cw\u01d2 d\u01ce k\u0101i diàn shì de shí hòu chà bù du\u014d jiù yào jié shù le
Xiao Lin: \u53ea\u770b\u4e86\u4e00\u90e8\u5206\uff0c\u6211\u6253\u5f00\u7535\u89c6\u7684\u65f6\u5019\u5dee\u4e0d\u591a\u5c31\u8981\u7ed3\u675f\u4e86\u3002
              o<\/em>nly part of it. When I turned on the TV, it was nearly finished.<\/p>\n

             tài k\u011b x\u012b le j\u012bn ti\u0101n f\u0101 yán rén de bi\u01ceo xiàn h\u011bn j\u012bng c\u01cei
Simon: \u592a\u53ef\u60dc\u4e86\uff0c\u4eca\u5929\u53d1\u8a00\u4eba\u7684\u8868\u73b0\u5f88\u7cbe\u5f69\u3002
            What a pity. The spokesman was very impressive.<\/p>\n

               w\u01d2 kàn dào jì zh\u011b q\u012b zu\u01d0 b\u0101 shé de g\u0101o sh\u0113ng xiàng t\u0101 tí wèn shí t\u0101 sh\u01d0 zh\u014dng bi\u01ceo xiàn de zhèn dìng zì ruò
Xiao Lin: \u6211\u770b\u5230\u8bb0\u8005\u4e03\u5634\u516b\u820c\u5730\u9ad8\u58f0\u5411\u4ed6\u63d0\u95ee\u65f6\uff0c\u4ed6\u59cb\u7ec8\u8868\u73b0\u5f97\u9547\u5b9a\u81ea\u82e5\u3002
            I saw he kept as cool as a cucumber as the reporters shouted questions at him at once.<\/p>\n

\u8bed\u8a00\u70b9 Language Points:<\/p>\n

"\u53ea(zh\u012b\/ zh\u01d0)" can be used as a measure word as well as an adverb.<\/p>\n

\u53eazh\u012b  m.  for one of certain paired things
               \u4e00\u53ea\u624b  a hand
               \u4e24\u53ea\u811a  two feet
\u53eazh\u01d0   adv.  only; merely; just
             \u53ea\u6709 only, alone
             \u53ea\u80fd\u5728\u5916\u9762\u770b\u770b can o<\/em>nly have a look from the outside<\/p>\n

Apparently, in the dialogue above, "\u53ea" has the second meaning
\u5dee\u4e0d\u591a chà bù du\u014d
close to; a<\/em>bout the same;
just a<\/em>bout right; not far off; not bad<\/p>\n

In the dialogue, it means "nearly".
One more example, "\u8fd9\u90e8\u673a\u5668\u548c\u90a3\u90e8\u673a\u5668\u7684\u8d28\u91cf\u5dee\u4e0d\u591a\u3002"(The quality of this machine isn’t far off from that one.)
 
\u4e03\u5634\u516b\u820c q\u012b zu\u01d0 b\u0101 shé
\u4e03(q\u012b) seven
\u5634(zu\u01d0) mouth
\u516b(b\u0101) eight
\u820c(shé) tongue
Meaning: all talking at once, many men, with many minds.
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