heart and soul
一心一意
(yīxīnyīyì)A: It won’t work if you are reciting words with the TV on. In that case, you won’t remember a single word.
你这样开着电视背单词是不行的。这样的话, 你根本记不住。
(nǐ zhèyànɡ kāizhe diànshì bèidāncí shì bùxínɡ de, zhèyànɡ de huà,nǐ ɡēnběn jìbùzhù . )
B: I won’t do it again. I am going to turn it off now.
我再也不这样了。我现在就把电视关了。
(wǒ zài yě bù zhèyànɡ le. wǒ xiànzài jiù bǎ diànshì ɡuānle.)
Chinese idioms
A heavy snow promises a good harvest.
瑞雪兆丰年
(ruìxuě zhào fēnɡnián)
Haste makes waste
欲速则不达
(yùsù zé bùdá)
All good things must come to an end.
天下无不散之筵席
(tiānxià wú bùsàn zhī yànxí)
Let bygones be bygones.
既往不咎
(jìwǎnɡ bù jiù )A: I’m here to apologize.
我是来道歉的。
(wǒ shì lái dàoqiàn de.)
be down-to-earth
脚踏实地
(jiǎo tà shídì )A: You can’t be like this anymore. You need to be more down-to-earth and work harder.
你不能再这样下去了,你得脚踏实地,好好工作。
(nǐ bùnénɡ zài zhèyànɡ xiàqù le,nǐ děi jiǎo tà shídì,hǎohāo ɡōnɡzuò. )
in one’s genes
与生俱来
(yǔshēnɡ jùlái)A: Frank, you just rocked the entire stadium!
弗兰克,你刚刚震撼了整个体育场！
(fúlánkè, nǐ ɡānɡɡānɡ zhènhàn le zhěnɡɡè tǐyùchǎnɡ！)
【成语】 春寒料峭
【全拼】 【 chūn hán liào qiào 】
【英文释义】there is a chill in the air in early spring
【释义】 料峭：微寒。形容初春的寒冷。
【出处】 宋·释普济《五灯会元》卷十九：“春寒料峭，冻杀年少。”
【例子】 那是一个阴冷的漆黑之夜。～，风雨凄凄。（何为《春夜的沉思和回忆》）
The hardest part of Chinese is that it feels arbitrary. It has its own logic, but it takes trial and error to figure it out.Wouldn’t it be great if there was a shortcut?A way that you could almost learn from your mistakes before even making them?
When the Iphone5 didn’t take China by storm, investors were disappointed to say the least.Because the stock didn’t grow in late December of 2012, Apple’s stock took a major 10% plunge. This caused a lot of the major suppliers to scramble for marketshare elsewher.
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