Interpretation learning - March 2023

1. Treason 叛国罪
2. Forcep 镊(nie)子
3. ammunition 弹药
4. Risk 风险
5. Engulf (sweep over) 吞噬 (Shi)
6. Double down (to strengthen commitment) 加倍下注
7. Embattle 布阵
8. Pundit 专家/权威 (an expert in a particular subject/field who is frequently called to give an opinion)
9. Climbdown 妥协 （a withdrawal from a position taken up in argument or negotiation.）
10. Potty 便壶 (a bowl use by small children as a toilet)
11. Door plug 门塞
12. melancholy 忧郁的 (an air of melancholy surrounded him) 
13. Syringe 注射器
14. Drooping 下垂 (eyelid drooping 眼皮下垂）
15. Amputated 截肢 (cut off by surgical operation)
16. Showdown 摊牌 (a final test or confrontation intended to settle a dispute)
17. 木薯 Cassava (木薯根茎) / Tapioca (木薯淀粉)
18. Defamation 毁谤
19. Infamous 声名狼藉 (well known for some bad qualities/deeds)
20. Rest on your laurels 居功自傲不求进步 (to be satisfied with your achievements and not to make an effort to do anything else)
21. Laurels 赞誉 (praise, award, recognition)
22. Vanity 虚荣
23. Pangolin 穿山甲

Interpretation Learning - Feb 2023

 

1. Ovary 軟巢
2. Uterus 子宫
3. Switch 开关
4. Fart 放屁
5. Taken aback 吃了一惊
6. Sneeze 打喷嚏
7. Set off firecrackers 放鞭炮
8. Successfully concluded 圆满地结束
9. Dusk 黄昏
10. Anthropomorphic 拟人化 (Biblical statements about God’s jealousy are anthropomorphism)
11. Hangover 宿醉 (a severe headache caused by excessive drinking of alcohol)
12. 插花 flower arrangement 
13. Forensic 法庭的 
14. Constituent 有选举权 (the constituent body has a right to veto)
15. Allege 声称/断言
16. Veto 否决
17. 歇斯底里 （形容因情绪过分激动而举止失常 ）hysteria (A few of the children began to scream, and soon they were all caught up in the hysteria)
18. Galvanize (electrify)  镀锌 (Du Xin)
19. soteriology 救赎论

Interpretation learning - Jan 2023

1. Epitaph 墓志铭
2. Rampant 猖獗
3. Eulogy 悼词 dàocí
4. Tickling 挠Náo痒痒的
5. Drifting 飘逸
6. Peeking 偷看
7. Purge 清除 (Remove)
8. indigitous 卑鄙的
9. Crumple 弄皱zhòu
10. Jenga (Staking Blocks) 叠叠乐
11. pangolin 穿山甲
12. Corn flakes 玉米片
13. Waffle 华夫饼
14. Pan cake 煎饼
15. Cause Trouble 捣乱
16. Abhorrent 可恶的
17. Amok 疯狂地 (The soldiers ran amok after one of their senior officers was killed)
18. Apostasy 叛教
19. persimmon 柿子
20. Guava 番石榴
21. Canistel (peach of immorality) 仙桃 
22. Peach 桃/桃子
23. Yogurt 酸奶
24. espionage 间谍
25. Taco 炸玉米饼
26. Incentive 奖掖
27. Crouch 蹲伏
28. Pomelo 柚子
29. ousted (expel) 被赶下台/逐出
30. Poaching 偷猎
31. Retribution 报应/罚

Interpretation Learning - Dec 2022

 1 “他必兴旺，我必衰微。」” 约翰福音‬ ‭3:30‬ ‬‬”He must become greater; I must become less.” John‬ ‭3:30‬ ‭‬‬

2 “弟兄们，我不是以为自己已经得着了；我只有一件事，就是忘记背后，努力面前的， 向着标竿直跑，要得　神在基督耶稣里从上面召我来得的奖赏。” 腓立比书‬ ‭3:13-14‬ ‭

“Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”

‭‭Philippians‬ ‭3:13-14‬ ‭

3 香膏 Perfume 

4 三十块钱 Thirty silver coins 

5 无名英雄 Unsung Hero

6 双列停车 Double parking 

7 颠覆 overturn 

8 箱鼓 Cajon 

9 亭子 Pavilion 

Interpretation Learning - Sep 2021

1. 发端/开始时 onset 
2. 仙女 Fairy
3. 保济丸 Po Chai Pills  (Abdominal, Stomach Ache Relief)
4. 斧标驱风油 Axe Brand Medicated Oil
5. 驱风油 Pain Relieving Oil
6. 黑道 Criminals
7. 白道 Law Enforcers
8. 知识库 Knowledge Treasury
9. 意识 Connotation
10. Polytheism 多神论
11. Pantheism 泛神论
12. 才子 Literary Genius / Gifted Scholar
13. 邓丽君 Teresa Teng 
14. 圆寂 parinirvana (perfect death)
15. 直接 right to our face (directly) 
16. 百病不侵/百毒不侵 Immune to Diseases
17. 无敌 invincible (too powerful to be defeated or overcome)