Chinese Language Learning Program Lesson 182 -- How to use “chě, chèn and bù rú” from Conversation 8

Chinese Language Learning Program

Lesson 182 – How to use “chě, chèn and bù rú” from Conversation 8

Hello, everyone. Welcome back. This is Baixue’s Chinese Language Learning Program. Last time we conversation 8 from the Chinese movie—不见不散 ( bú jiàn bú sàn). Today, we will learn several words from conversation 8.

chě

  扯 (pull ； tear ； buy ； chat ； gossip)

yǒu rén chě tā de tóu fǎ.

  有   人    扯 她 的   头 发。(Someone pulled her hair.)

tā chà diǎn bǎ wǒ de dà yī chě pò le.

她  差    点   把  我  的  大 衣   扯 破  了。

(She almost tore my coat.)

yǎn jiǎng zhě rào zhe zhǔ tí xián chě le hǎo jǐ gè xiǎo shí.

  演    讲     者   绕    着   主  题  闲     扯 了   好 几 个  小    时.

(The speaker rambled on about the topic for hours.)

bié chě yuǎn le.

 别    扯    远  了. (Stick to the point.)

(Don't stray from the point.)

hái zi men chě zhe sǎng zi chàng gē.

 孩 子   们    扯    着     嗓   子    唱     歌.

(The children bawled out the songs.)

chèn

   趁 (take advantage of ; take this opportunity to;

         avail oneself of; while)

tā hěn nǎo huǒ. chèn tā hái méi yǒu fā zuò, wǒ men gǎn kuài

他   很   恼    火。   趁  他  还   没   有   发  作，我    们     赶    快

 lí tā yuǎn diǎn er.

离他    远     点   儿。

(He's pissed. Let's get out of his way before he starts losing his temper.)

wǒ xiǎng chèn zhè ge jī huì jiǎng jǐ jù huà.

我     想        趁    这  个 机  会   讲   几句   话。

(I'd like to take this opportunity to say a few words.)

chèn tā hái méi lái,  wǒ xiān gào sù nǐ.

   趁  他  还    没  来，我   先     告  诉 你。

(I am telling you first before he arrives.)

xū! zán men xiàn zài chèn bié rén méi kàn jiàn shí zǒu ba!

嘘！咱     们     现   在     趁    别  人    没   看    见    时   走   吧！

(Shh! Let's get out now before they see us!)

bù rú

不 如 (not equal to; not as good as；

           inferior to；cannot do better than)

wǒ de yīng yǔ xué dé bù rú tā hǎo.

 我  的   英   语   学  得 不 如 他  好。

(My English is not as good as his.)

bù rú zán liǎ zhè ge zhōu mò chū qù dù jià ba?

不  如  咱  俩   这  个     周   末    出   去  度 假 吧？

(Why don't you and I go for a vacation this weekend?)

tā xǐ huān yǔ nà xiē zhì lì shuǐ píng bù rú tā de rén gòng chǔ.

他喜    欢   与  那  些  智 力   水    平   不  如 他 的  人     共     处。

(He preferred the company of those who were intellectually 

inferior to himself.)

Ok, that is all for today.

xiè xiè!

 谢  谢 ! (Thanks!)

xià cì jiàn

 下 次 见!  (See you next time!)