ChinesePod

1 prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity
2 old (of people)
3 venerable (person)
4 experienced
5 of long standing
6 always
7 all the time
8 of the past
9 very
10 outdated
11 (of meat etc) tough

Idioms (20)

一传十，十传百

yī chuán shí , shí chuán bǎi

1 news pass quickly from mouth to mouth (idiom)
2 an infectious disease spreads quickly (old meaning)

一呼百应

yī hū bǎi yìng

1 a hundred answers to a single call (idiom)
2 to respond en masse

一呼百诺

yī hū bǎi nuò

1 one command brings a hundred responses (idiom); having hundreds of attendants at one's beck and call

一窍不通

yī qiào bù tōng

1 lit. doesn't (even) enter a single aperture (of one's head)
2 I don't understand a word (idiom)
3 it's all Greek to me

一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥

yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu

1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch

Sample Sentences

你的思想太老套啦。现在无论名人还是普通老百姓有事没事都爱写写博客，这不光是抒发自己感想的好途径，也是一种新的交流方式。就算朋友之间很久没见面，通过访问对方的博客也能了解到对方的最新信息，你干吗不尝试尝试？

nǐ de sīxiǎng tài lǎotào la 。xiànzài wúlùn míngrén háishì pǔtōnglǎobǎixìng yǒushì méishì dōu ài xiěxie bókè ，zhè bùguāng shì shūfā zìjǐ gǎnxiǎng de hǎo tújìng ，yě shì yīzhǒng xīn de jiāoliú fāngshì 。jiùsuàn péngyou zhījiān hěn jiǔ méi jiànmiàn ，tōngguò fǎngwèn duìfāng de bókè yě néng liǎojiě dào duìfāng de zuìxīn xìnxī ，nǐ gànmá bù chángshì chángshì ？

Your way of thinking is too old-fashioned. These days, whether they're famous or common, and whether they have something to say or not, everyone likes to dabble in blogging. Not only is is a good way to express your own feelings, it's also a new means of exchange. Even friends who haven't seen each other for a long time can visit each other's blogs to get a better understanding of what the other is up to. Why in the world don't you give it a try?

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你们算幸福了，还有的选。要是生在韩国和朝鲜，不管你是普通老百姓还是大明星，凡是达到一定年龄的男性，都要入伍当兵。就连总统的儿子也是一视同仁。

nǐmen suàn xìngfú le ，hái yǒudexuǎn 。yàoshì shēng zài Hánguó hé Cháoxiǎn ，bùguǎn nǐ shì pǔtōnglǎobǎixìng háishì dà míngxīng ，fánshì dádào yīdìng niánlíng de nánxìng ，dōuyào rùwǔ dāng bīng 。jiù lián zǒngtǒng de érzi yě shì yīshìtóngrén 。

You guys are lucky; you still get to choose. If you were born in North or South Korea, as a man you'd have to enlist in the military at a certain age whether you were a normal person or a famous celebrity. Even the president's son is treated the same way without exception.

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你有所不知，现在中国股市有时就像个大赌场。像我妈这样的普通老百姓，哪会什么理智地分析啊，只不过是随大流罢了，一听说牛市来了就盲目追涨，我真担心她一不小心就会吃亏。要知道，那点钱可是她多年的积蓄啊。

nǐ yǒusuǒbùzhī ，xiànzài Zhōngguó gǔshì yǒushí jiùxiàng ge dà dǔchǎng 。xiàng wǒ mā zhèyàng de pǔtōng lǎobǎixìng ，nǎ huì shénme lǐzhì de fēnxī ā ，zhǐ bùguò shì suídàliú bà le ，yī tīngshuō niúshì lái le jiù mángmù zhuīzhǎng ，wǒ zhēn dānxīn tā yī bù xiǎoxīn jiù huì chīkuī 。yào zhīdào ，nà diǎn qián kěshì tā duō nián de jīxù ā 。

There's some stuff you don't understand. Sometimes these days, the Chinese stock market is like a big casino. What kind of financial analysis would an ordinary person like my mom do? All she can do is follow the crowd. As soon as she heard it was a bull market, she just started blindly looking for gains。 I'm really worried that as soon as she gets careless, she could lose her shirt! You have to understand, she's saved that little nest egg for many years.

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