bāngzhu 帮助 help; to help bèizi 辈子 all one’s life, lifetime dàolǐ 道理 principle, truth, hows and whys; reason, argument, sense dìwei 低微 position, status dúlì 獨立 to be independent; independence fùnǚ 夫女 woman; women, womankind guǎn 管 to take care of; to mind, to bother about guānniàn 观念 concept, idea, notion jiéhūn (jiēhūn) 结婚 to get married kào 靠 to depend on, to rely on; to lean against; to be near, to be next to liúxíng 流行 to be common, to be popular, to be prevalent méi yìsi 没意思 to be uninteresting, to be boring; to be pointless, to be meaningless; to be a drag; to be without value, not worthy of respect nánnǚ 男女 men and women, male-female piān 片 counter for sheets, articles or pieces of writing píngděng 平等 equality; to be equal (of people) pínmìng 拼命 with all one’s might, for all one is worth, desperately, like mad; to risk one’s life, to defy death shēnghuó 生活 life; to live; livelihood shízài 實在 really; to be real suàn le 算了 forget it, let’s drop the matter,let it go at that; come off it, come on tóngjū 同居 to cohabit; cohabitation wénzhāng 文章 article, essay; prose (writing) style xiàng 像 to be like, to resemble; like; such as xiāngdāng 相当 quite, pretty, considerably -xiaqu 下去 resultative ending which indicates continuing an action xìngqu 兴趣 interest xīnwén 新闻 news Xīnwén Zhōukān 新闻周刊 Newsweek xué yī 学医 to study medicine yī 医 medical science, medicine (used in phrases like xué yī) yīxué 医学 medical science, medicine yìzhí 一直 all along, continuously, all the time (up until a certain point) yǒu bāngzhu 有帮助 to be helpful yǒu dàoli 有道理 to make sense yǒu xìngqu 有兴趣 to be interested yǒu yánjiū 有研究 to have done research on; to know a lot about yuè...yuè... 越。。。越。。。 the more...the more... yuè lái yuè... 越来越 more and more..., increasingly... zhīshi 知识 knowledge zhōukān 周刊 weekly publication, weekly, magazine, a "weekly" zìyóu 宁死 freedom; to be free