VIP Class Notes (Ally) [S]

Vocabulary

remind: ti xing
ie. I have to remind Jason to do his homework.

sissy: girly (bad meaning)
ie. Jason doesn’t like sissies. (noun)/sissy (adj) boys.

relevant/irrelevant: you guan / wu guan
ie. That’s not relevant to our question today!

redeem: 挽回my image
ie. Ally has to redeem herself tonight.

analyze: fen xi
ie. We have to analyze Lily’s playing in order to win.

emperor: huang di (for Chinese)

empire: di guo
ie. The emperor owns the whole empire.

violent: bao li
ie. Zhu Di is very violent.

calligraphy: shu fa
ie. He takes calligraphy classes.

Grammar

tense: when someone dies, everything about that person is in past tense.
ie. He was a king. He killed people.

He’s so strong he made TM change the rules.
The new champion is so cute you would like her.

My favorite person is Zhu Di because he was very cool and he was a king. He likes to kill people. He likes not listen to emperors mingling/hua. He is 60 years old and he take his knife to kill enemies. He’s good at fighting.
My favorite person is Zhu Di because he was very cool and he was a king/an emperor. He liked to kill people. He killed people who didn’t listen to him/his orders(ming ling). When he was 60 years old, he could still kill all his enemies with his sword. He was very good at fighting.

My favorite person is Song Hui Zong because he’s very cool and he can draw very nice pictures and write calligraphy. Now, his pictures and calligraphy is very expensive.
My favorite person is Song Hui Zong because he was very cool and he could draw very nice pictures and calligraphy. Now, his pictures and calligraphy are very expensive.