‘书本’ (shū běn) is a general, neutral term fo

‘昨宵’ is a classical and literary term meaning

‘昨儿’ (zuór) is a colloquial, contracted form

‘昨夜’ literally combines ‘昨’ (zuó), meaning

'昨晚' literally combines '昨' (zuó), meaning 'ye

昨日 literally means 'the day before today' — 昨

'Yesterday' is a time noun and adverb formed by co

‘星座’ (xīngzuò) literally combines ‘星’ (x

‘Jīnxīng’ literally means ‘metal star’—a tr

‘卫星’ literally means ‘guardian star’—‘卫’

‘明星’ literally means ‘bright star’ — combin

‘星期’ (xīngqī) means 'week' — a seven-day cy

星星 (xīngxing) is the colloquial, reduplicated f

‘Wén míng’ (文明) literally combines ‘wén’

'Míng xìn piàn' literally combines three charac

‘Míng Cháo’ (Ming Dynasty) refers to the imper

‘明白’ (míng bái) is a verb meaning ‘to under

‘打字’ literally means ‘to strike characters’

‘打酱油’ literally means ‘to buy soy sauce’, a

'Dǎ sǎn' literally combines 打 (dǎ), meaning 't

'Dǎ lánqiú' literally combines 'dǎ' (to hit/be

‘打扫’ (dǎsǎo) is a compound verb meaning ‘to

'Dǎ diànhuà' literally combines three character

想不到 is an adverbial phrase meaning 'unexpectedl

‘想想’ is a reduplicated verb formed by repeatin

想到 (xiǎng dào) is a separable verb meaning 'to

想象 (xiǎng xiàng) is a verb meaning 'to imagine

‘想法’ (xiǎng fǎ) literally combines ‘想’ (t