13 - 香港 - Hong Kong / 另外 - lìng wài - another / 之前 - zhī qián - before / 组织 - zǔ zhī - to organize

香港
Xiāng gǎng
· Hong Kong

另外
lìng wài

· additional
· in addition
· besides
· separate
· other
· moreover
· furthermore

之前
zhī qián
· before
· prior to
· ago

计划
jì huà
· plan
· project
· program
· to plan
· to map out 

组织
zǔ zhī
· to organize
· organization 

容易
róng yì
· easy
· likely
· liable (to) 

天坛大佛 Big Buddha, Hong Kong

tiān tán dà fó

Examples :

要不要老妈来香港？
Do you want Lao Ma to come to Hong Kong ?

他走之前做好饭了。
ta zou zhi qian zuo hao fan le.
He prepared the food before leaving.

我们还有另外一个计划。
women hai you lingwai yi ge jihua.
We have another plan.



不是这一个，是另外一个。
It's not this one, it's another one.

如果组织得好，所有事情都容易很多。
With organization, everything is easy.

Components:

香
Xiāng
· fragrant
· incense

港
gǎng
· harbor

另
lìng
· other
· another
· separate
· separately

外
wài
· outside
· in addition
· foreign

容
róng 
· to hold
· to contain
· to allow
· appearance
· look

易
yì
· change
· easy
· simple
 

10 - 抱怨 bào yuàn - complain / 积极 - jī1 jí2 - positive / 解决 - jiě jué - to settle

抱怨
bào yuàn
· complain
· grumble

积极
jī1 jí2
· positive / active
· energetic

解决
jiě jué
· to settle (a dispute)
· to resolve

Components: 

抱
bào

怨
yuàn
· blame
· complain

Examples:

这同楼的电梯进场坏， 人们有很多抱怨。
zhe tong lou de dian ti jing chang huai, ren men you hen duo bao yuan.
The elevator of this building is often out of service, people have a lot of complaints.

遇到困难的时候，只是抱怨没有用。
yu dao kun nan de shi hou,
When facing difficulties, only complain has no use.

要用积极的心态 去解决问题。
yao yong jiji de xin tai, qu jiejue wenti.
Its better to use positive mindset to solve the problem.

8 - 经历 - jīng1 lì4 - experience / 轮回 - lún2 huí2 - samsara

• 轮回     lún2 huí2  samsara

• 经历     jīng1 lì4    experience

• 对你来说  dui4 ni3 lai2 shuo1      For you, ...

• 生命     shēng3 mìng4     life

• 虽然    suī3 rán2    although

Examples :

虽然你叫它肉， 我看到的是一个生命。
Even though you call this meat, what I see is a life.

我们一天又一天地经历着轮回的苦难。
Day after day, we experience the sufferings of samsara.

对你来说 这是个好的经历。
This is a good experience for you.

一生又一生, 我们都在经历轮回。
Life after life, we experience samsara.

生命是个轮回。
Life is samsara。

所有的生命都是平等的。 Every life matters.

 

轮回

佛法之轮 The Wheel of Dharma

Vocab and components:

  
轮回
lún2 huí2
· samsara
· reincarnation (Buddhism)

轮    lún2
· wheel
· disk
· ring
· steamship
· to take turns
· to rotate
· by turn
· classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn

回     huí2 
· to circle
· to go back
· to turn around
· to answer
· to return
· to revolve
· Hui ethnic group (Chinese Muslims)
· time
· classifier for acts of a play
· section or chapter (of a classic book)
· to curve
· variant of  迴 | 回[hui2]
  

经历
jīng1 lì4
· experience

对你来说 这是个好的经历。
For you, this is a good experience.

经   jīng1
· surname Jing
· classics
· sacred book
· scripture

历   lì4  
· calendar
· to experience
· to undergo
· to pass through
· all
· each
· every
· history








对你来说
For you, ...
  

生命
shēng3 mìng4
· life
· living
· biological
· CL:個 | 个[ge4]



生   shēng3
· to be born
· to give birth
· life
· to grow
· raw
· uncooked
· student

命          ==> The only character for the sound ming4
mìng4
· life
· fate
· order or command
· to assign a name, title etc
  

虽然
suī rán
· although
· even though

虽
suī
· although
· even though

然
rán
· correct
· right
· so
· thus
· like this

2 - 做准备 - zuò zhǔnbèi - to prepare

做准备 
zuò zhǔnbèi 
· to prepare

准备      
zhǔn3bèi4       
· preparation; to prepare; to intend; to be about to; reserve (fund)

Example:

我在为明天的考试 (kǎoshì) 做准备。
I am doing the preparation for the exam tomorrow.

老妈给我准备了饭盒.
Lao Ma prepared lunchbox for me.

Components:

准
zhun3     
· horizontal (old); accurate; standard; definitely; certainly; about to become (bride, son-in-law etc); quasi-; para-

备
bei4
· to prepare; get ready; to provide or equip