63 - 签证 - qiān zhèng - visa

签证
qiān zhèng
-visa

Components:

签
qiān
· a note
· a stick
· sign one's name

证
zhèng
· certificate
· proof
· to prove
· to demonstrate
· to confirm
· certificate
· proof

16 - 千里之行... - A journey of a thousand miles...

This is the first time I publish a proverb !

In Chinese, proverbs are really important to know as they can transmit a very specific feeling in just a few characters.  

千里之行﹐始于足下

Qiānlǐ zhī xíng, shǐ yú zú xià

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

 

Components:

千里
Qiānlǐ 
· a thousand miles
· a thousand li (i.e. 500 kilometers)
· a long distance

之
zhī
· (possessive particle, literary equivalent of  的[de5])
· him
· her
· it

行﹐
xíng,
· to walk
· to go
· to travel
· a visit
· current
· in circulation
· capable
· OK!

始 
shǐ 
· to begin
· to start
· then
· only then

于 
yú  
· in
· at
· to
· from
· by
· than
· out of

足下
zú xià
· below the foot






成语
chéng yǔ
· Chinese set expression, often made up of 4 characters or two couplets of 4 characters each, often alluding to a story or historical quotation
· idiom
· proverb
· saying
· adage
· set expression
· CL:條 | 条[tiao2], 本[ben3], 句[ju4]

15 - 世界杯 - Shì jiè bēi - World Cup

世界杯
Shì jiè bēi 
World Cup

世界 - Shì jiè- World

世界
Shì jiè
World 

国界
guó jiè
· national boundary
· border between countries

A world without borders

无国界的世界

界面
jiè miàn
· interface

Components:  

世
Shì
· surname Shi
· life
· age
· generation
· era
· world
· lifetime

界
jiè
· boundary
· scope
· extent
· circles
· group
· kingdom (taxonomy)

杯
bēi
· trophy cup
· cup
· classifier for certain containers of liquids: glass, cup

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