Words

1. 成语 (chéngyǔ) – idiom

1. “盲人摸象”是一个非常有名的成语，它告诉我们一个深刻的道理。

   "Mángrén mō xiàng" shì yīgè fēicháng yǒu míng de chéngyǔ, tā gàosù wǒmen yīgè shēnkè de dàolǐ.

   "The blind men feeling the elephant" is a very famous idiom; it tells us a profound truth.

   盲人 mángrén – blind person (HKS 5)

   摸 mō – to feel, to touch (HKS 5)

   大象 dàxiàng – elephant (HKS 5)

   告诉 gàosù – to tell (HKS 4)

   深刻 shēnkè – profound (HKS 5)

   道理 dàolǐ – reason, principle (HKS 4)

1. 你用这个词造的句子不符合成语的用法。

   Nǐ yòng zhège cí zào de jùzi bù fúhé chéngyǔ de yòngfǎ.

   The sentence you made with this word does not conform to the usage of the idiom.

   符合 fúhé – to conform to (HKS 5)

   用法 yòngfǎ – usage (HKS 5)

2. 则 (zé) – part, paragraph, article (a measure word)

1. 这本书一共有一百则故事，每一则都很精彩。

   Zhè běn shū yīgòng yǒu yībǎi zé gùshì, měi yī zé dōu hěn jīngcǎi.

   This book has a total of one hundred stories, and each one is wonderful.

   精彩 jīngcǎi – wonderful (HKS 4)

   故事 gùshì – story (HKS 4)

1. 老师让我们把这则新闻读三遍，然后发表自己的看法。

   Lǎoshī ràng wǒmen bǎ zhè zé xīnwén dú sān biàn, ránhòu fābiǎo zìjǐ de kànfǎ.

   The teacher asked us to read this news three times and then express our own opinions.

   新闻 xīnwén – news (HKS 4)

   发表 fābiǎo – to publish, to express (HKS 5)

   看法 kànfǎ – opinion (HKS 4)

3. 盲人 (mángrén) – blind

1. 这个成语的故事说的是五个盲人摸大象的故事。

   Zhège chéngyǔ de gùshì shuō de shì wǔ gè mángrén mō dàxiàng de gùshì.

   The story of this idiom is about five blind people feeling an elephant.

   成语 chéngyǔ – idiom (HKS 5)

   摸 mō – to feel, to touch (HKS 5)

   大象 dàxiàng – elephant (HKS 5)

   故事 gùshì – story (HKS 4)

1. 盲人虽然看不见，但他们的听觉和触觉都非常灵敏。

   Mángrén suīrán kàn bùjiàn, dàn tāmen de tīngjué hé chùjué dōu fēicháng língmǐn.

   Although blind people can't see, their sense of hearing and touch are very sharp.

   虽然 suīrán – although (HKS 4)

   听觉 tīngjué – sense of hearing (HKS 5)

   触觉 chùjué – sense of touch (HKS 5)

   灵敏 língmǐn – sharp, sensitive (HKS 5)

4. 摸 (mō) – to touch, to feel

1. 他伸出手，摸了摸我的头，笑着说：“你长大了。”

   Tā shēn chūshǒu, mōle mō wǒ de tóu, xiàozhe shuō: "Nǐ zhǎng dàle."

   He reached out, touched my head, and said with a smile, "You've grown up."

   伸 shēn – to stretch, to extend (HKS 5)

   长大 zhǎng dà – to grow up (HKS 4)

1. 这个东西摸起来很光滑，不知道是什么材质的。

   Zhège dōngxi mō qǐlái hěn guānghuá, bù zhīdào shì shénme cáizhì de.

   This thing feels very smooth to the touch; I don't know what material it is made of.

   光滑 guānghuá – smooth (HKS 5)

   材质 cáizhì – material (HKS 5)