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Apr 2020
20m 51s

Douyin and Funerals 抖音和葬礼

JACK
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Douyin section

抖音 Douyin (a video app)  dǒuyīn

关注 follow (a channel or subject) guānzhù

偶尔 occasionally ǒu'ěr

疫情 epidemic situation yìqíng (very commonly said word during this coronavirus time) 

文字消息 written information wénzì xiāoxi

抵抗 resist eg. the epidemic dǐkàng

百度 the Chinese google equivalent bǎidù 

关键 key, crucial eg. a point in a topic guānjiàn 

搜(搜索) search (on a search engine) sōu/sōusuǒ

对比 compare duìbǐ 

排行榜 ranking list páihángbǎng

评论 comment (noun, verb) pínglùn

种族主义的 racist zhǒngzúzhǔyìde 

领导 leader/boss lǐngdǎo 

可恶 abominable kěwù

憎恨 hate/detest zēnghèn

朋友圈 "Moments" section on Chinese Facebook app, Wechat (微信) péngyǒuquān

作为 as  eg. "as a leader,..." zuòwéi

骨气 moral integrity gǔqì

歧视 discrimination/discriminate against qíshì

伸出 stretch/extend out shēnchū

握手 shake hands wòshǒu


Funeral section (6:05)

葬礼 funeral zànglǐ

积极 positive jījí 

仪式 ceremony yíshì

农村 countryside, village nóngcūn

大声 loud dàshēng

死去 die sǐqù

风水 feng shui fēngshuǐ

孝顺 obedience to one's parents xiàoshùn (important cultural word, coming from Confucianism)

哭丧 wail at a funeral kūsāng

公墓 public cemetary gōngmù 

搭起来 build (house or market stall) dāqǐlái 

先进 advanced xiānjìn

前卫 avantgarde (on the forefront of new things) qiánwèi

校长 school principal xiàozhǎng

面子 face (dignity) miànzi (very important in China)

送丧 take part in a funeral sòngsāng

形式 form, style of something xíngshì

悼词 eulogy, remembrance speech dàocí

呸呸呸 similar to "touch wood" pēipēipēi

遗憾 regret (typically to someone else) yíhàn

信佛 believe in Buddhism xìnfó

验证 verify, prove yànzhèng

善良 kind-hearted shànliáng

直觉 intuition zhíjué

仔细 carefully zǐxì

心脏病 heart attack xīnzàngbìng

发作 break out, show effect fāzuò

灵活 flexible (both abstract and physical) línghuó

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