算命 suàn mìng – fortune telling 星座 xīng zuò – zodiac sign 姓名學 xìng míng xué / 八字姓名學 bā zì xìng míng xué – Chinese name analysis based on the eight characters of one’s birth date 紫微斗數 zǐ wēi dǒu shù – Purple Star Astrology, a Chinese astrological system 看面相 kàn miàn xiàng – physiognomy, reading facial features to determine personality or fate 艱澀 jiān sè – difficult to understand; dry and difficult to absorb 110年- the year 2021 in the Taiwanese calendar 肯教 kěn jiāo – willing to teach 單譜 dān pǔ – a type of Chinese divination that uses a single hexagram 文王卦 wén wáng guà – divination method based on the hexagrams in the Book of Changes 易經占卜 yì jīng zhàn bǔ – divination based on the Book of Changes (Yi Jing)
玖壹壹 Jiǔyīyī – Nine One One, a hip hop group in Taiwan 旋律 xuánlǜ – melody 喜怒哀樂 xǐ nù āiyuè – (an idiom) it refers to the range of human emotions, including happiness, anger, sorrow, and joy 下輩子 xiàbèizi – a song of Nine One One, “Next Lifetime” 副歌 fù gē – chorus
管道 guǎn dào – channel; pathway 學測 xué cè – GSAT,General Scholastic Ability Test ,a standardized test for admission to colleges and universities in Taiwan 指考 zhǐ kǎo – Advanced Subjects Test, an alternative college entrance exam for admission to colleges and universities in Taiwan 公民與社會 gōng mín yǔ shè huì – Citizenship and Social Studies 包含 bāo hán – to include; to contain 生物 shēng wù – biology 物理 wù lǐ – physics 地球科學 dì qiú kē xué – earth science 填志願 tián zhì yuàn – to fill in one’s college choices (for application)
討一口飯吃 tǎo yī kǒu fàn chī – “to earn a living”, refers to doing a job to make ends meet and to support oneself and one’s family 鐵飯碗 tiě fàn wǎn – “iron rice bowl”, a job that provides a secure and stable income, especially a government job with benefits and job security 應考 yìng kǎo – taking an entrance exam 警專學校 jǐng zhuān xué xiào – police vocational schools