重 zhòng – to take seriously; to give weight to 背 bèi – to memorize 一堆 yī duī – a pile of, a lot 陌生 mòshēng – unfamiliar 記住 jì zhù – to remember 拼音 pīnyīn – spelling 標點符號 biāodiǎn fúhào – punctuation marks
整體 zhěng tǐ – overall 下定決心 xià dìng jué xīn – to make up one’s mind; to determine 報名 bào míng – to register; to sign up 艱辛 jiān xīn – difficult; hard; arduous 擠出吃奶的力氣jǐ chū chī nǎi de lì qì – to squeeze out all one’s strength; to exert oneself to the utmost 翻譯機 fān yì jī – translator; translation device
接觸 jiē chù – contact, get in touch 重視 zhòng shì – to value; emphasize 對話 duì huà – dialogue; conversation 跟對 gēn duì – to follow the right person 巧遇 qiǎo yù – chance encounter; coincidental meeting 聊得來 liáo de lái – able to have a good conversation; to hit it off 思想 sī xiǎng – thought; thinking 頻率 pín lǜ – frequency, here is used metaphorically to describe the level of similarity 接近 jiē jìn – close, similiar 親 qīn – close
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