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Writer's picture鸑岚朠 Yuè LánYīng

Special by Ryan O'Connell Season 2 Episode 3 [Vocabulary]



1. 传销 chuánxiāo multi-level marketing; pyramid selling


2. 吹嘘 chuīxū to brag; lavish praise on oneself or others

吹 chuī to blow; to play a wind instrument; to blast; to puff; to boast; to brag; to end in

failure; to fall through

嘘 xū to exhale slowly; to hiss; hush!


3. 小资产阶级 xiǎo zīchǎnjiējí petty bourgeois

小资 (slang) petit bourgeois; yuppie; petty bourgeois

资产阶级 zīchǎn jiējí the capitalist class; the bourgeoisie

资产 zīchǎn property; assets

阶级 jiējí (social) class; caste

资 zī resources; capital; to provide; to supply; to support; money; expense

产 chǎn to give birth; to reproduce; to produce; product; resource; estate;

property

阶 jiē rank or step; stairs

级 jí level; grade; rank; step (of stairs); classifier: step, level


4. 共和党 gònghé dǎng Republican Party


5. 婊贝

婊 biǎo prostitute

贝 bèi cowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic); (Chinese surname)


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