Lesson 19 Dialogue 1

Grammar

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打算 (dǎsuàn) and 计划 (jìhuà)

While the verbs 打算 (dǎsuàn) and 计划 (jìhuà) are synonyms, the former is more colloquial and the latter more formal.

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马上就要放假了，你有什么计划？

mǎshàng jiù yào fàng jià le, nǐ yǒu shénme jìhuà?

It’ll be break soon. What are your plans?

我暑假打算回北京去看父母。

Wǒ shǔjià dǎsuàn huí Běijīng qù kàn fùmǔ.

I plan to go back to Beijing to see my parents.

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不得了 (bù déliǎo, extremely)

The expression 不得了 (bù déliǎo, extremely), which often follows the structure “adjective + 得 (de),” indicates a high degree, in the speaker’s judgment, of the attribute signified by the adjective.

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那个地方夏天热得不得了。

Nà ge dìfang xiàtiān rè de bù déliǎo.

Summer is unbearably hot in that place.

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长城上的人多得不得了。

Chángchéng shàng de rén duō de bù déliǎo.

There was an incredible number of people on the Great Wall.

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the verb 办 (bàn)

To apply for a certificate or official documentation, one usually uses the verb 办 (bàn), especially in spoken Chinese.

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办护照 bàn hùzhào to apply for a

passport

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办签证 bàn qiānzhèng to apply for a visa

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办学生证 bàn xuéshēngzhèng to apply for a

student ID

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办手续 bàn shǒuxù to do the paperwork

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办结婚证 bàn jiéhūnzhèng to apply for a

marriage license

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谢谢

再见

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