Level 23 - Vocab in Context
43 Lessons
1
某个 in Context
2
某些 in Context
3
其他 in Context
4
讨厌 in Context
5
斤 in Context
6
公斤 in Context
7
听 in Context
8
BONUS: Helper - Expressing That an Action Has Happened Before with 过
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好听 in Context
10
听力 in Context
11
听见 in Context
12
听话 in Context
13
听说 in Context
14
近 in Context
15
最近 in Context
16
后 in Context
17
以后 in Context
18
然后 in Context
19
后来 in Context
20
最后 in Context
21
BONUS: Helper - Turning Adjectives into Adverbs with 地
22
后天 in Context
23
后面 in Context
24
后边 in Context
25
厚 in Context
26
反正 in Context
27
相反 in Context
28
BONUS: “How Does What" - Adverbs Expressing Tone of Voice
29
米饭 in Context
30
早饭 in Context
31
午饭 in Context
32
吃饭 in Context
33
吃饱 in Context
34
饿 in Context
35
员工 in Context
36
工人 in Context
37
江 in Context
38
左边 in Context
左右 in Context
40
右边 in Context
41
差 in Context
42
差不多 in Context
43
差点儿 in Context
Next Character
左右 in Context
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左右
Usage 1 - "roughly, approximately":
Sentence：
他买午饭花了100元左右。
English:
He spent about 100 RMB buying lunch.
Top-Down Words:
买 mǎi - to buy
花 huā - to spend
Sentence：
两岁左右。
English:
About two years old.
Top-Down Words:
岁 suì - age, one’s age
*Sentence：
我们公司有两百名左右员工。
English:
Our company has about two hundred employees.
Usage 2 - "the left and right":
*Sentence：
过马路的时候，要左右看一看。
English:
When crossing the street, look left and right.
Top-Down Words:
马路 mǎlù - road
时候 shíhòu - moment
Usage 3 - "all around, all sides":
*Sentence：
他们真让我左右为难。
English:
They really put me in a difficult situation.
Top-Down Words:
为难 wéinán - feel embarrassed, awkward
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Member Comments from 2019-mid-2020
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William Beeman
Hi! In 我们公司有两百名左右员工 is 名 some kind of counter for persons? Thanks
Mandarin Blueprint
Indeed, well spotted! Looks like your language module is starting to do the work for you ;).
MB Team
Here's the link to where Phil and Luke talked about this comment in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mirQSJ4gwPQ&t=2474s
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Gavin Meakin
Just out of curiosity... is there an etymological explanation as to why 'flower' and 'to spend' share the same character 花 ?
Mandarin Blueprint
Not 100% on this one. I think it was originally 化 to express the idea of "spend" then was switched with 花 somewhere down the line. I'd check with "outlier linguistics" for this one!
Keith Wilkens
Is there any particular reason it’s 100元左右 in the first sentence and 左右员工 in the 3rd sentence ? Just curious about the rule for placement in a sentence .
Mandarin Blueprint
Number + Measure Word + 左右 + (Noun Being Counted).
Technically, you could say "100元左右人名币（RMB），” but it's implied. In the 3rd sentence, you have 两百名 (where 名 is the MW for employees), then 左右, THEN the thing being counted 员工.
MB Team
This is where Luke and Phil talked about your question in the Mandarin Blueprint Podcast:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sti0orPioGI&t=4549s
Jason Pon
我们公司有两百名左右员工
What's the use of 名 in this sentence?
Mandarin Blueprint
As it happens, we talked about this in a recent podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZTpv6GwHS0&t=2999s