Practical Chinese Reader Lesson 52 - Page 1

toward evening, (at) nightfall, (at) dusk

Beijing Hotel

repeatedly, continuously, constantly

to start off with

carpet, rug

groundwater

way, method

dry, arid

melon

to irrigate

Hami melon (a variety of muskmelon)

wedding ceremony, wedding

the Mountain of Flames

what one sees and hears, knowledge, information

program, item (on a program)

to end, to finish, to conclude, to close

to hold (a meeting, ceremony, etc.)

(for emphasis)

(a measure word, for cloth, cake, soap)

cotton

farmland, cultivated land

to accompany, to keep someone company

basin, depression

raisin

to pray, to say one's prayers

Islamic, Muslim

mosque

relative

but, yet, however, while

people

desert

foodstuff, food, provisions

ripe

temple

in all directions, all around, far and near

to lift, to raise, (of two or more persons) to carry

sweet

the Turfan Basin, in Xinjiang Province

the Uygur (Uighur) nationality, living in Xinjiang

well-known, famous, renowned

interest

bridegroom

bride

Pilgrimage to the West, Journey to the West

banquet, feast, dinner party

at the same time, simultaneously

to lead, to divert (water)

to meet, to welcome, to greet

to give rise to, to lead to, to cause, to arouse

by, to, leave it (to sb.)