The document provides an introduction and vocabulary words for understanding the origin of the Qingming Festival in China. It includes 10 Chinese words with pinyin romanization and English definitions. Examples are also given for how each word can be used in a sentence to help with understanding the meaning.

1. The Origin of the Qingming Festival – New Words
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清明节的由来
— 生词

2. 生词 拼音 例句
这个部门在公司不受
由来 yóulái
重视由来已久.
This department has been the
origin Cinderella of the company for
far too long.

3. 生词 拼音 例句
他被选为年会代
代表 dàibiǎo
表。
representative; delegate; to He was elected as a
delegate to the annual
represent; to stand for conference.

4. 生词 拼音 例句
你能解释这些外文词
意思 yì
si
的意思吗？
Can you explain the
idea; opinion;
meaning of these foreign
meaning; wish; desire words?

5. 生词 拼音 例句
暮春的清明节是扫墓
扫墓 sǎomù 拜祭先人的日子。
(literally) to sweep the
The Qingming Festival in
grave; tomb (i.e. to pay
spring is the occasion for
respects to a dead person
visiting ancestral graves.
at their tomb)

6. 生词 拼音 例句
感动 gǎndòng 我很受感动。
to move (somebody); to I was moved. (I was
touch; moving touched.)

7. 生词 拼音 例句
我希望你能原谅我。
希望 xīwàng
to wish for; to
I hope you'll forgive me.
desire; to hope

8. 生词 拼音 例句
他的复活吓坏了我
复活 fùhuó 们。
His resurrection frightened
resurrection
us.

9. 生词 拼音 例句
他父亲死后, 他继承
继承 jì ng
ché 了财产。
to inherit; to carry on; He came into a fortune
to succeed when his father died.

10. 生词 拼音 例句
和物质生活相比，
精神 jīngshén 我更注重精神生
活。
spirit; mind;
I care more about the
consciousness; thought;
spiritual life than the
mental; psychological; substantial life.
essence; gist

11. 生词 拼音 例句
她认定自己受到了迫
迫害 pòhài 害。
She persists in believing
to persecute;
that she is being
persecution persecuted.

12. 生词 拼音 例句
现实是不能逃避
逃避 táobì 的。
escape; evade; shirk Reality can't be escaped.

13. 生词 拼音 例句
他们最后终于达成
终于 zhōngyú 了协议。
finally; in the end; Finally, they arrived at
eventually an agreement.