East Asian Language Learning meetup report (1214)

Hi! Last week was our final learning meeting this year and we hope you benefit a great deal from it.

[Chinese team]
Topic: Some episodes about Zhou Enlai

We watched a historic video about Zhou Enlai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viuj1WjTIT4&feature=youtube_gdata_player and talked about some historic stories related to that period.

[Selected vocabulary]
总理(zǒng lǐ) Premier
荤菜(hūn càì) meat or fish dish
素菜(sù cài) vegetable dish
宴会(yàn huì) dinner party
风度翩翩(fēng dù piān piān) graceful bearing. 指举止文雅优美。
蜂拥而来(fēng yōng ér lái) pour in. 像蜂群似的拥挤着狂奔而来，形容人非常多。
会晤(huì wù) formal meeting. 一般用在政务、外交等公共场合，领导间的会晤
追悼会(zhuī dào huì) memorial meeting

[Japanese team]
Topic: Social Network Services

[Selected vocabulary]
批判(ひはん)- Criticism/criticize (more of a negative attack)
案の定（あんのじょう）- as expected (思った通り、予定通り)
媒体(ばいたい)- Media
匿名(とくめい)- Anonymous
つぶやき- Blurb, muttering (used to describe short blurbs like tweets)
なう- Now (slang that is often used on twitter to describe what some is doing right now. Ex. テレビ見てるなう.)
現に(げんに)- Actually
誹謗中傷 (ひぼうちゅうしょう)- Malicious slander/libel
切り捨てる (きりすてる)- cut off and throw away/cut down
容赦(ようしゃ)- Pardon, mercy
伝播(でんぱ)- Circulation, propagation
軽率(けいそつ)- rash, hasty, thoughtless
露悪(ろあくてき)- self-deprecate, purposefully showing off one’s defects or faults
幼稚(ようち)- Childish, infantile, immature
症状(しょうじょう)- Symptom, condition of sickness
産出(さんしゅつ)- Produce/production
装置(しゅつそうち)-Device, equipment, apparatus
～以上～未満- More than~ less than~ (Ex. “友達以上恋人未満”. However, this is usually used with numbers.)

[Korean team]
Topic: Children’s Education in Korea

We talked about the pressure on children in the Korean education system which is caused by excessive ambition for children’s education in Korea.

[Selected vocabulary]
목걸이: necklace
망년회: year-end party
위협하다: threaten
종목: event /올림픽 정식 종목: official Olympic event
순서: order
예의: politeness
몸무게: weight
더욱: more
과거제도: the highest- level state examination to recruit ranking officials during the Goryeo and Joseon Dynasty
사건: case, incident, affair
망원경: telescope
독서실: reading room

Have a wonderful holiday and Happy New Year!