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Learn the character “休”

时间:2014-10-04

 “休” is a Chinese character, and its pronunciation is “xiū”. Th-e structure of this character is very intresting, even we can

regard it as a story. The left part is single side, and it means a

person; the right part is wood, and it means a big tree. So we

can imagine that a person was too tired to move on, thus he orshe stoped and rested against a big tree.

 

  There are many kinds of meanings of the character “休”,and some basic meanings as follows :

1have a rest ;【2cease;【3don’t; 4Auspicious, goodness, good fortune; 5resign.

  As shown in below, There are some phrases in common use.

1休息 xiūxi  have a rest; take a rest; rest

例:她只有周末能休息。

Ex: She can rest only on weekends.

2休闲  xiūxián  free

例:厦门,是一个休闲的好地方。

Ex: Xiamen, is a good place for leisure.

3休假 xiūjià  have a holiday; take a vacation

例:她每年可以带薪休假两个星期。

Ex: She can have two weeks of vacation with pay per year.

4休会 xiūhuì  adjourn; stand adjourned

例:主持会议的人生病了,今天不得不休会。

Ex: The meeting have to adjourn on account of the chairman's illness.

5休养 xiūyǎng  recuperate; convalesce

例:医生说,他需要好好休养一段时间。

Ex: The docter said that he need a good rest for a period of time.

6休想 xiūxiǎng  don't imagine that it's possible

例:你最好说实话,休想骗我!

Ex: You had better tell the truth, don’t imagine you can cheat me!