环保习惯
Green habits
HSK 5 · 74 words · 100% within level
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After moving to a new flat I began paying attention to small things.
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When I go shopping I take my own bag and do not use plastic ones.
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The lights at home are low-energy ones, and I always switch them off before going out.
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I take the subway as much as I can and use taxis less.
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These habits look tiny, but over a year they save a fair amount of resources.
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The main thing is not to think one person makes no difference — when there are many people it adds up.
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- 搬bānHSK 3transfer, move, remove, shift
- 到dàoHSK 1go to, arrive, been to
- 新xīnHSK 1new, recent, fresh, modern
- 家jiāHSK 1house, home, residence; family
- 以后yǐ hòuHSK 2after; later; afterwards; following; later on; in the future
- 我wǒHSK 1our, us, i, me, my, we
- 开始kāi shǐHSK 3to begin; beginning; to start; initial
- 注意zhù yìHSK 3to take note of; to pay attention to
- 一些yī xiēHSK 1some; a few; a little; (following an adjective) slightly ...er
- 小xiǎoHSK 1small, tiny, insignificant
- 事shìHSK 1affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
- 出门chū ménHSK 2to go out; to leave home; to go on a journey; away from home; (of a woman) to get married
- 买mǎiHSK 1buy, purchase; bribe, persuade
- 东西dōng xiHSK 1thing; stuff; person
- 的deHSK 1possessive, adjectival suffix
- 时候shí houHSK 1time; length of time; moment; period
- 自己zì jǐHSK 2oneself; one's own
- 带dàiHSK 2belt, girdle, band, strap, zone
- 袋dàiHSK 4pocket, bag, sack, pouch
- 子zǐHSK 1offspring, child; fruit, seed of; first earthly branch
- 不用bù yòngHSK 1need not
- 塑料袋sù liào dàiHSK 4plastic bag
- 家里jiā lǐHSK 1home
- 灯dēngHSK 2lantern, lamp
- 是shìHSK 1indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that
- 省shěngHSK 2province; save, economize
- 电diànHSK 1electricity; electric; lightning
- 前qiánHSK 1in front, forward; preceding
- 一定yī dìngHSK 2surely; certainly; necessarily; fixed; a certain (extent etc); given; particular; must
- 会huìHSK 1assemble, meet together; meeting
- 关guānHSK 1frontier pass; close; relation
- 尽量jǐn liàngHSK 3as much as possible; to the greatest extent
- 坐zuòHSK 1sit; seat; ride, travel by
- 地铁dì tiěHSK 2underground railway; subway; subway train
- 少shǎoHSK 1few, less, inadequate
- 打车dǎ chēHSK 1to take a taxi (in town); to hitch a lift
- 这些zhè xiēHSK 1these
- 习惯xí guànHSK 2habit; custom; usual practice; to be used to
- 看起来kàn qǐ laiHSK 3seemingly; apparently; looks as if; appear to be; gives the impression that; seems on the face of it to be
- 很hěnHSK 1very, quite, much
- 一yīHSK 1one; a, an; alone
- 年niánHSK 1year; new-years; person's age
- 下来xià laiHSK 3to come down; (completed action marker); (after verb of motion, indicates motion down and towards us, also fig.); (indicates continuation from the past towards us); to be harvested (of crops); to be over (of a period of time); to go among the masses (said of leaders)
- 也yěHSK 1also; classical final particle of strong affirmation or identity
- 能néngHSK 1to be able; can, permitted to; ability
- 下xiàHSK 1under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
- 不少bù shǎoHSK 2many; a lot; not few
- 资源zī yuánHSK 4natural resource (such as water or minerals); resource (such as manpower or tourism)
- 最zuìHSK 1most, extremely, exceedingly
- 重要zhòng yàoHSK 1important; significant; major
- 别biéHSK 1separate, other; do not
- 觉得jué deHSK 1to think that ...; to feel that ...; to feel (uncomfortable etc)
- 个人gè rénHSK 3individual; personal; oneself
- 做zuòHSK 1work, make; act
- 没有méi yǒuHSK 1haven't; hasn't; doesn't exist; to not have; to not be
- 用yòngHSK 1use, employ, apply, operate; use
- 人rénHSK 1man; people; mankind; someone else
- 多duōHSK 1much, many; more than, over
- 了leHSK 1to finish; particle of completed action
- 就jiùHSK 1just, simply; to come, go to; to approach, near
- 不bùHSK 1no, not; un-; negative prefix
- 一样yī yàngHSK 1same; like; equal to; the same as; just like
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Living in the city · Part 3 of 5
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