PSLE Chinese - General Discussion

[snowcloud]

Hi Pixiedust,


agreed with Brenda10’s reply.

黑夜降临可以搭配在一起

春天来临是一个搭配

hope that clarify your doubt.

[pixiedust]

Thanks Brenda, I thought so too. The school paper answer key stated (1)

p/s: You've got PM


A NEW QUESTION :
For OE questions:
\"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\" 这句话是什么意思 ?

Is it necessary to repeat the stem of the question ?

\"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\" 这句话的意思是...............
OR straightway :
这句话是.......................

[Brenda10]

pixiedust:

Thanks Brenda, I thought so too. The school paper answer key stated (1)

p/s: You've got PM


A NEW QUESTION :
For OE questions:
\"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\" 这句话是什么意思 ?

Is it necessary to repeat the stem of the question ?

\"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\" 这句话的意思是...............
OR straightway :
这句话是.......................

Hi pixiedust,

You're welcome.

I refer the PSLE CL year 2006 - 2010 Booklet for reference and there is a question similar to the above structure and the following is the asnwer:

意思是指xxxxxxxxxx

Hope this help.

Best Regards

[IJJ]

pixiedust:

Please help me with the following. I think the answer key is wrong but I am not 100% sure.

Please also provide the right 词语 for the sentence you think is wrong.

Thanks in advance.


以下哪一个句子是正确的？

1。 夜色来临前，鸟儿都飞回它们的窝里。
2。 每当春天来临时，公园里就开满了鲜艳的花朵。

If sentence (1) is considered right, I do not understand why sentence (2) is wrong. In fact, I thot sentence (1), the use of 夜色is wrong. 夜色is refer to the colour of the night sky. It should be use this way : 夜色迷人，夜色优美. 夜色 is, strictly speaking, not to be used as a measurement of 'time'. 夜晚 or 黑夜should be used in place of 夜色.

Sentence (2) is correct. I cannot spot any wrong (grammatically or logically) in it. :roll:

IMO, 降临 and 来临 can be interchangeably used.

[IJJ]

pixiedust:

Thanks Brenda, I thought so too. The school paper answer key stated (1)

p/s: You've got PM


A NEW QUESTION :
For OE questions:
\"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\" 这句话是什么意思 ?

Is it necessary to repeat the stem of the question ?

\"xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\" 这句话的意思是...............
OR straightway :
这句话是.......................

\"这句话的意思是.......................\" or \"这句话指的是.................\" should be fine.

[pixiedust]

I see your points and now I am utterly confused !


There are 4 options and we have to choose the ONE which is CORRECT.
临 is a must-know word from the text so the question is designed to test understanding the difference between 降临 and 来临, I think.

Given these 2 (the other 2 options confirmed wrong), which is the ONE which is correct ?

1。 夜色来临前，鸟儿都飞回它们的窝里。 <--- answer key says this one is correct
2。 每当春天来临时，公园里就开满了鲜艳的花朵

Anyone can help clarify ? Someone with Chinese as first language ?

p/s: this is a question from TN 2010 SA1 paper.



In fact, at P5 there are many of such very close 词语 so I hope everyone can contribute more questions and answers for discussion on this thread.

[corneyAmber]

Here is what I found from dictionary (cidian.xpcha.com):


词语解释

降临 jiànɡ lín

来到：夜色～ㄧ大驾～。

[fall] 到来;来临
夜幕降临

词语解释

来临 lái lín

来到；到来：暴风雨即将～ㄧ每当春天～，这里就成了花的世界。

(1) [come;arrive;be here]∶来到;到来
每当春天来临,这里是一片绿油油的庄稼
(2) [be upon]∶接近或已接触到
暑假已经来临

From another dictionary:

\"降临\" \"；\" \"来临\"

降临
\t[书面语] befall; arrive; come; come down: 夜色降临。 night falls.; darkness falls
；
来临
\tarrive; come; approach: 国庆即将来临。 national day is coming [drawing near]. 春天来临时燕子成群飞来。 swallows come by group at the advent of spring

[IJJ]

Let me email to my girl’s CL tr (HOD). Will get back.


By the way, 夜幕, 幕 itself is a curtain, I will not use 夜幕来临or降临. I would think that 夜幕低垂 is a more correct way to place together.

[corneyAmber]

夜幕 is not curtain per se....just a figurative description of darkness of the night.


夜幕 - 夜间的景物像幕布罩住一样，漆黑一片，因称黑夜：夜幕降临。

eg: The land is enveloped in a curtain of darkness. 夜幕笼罩着大地


夜幕低垂 was used as a title for a movie and its English title was \"When the night is falling\".

[pixiedust]

Thanks everyone, I learnt a lot.


IJJ, pls update HOD’s response too. Thanks heaps.