Chinese vocabulary: Tools & building – 45 words with pictures, audio & printable flashcards

他拿起工具，开始工作。

He picked up the tools, and started to work.

锁着，钥匙我找了很久才找到。

Locked, I searched for the key for a long time before finding it.

你有木棍或者绳子吗?

Do you have sticks or rope?

“上面有令，”一个人说，“陵墓封好以后，所有知道内部结构的工匠都不能留下。”

'There are orders from above,' one person said, 'After the tomb is sealed, all the craftsmen who know the internal structure cannot remain.'

灯火一个个熄灭，士兵们把所有工匠都带到陵墓深处，说是要“检查最后的工程”。

The lights went out one by one, and the soldiers took all the craftsmen into the depths of the tomb, claiming they were to 'inspect the final engineering work'.

水带够了吗？

Did you bring enough water?

妈妈拿出一根针。

Mother took out a needle.

他换了一个小零件，又擦干净了每一个部分。

He replaced a small part, and wiped every part clean.

工地上的气氛立刻变得紧张起来。

The atmosphere at the construction site immediately became tense.

建长城，需要很多砖。

Building the Great Wall, required many bricks.

表面那句是："陆连长蓄意破坏三号锅炉，情况属实，望上级核查。"

The surface sentence is: 'Company Commander Lu intentionally sabotaged boiler number three, the situation is true, request higher authorities to verify.'

图纸上没有路，他在想办法。

On the blueprints there is no road, he is thinking of a way.

我马上去拿木板

I'll go get the wooden boards right away

去看了,东边第二块,螺丝是少一颗,压条有点松。

Went to look, second one from the east, one screw is indeed missing, the molding is a bit loose.

报修单我交上去了,流程慢,你别催。

I've submitted the repair order, the process is slow, don't rush me.

我小心地打开布，里面是一个木头做的月饼模具。

I carefully unwrapped the cloth, inside was a mooncake mold made of wood.

我只用手电筒照了一下。

I only used a flashlight to shine on it for a moment.

他拿起锤子，手却停住了。

He picked up the hammer, but his hand stopped.

舱底进水 泵在抽暂时控制住

Water in the bilge, the pump is pumping controlled for now

别管我是谁,东边数第二块玻璃门,螺丝掉了一颗。

Never mind who I am, the second glass door from the east, a screw has fallen out.

他用一根很重的铁棒，一下一下地打肉。

He uses a very heavy iron rod, pounding the meat stroke by stroke.

头灯的光从雾里慢慢靠近，小柔一瘸一拐地走出来，身上裹着一件不是自己的外套。

The beam of a headlamp slowly approached through the mist. Xiao Rou limped out, wrapped in a coat that wasn't hers.

林晚在整理爷爷的遗物时,从书柜后面拖出一个上了锁的铁皮盒子。她找工具撬开锁,里面是一沓用红绳捆着的信,还有一个泛黄的小本子,上面记着几个老地址和一串被划掉又重写的电话号码。

While sorting through her grandfather's belongings, Lin Wan dragged out a locked tin box from behind a bookshelf. She found tools to pry open the lock. Inside was a stack of letters tied with red string, and a yellowed little notebook, on which were recorded a few old addresses and a phone number that had been crossed out and rewritten.

林小满放下手里的锅铲，冲回自己的房间，在装刀具的旧包底翻找起来。

Lin Xiaoman put down the spatula in her hand, rushed back to her room, and started searching the bottom of the old bag where she kept knives.

开发商已经买下了这片地，推土机三天后就会来。

The developer had already bought this piece of land, the bulldozers would come in three days.

一辆小卡车慢慢开过沙地。司机看到了绳圈，车停了下来。

A small truck drove slowly across the sand. The driver saw the rope ring, and the truck stopped.

每天，挑夫们背着扁担走上山。

Every day, the porters carrying a shoulder pole on their backs walk up the mountain.

螺丝孔那儿空着,压条歪了一点。

The screw hole is empty there, the molding is a bit crooked.

女孩说：'师傅，你能修这双鞋吗？

The girl said: 'Master, can you repair these shoes?

第二天，机器修好了。

The next day, the machine was fixed.

很多年前，人们建长城。

Many years ago, people built the Great Wall.

舱底进水 泵在抽暂时控制住

Water in the bilge, the pump is pumping controlled for now

政府说，下个月这里就要拆除。

The government says, it will be torn down next month.

公元前210年，秦始皇的陵墓已经修建了三十多年。

In the year 210 BC, Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum had already been under construction for over thirty years.

胡同要拆了，他的店也要关了。

The hutong is going to be demolished, and his shop is also going to close.

每天，王师傅坐在桌子前，认真地修理钟表。

Every day, Master Wang sits in front of the table, carefully repairing clocks.

真的也得等后天视察完再修,现在动工太扎眼。

Even if it's true, we have to wait until after the inspection to repair it, starting work now would be too conspicuous.

明天早上视察前,你自己去关掉那道口子,拉起警戒线,就说设备检修。

Before the inspection tomorrow morning, go turn off that opening yourself, pull up the caution tape, and just say it's equipment maintenance.

邮递员还告诉林夏，星期五以后，旧邮箱就要拆掉了。

The mail carrier also told Lin Xia, After Friday, the old mailbox would be taken down.

丫头……丫头你听得到吗……信号好像有一点点……我们……船进水多了点……老王在抽水……我把……我把救生衣都分了……你别告诉你妈这句……哎呀又要断了……

Yatou... Yatou, can you hear me... The signal seems to be a bit... We... the boat has taken on a bit more water... Old Wang is pumping water... I've... I've distributed all the life jackets... Don't tell your mom this part... Oh no, it's cutting out again...

林晚在整理爷爷的遗物时,从书柜后面拖出一个上了锁的铁皮盒子。她找工具撬开锁,里面是一沓用红绳捆着的信,还有一个泛黄的小本子,上面记着几个老地址和一串被划掉又重写的电话号码。

While sorting through her grandfather's belongings, Lin Wan dragged out a locked tin box from behind a bookshelf. She found tools to pry open the lock. Inside was a stack of letters tied with red string, and a yellowed little notebook, on which were recorded a few old addresses and a phone number that had been crossed out and rewritten.

他对颜料的颜色要求很高，为了配出跟古代一样的蓝色和红色，他花了很多钱去买矿石，自己动手研磨。

He had high requirements for the colors of the pigments, in order to match the same blues and reds as the ancient ones, he spent a lot of money to buy minerals, and ground them himself.

不换锁了。

Not changing the locks anymore.

报修单我交上去了,流程慢,你别催。

I've submitted the repair order, the process is slow, don't rush me.

现在补那个洞。

Now mend that hole.