Tomato and egg stir-fry

The lesson’s vocabulary

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• 西红柿
  xīhóngshì

  tomato

• 鸡蛋
  jīdàn

  (chicken) egg; hen's egg

• 炒
  chǎo

  to sauté; to stir-fry; to speculate (in real estate etc)

• 教
  jiāo

  to teach; to instruct

• 洗
  xǐ

  to wash; to bathe; to develop (photographs)

• 干净
  gānjìng

  clean; neat

• 切
  qiē

  to cut; to slice; (math.) tangential

• 块
  kuài

  lump; chunk; classifier for pieces of cloth, cake, soap etc

• 记
  jì

  to record; to note; to memorize

• 做法
  zuòfǎ

  way of handling sth; method for making; work method

• 碗
  wǎn

  bowl; cup

• 加
  jiā

  to add; to increase; to augment

• 盐
  yán

  salt

• 油
  yóu

  oil; fat; grease

• 够
  gòu

  (coll.) to reach by stretching out; enough (sufficient)

• 热
  rè

  hot (of weather); heat; fervent

• 倒
  dào

  to invert; to place upside down or frontside back

• 变
  biàn

  to change; to become different; to transform

• 黄
  huáng

  yellow; pornographic; to fall through

• 糖
  táng

  sugar; sweets; candy

• 北方
  běifāng

  north; the northern part a country

• 南方
  nánfāng

  south; southern direction

• 最后
  zuìhòu

  final; last; finally

• 糟糕
  zāogāo

  too bad; how terrible; what bad luck

• 传
  chuán

  to pass on; to spread; to transmit

• 味道
  wèidào

  flavor; taste; (fig.) feeling (of ...)

• 厨房
  chúfáng

  kitchen

• 锅
  guō

  pot; pan; pot-shaped thing

• 米饭
  mǐfàn

  (cooked) rice

• 香
  xiāng

  fragrant; sweet smelling; aromatic

• 然后
  ránhòu

  then; after that

The lesson’s grammar

• Sequencing steps: 先……再……然后……最后

  先 + V1，再 + V2，然后 + V3，最后 + V4

• Turning / treating: 把 A + V + 成 / 作 B

  Subject + 把 + A + Verb + 成 / 作 + B

• 把 with negation and modal verbs

  Subject + 没 / 不 / 别 / 要 / 应该 / 能 + 把 + Object + Verb + …

• As soon as: 一……就

  (Subject 1) + 一 + V1，(Subject 2) + 就 + V2

• Figurative 下来: fixing, keeping, calming down

  记 / 写 / 留 / 停 / 安静 / 冷静 + 下来