Skateboarding Grandma Becomes Source of Inspiration

Translation

Keywords

滑板 - huábǎn - skateboard
特别 - tèbié - especially / special / particular / unusual
散步 - sànbù - to take a walk / to go for a walk
年轻人 - niánqīngrén - young people / youngster
年龄 - niánlíng - (a person's) age
放弃 - fàngqì - to renounce / to abandon / to give up
摔倒 - shuāidǎo - to fall down / to slip and fall
摔伤 - shuāishāng - bump / bruise / injury from falling
加入 - jiārù - to become a member / to join / to mix into / to participate in / to add in
母女 - mǔnǚ - mother-daughter
俩 - liǎ - two (colloquial equivalent of 两个) / both / some
练习 - liànxí - to practice / exercise / drill / practice
互相 - hùxiāng - each other / mutually / mutual
进步 - jìnbù - progress / improvement / to improve / to progress
滑 - huá - to slip / to slide / smooth / slippery / to skate
附近 - fùjìn - (in the) vicinity / nearby / neighbouring / next to
试 - shì - to test / to try / experiment / examination / test
视频 - shìpín - video
火 - huǒ - fire / hot (popular)
网友 - wǎngyǒu - Internet user
追 - zhuī - to chase after / to seek / to do one's utmost to seek or procure sth
影响 - yǐngxiǎng - influence / effect / to influence / to affect (usually adversely) / to disturb
一定 - yīdìng - surely / certainly / necessarily / given / particular / must
故事 - gùshi - narrative / story / tale
生活 - shēnghuó - to live / life / activity / livelihood
重要 - zhòngyào - important / significant / major

Grammar

Possibility 1 + 或(者) + Possibility 2 - Expressing "or…" with "Possibility 1 + huò(zhě) + Possibility 2" (mostly used for declarative sentences)
她不喜欢每天只是散步或者跳舞，她喜欢玩滑板！

Time or Verb Phrase + (以)前 - Expressing "before" a specific time or action with "Time or Verb Phrase + (yǐ)qián"
三年前，她看到年轻人玩滑板，觉得很有意思，就开始学习。

虽然…，但是… - Expressing "even though…, but..." with "suīrán...，dànshì..."
虽然很多人都说“年龄大了不要玩”，但是她没有放弃。

常常… - Expressing "frequently / usually / often…" with "chángcháng..." (negative formed with 不常)
一开始，她在滑板上站都站不好，常常摔倒，也摔伤过。
现在，刘奶奶滑板滑得非常好，附近的人常常来看她玩儿滑板。

后来… - Expressing "afterwards / later…" with "hòulái…" (more commonly used in sequence of events)
后来，她的女儿也加入进来，母女俩一起学滑板。

Verb + 进来 - Expressed after a verb to indicate the movement is in and towards the speaker / location with " Verb + jìnlái"
后来，她的女儿也加入进来，母女俩一起学滑板。

Verb 1 + 着 + Verb 2 - Expressing that the first verb is the accompanying action of the second verb with "Verb 1 + zhe + Verb 2"
有的老人也想试试，刘奶奶总是笑着说：“喜欢的事，什么时候开始都不晚！”

Verb / Adj. + 起来 - Expressed after verbs or adjectives to indicate the beginning and continuation of an action or state with "Verb / Adj. + qǐlái"
她滑滑板的视频在网上也火了起来，网友们叫她“追风少女”。

只要…，就… - Expressing "as long as…, then..." with "zhǐyào...，jiù..." (the condition is one way but not the only way to bring about the effect)
刘奶奶的故事告诉我们：年龄不是问题，只要喜欢，就可以去做。

Grammar

Possibility 1 + 或(者) + Possibility 2 - Expressing "or…" with "Possibility 1 + huò(zhě) + Possibility 2" (mostly used for declarative sentences)
她不喜歡每天只是散步或者跳舞，她喜歡玩滑板！

Time or Verb Phrase + (以)前 - Expressing "before" a specific time or action with "Time or Verb Phrase + (yǐ)qián"
三年前，她看到年輕人玩滑板，覺得很有意思，就開始學習。

雖然…，但是… - Expressing "even though…, but..." with "suīrán...，dànshì..."
雖然很多人都說「年齡大了不要玩」，但是她沒有放棄。

常常… - Expressing "frequently / usually / often…" with "chángcháng..." (negative formed with 不常)
一開始，她在滑板上站都站不好，常常摔倒，也摔傷過。
現在，劉奶奶滑板滑得非常好，附近的人常常來看她玩兒滑板。

後來… - Expressing "afterwards / later…" with "hòulái…" (more commonly used in sequence of events)
後來，她的女兒也加入進來，母女倆一起學滑板。

Verb + 進來 - Expressed after a verb to indicate the movement is in and towards the speaker / location with " Verb + jìnlái"
後來，她的女兒也加入進來，母女倆一起學滑板。

Verb 1 + 著 + Verb 2 - Expressing that the first verb is the accompanying action of the second verb with "Verb 1 + zhe + Verb 2"
有的老人也想試試，劉奶奶總是笑著說：「喜歡的事，什麼時候開始都不晚！」

Verb / Adj. + 起來 - Expressed after verbs or adjectives to indicate the beginning and continuation of an action or state with "Verb / Adj. + qǐlái"
她滑滑板的視頻在網上也火了起來，網友們叫她「追風少女」。

只要…，就… - Expressing "as long as…, then..." with "zhǐyào...，jiù..." (the condition is one way but not the only way to bring about the effect)
劉奶奶的故事告訴我們：年齡不是問題，只要喜歡，就可以去做。

Proper Nouns

四川 - Sìchuān - Sichuan (Province)
成都 - Chéngdū - Chengdu (capital of Sichuan Province)

Idioms