Danish Architect Quits Job to Run Farm in China

Translation

Keywords

建筑师 - jiànzhùshī - architect
辞职 - cízhí - to resign
辞去 - cíqù - to resign / to quit
建筑 - jiànzhù - to construct / building
郊外 - jiāowài - outskirts
田间 - tiánjiān - field / farm / farming area / village
创办人 - chuàngbànrén - founder (of an institution etc)
从事 - cóngshì - to go for / to engage in / to undertake / to deal with / to handle / to do
担任 - dānrèn - to hold a governmental office or post / to assume office of / to take charge of / to serve as
合伙人 - héhuǒrén - partner / associate
逐步 - zhúbù - progressively / step by step
精力 - jīnglì - energy
打造 - dǎzào - to create / to build / to develop / to forge (of metal)
生态 - shēngtài - ecology
完整 - wánzhěng - complete / intact
落地 - luòdì - to fall to the ground / to be set on the ground / to reach to the ground / (of a plane) to land
实践 - shíjiàn - to practice / to put into practice / to fulfill
开放 - kāifàng - to bloom / to open / to be open (to the public) / to open up (to the outside) / to be open-minded
接待 - jiēdài - to receive (a visitor) / to admit (allow sb to enter)
幼儿园 - yòu'éryuán - kindergarten / nursery school
公顷 - gōngqǐng - hectare
栽种 - zāizhòng - to plant / to grow
核桃 - hétao - walnut
设有 - shèyǒu - to have / to incorporate / to feature
温室 - wēnshì - greenhouse
游乐 - yóulè - to amuse oneself / recreation
岳母 - yuèmǔ - wife's mother, mother-in-law
经营 - jīngyíng - to engage in (business etc) / to run / to operate
改造 - gǎizào - to transform / to reform / to remodel / to remould
基地 - jīdì - base (of operations) / industrial or military base
建设 - jiànshè - to build / to construct / construction / constructive
遵循 - zūnxún - to follow / to abide by / to comply with / compliance
理念 - lǐniàn - idea / concept / philosophy / theory
拆除 - chāichú - to tear down / to demolish / to dismantle / to remove
房屋 - fángwū - house / building
翻新 - fānxīn - to revamp / a face-lift / to retread (a tire) / to refurbish (old clothes) / newly emerging
遮阳棚 - zhēyángpéng - sunshade
设施 - shèshī - facilities / installation
制作 - zhìzuò - to make / to manufacture
接触 - jiēchù - to touch / to contact / access / in touch with
农田 - nóngtián - farmland / cultivated land
课业 - kèyè - lesson / schoolwork
填补 - tiánbǔ - to fill a gap / to fill in a blank (on a form) / to overcome a deficiency
田野 - tiányě - field / open land

Grammar

曾(经) + Verb / Clause - Expressing "once / already / previously…" with "céng(jīng) + Verb / Clause" (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
农场创办人名为莫滕・霍尔姆（Morten Holm），原本长期在中国从事建筑相关工作，还曾担任一家中丹建筑公司的合伙人。

通常... - Expressing "usually / normally..." with "tōngcháng..."
他表示，建筑项目通常需要五到十年才能见到完整成果，但在农场里，好的想法可以快速落地，和孩子们、老师们一起实践，这样的过程十分有趣。

于 + Date / Time - Expressing "on a certain date / at a certain time" with "yú + Date / Time"
这座农场于2022年正式对外开放，主要接待北京各大幼儿园与中小学校的学生。

同时... - Expressing "at the same time / simultaneously..." with "tóngshí..."
农场占地约 12 公顷，园内栽种樱桃、苹果、核桃等果树，同时还设有温室、户外教室与小型游乐区域。

Grammar

曾(經) + Verb / Clause - Expressing "once / already / previously…" with "céng(jīng) + Verb / Clause" (past tense marker used before verb or clause)
農場創辦人名為莫滕・霍爾姆（Morten Holm），原本長期在中國從事建築相關工作，還曾擔任一家中丹建築公司的合伙人。

通常... - Expressing "usually / normally..." with "tōngcháng..."
他表示，建築項目通常需要五到十年才能見到完整成果，但在農場里，好的想法可以快速落地，和孩子們、老師們一起實踐，這樣的過程十分有趣。

於 + Date / Time - Expressing "on a certain date / at a certain time" with "yú + Date / Time"
這座農場於2022年正式對外開放，主要接待北京各大幼兒園與中小學校的學生。

同時... - Expressing "at the same time / simultaneously..." with "tóngshí..."
農場佔地約 12 公頃，園內栽種櫻桃、蘋果、核桃等果樹，同時還設有溫室、戶外教室與小型游樂區域。

Proper Nouns

丹麦 - Dānmài - Denmark

Idioms

开阔眼界 - kāikuòyǎnjiè - to broaden one's horizons