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First Women's Art Museum Opens in China SAMPLE
First Women's Art Museum Opens in China
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中国首家女性艺术博物馆开馆
中国首家女性艺术博物馆开馆
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Keywords
母系 - mǔxì - maternal / matriarchal
相符 - xiāngfú - to match / to tally
沿袭 - yánxí - to carry on as before / to follow (an old custom etc)
群落 - qúnluò - biocoenosis / ecological community
当代 - dāngdài - the present age / the contemporary era
思想 - sīxiǎng - thought / thinking / idea / ideology
资源 - zīyuán - natural resource (such as water or minerals) / resource (such as manpower or tourism)
选址 - xuǎnzhǐ - site selection
元素 - yuánsù - element / element of a set / chemical element
祖母 - zǔmǔ - father's mother / paternal grandmother
公共 - gōnggòng - public / common / communal
空间 - kōngjiān - space
微型 - wēixíng - miniature / micro- / tiny
致力 - zhìlì - to work for / to devote one's efforts to
收藏 - shōucáng - to hoard / to collect / collection
记录 - jìlù - to record / record (written account, in sports etc)
资料 - zīliào - material / resources / data / information
文献 - wénxiàn - document
册 - cè - book / booklet / measure word for books
开幕 - kāimù - to open (a conference) / to inaugurate
深刻 - shēnkè - profound / deep / deep-going
展品 - zhǎnpǐn - exhibit / displayed item
外形 - wàixíng - figure / shape / external form / contour
猪槽船 - zhūcáochuán - pig trough boat
妇女 - fùnǚ - woman
珠子 - zhūzi - pearl / bead
创作 - chuàngzuò - to create / to produce / to write / creative work / creation
刺绣 - cìxiù - to embroider / embroidery
身份 - shēnfèn - identity / status / capacity / dignity / position / rank
境况 - jìngkuàng - circumstances
未来 - wèilái - future / tomorrow / approaching / coming / pending
日常 - rìcháng - daily / everyday
展览 - zhǎnlǎn - to put on display / to exhibit / exhibition / show
展示 - zhǎnshì - to reveal / to display / to show / to exhibit sth
相关 - xiāngguān - related / relevant / pertinent / to be interrelated / (statistics) correlation
成就 - chéngjiù - accomplishment / success / achievement
时刻 - shíkè - moment / constantly / always
造成 - zàochéng - to bring about / to create / to cause
开放性 - kāifàngxìng - openness
学术性 - xuéshùxìng - academic
Grammar
同时... - Expressing "at the same time / simultaneously..." with "tóngshí..."
该“祖母屋”不仅是馆内的一处公共教育空间，同时也是一个微型的女性艺术图书馆。
同时，博物馆也将通过日常展览、教育和研究等方式展示女性相关艺术的思想、创作和成就。
Verb / Adj. + 于 + Object - Expressing that the action or adj. is "in / at / to / from" a certain object with "Verb + yú + Object" (object can be a place, time, person, entity etc.)
据介绍，该图书馆主要致力于收藏和记录全世界女性艺术的重要资料和文献。
它以女性为主题，致力于讨论女性的身份、境况和未来等。
目前… - Expressing "at present / currently..." with "mùqián..."
目前，馆内收藏的文献已有约400册。
令人 + Verb / Adj. - Expressing "to cause sb (to do) / to make one (feel sth)" with "lìngrén + Verb / Adj." (used in constructing words for feelings such as anger, surprise, sympathy etc.)
在此次开幕展上，最令人印象深刻的展品是《轻舟》，该展品外形为一条猪槽船，船内则是馆长罗怡邀请多名当地摩梭妇女用珠子共同创作的刺绣。
此次... - Expressing "this time…" with "cǐcì..."
在此次开幕展上，最令人印象深刻的展品是《轻舟》，该展品外形为一条猪槽船，船内则是馆长罗怡邀请多名当地摩梭妇女用珠子共同创作的刺绣。
罗怡还称，此次博物馆的开幕是中国女性艺术发展历史中的重要时刻。
Clause 1 + 则 + Clause 2 - Conjunction used to express contrast with a previous sentence or clause with "Clause 1 + zé + Clause 2"
在此次开幕展上，最令人印象深刻的展品是《轻舟》，该展品外形为一条猪槽船，船内则是馆长罗怡邀请多名当地摩梭妇女用珠子共同创作的刺绣。
Word + 性 - Expressing a property / characteristic / suffix forming adjective from verb / suffix forming noun from adjective (similar to adding "-ility", "-ness" or "-ic") with "xìng"
她希望，今后，通过她的努力，能够将该博物馆打造成一个更具公共性、开放性和学术性的艺术空间。
Proper Nouns
澎湃新闻 - Péngpài Xīnwén - Paper.cn泸沽湖 - Lúgū Hú - Lugu Lake (lake in Yunnan Province)
她美术馆 - Tā Měishùguǎn - Museum of Women's Art / MOWA
摩梭 - Mósuō - Mosuo (ethnic group in China from the mountainous regions of Sichuan and Yunnan provinces)
轻舟 - Qīng Zhōu - La Barca Leggera / The Light Boat (work by artist Luo Mingjun)
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