昨天我收到了一封丹尼的邮件。
丹尼是我大学时候的男朋友，大学毕业以后，我在中国工作，他去加拿大继续学习。
分手之后，我们已经五年没有见面了。
他在邮件中告诉我，下个月他会从加拿大回国，到北京之后希望能和我见面聊天。
我一晚上没有睡觉，有点儿激动，有点儿担心，有点儿期待，有点儿害怕，心情很复杂。
不知道他现在变成什么样子了？
他还喜欢吃辣的东西吗？
长胖了吗？
结婚了吗？
博士毕业了吗？
生活得开心吗？
虽然分手让人心碎，但是我们在一起的那几年非常快乐，所以我也希望他幸福。
真想马上就到下个月啊！
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 昨天 | zuó tiān | yesterday |
| 我 | wǒ | I; me; my |
| 收 | shōu | to receive / to accept / to collect |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 了 | le | (completed action marker) / (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now) |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 封 | fēng | classifier for sealed objects, esp. letters |
| 丹尼 | Dān ní | Danny (name) |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 邮件 | yóu jiàn | mail / post / email |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 大学 | dà xué | university / college |
| 时候 | shí hou | time / length of time / moment / period |
| 男 | nán | (bound form) male |
| 朋友 | péng you | friend |
| 毕业 | bì yè | to graduate / to finish school |
| 以后 | yǐ hòu | after / later / afterwards / following / later on / in the future |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 中国 | Zhōng guó | China |
| 工作 | gōng zuò | to work / (of a machine) to operate |
| 他 | tā | he; him; his |
| 去 | qù | to go, to go to |
| 加拿大 | Jiā ná dà | Canada |
| 继续 | jì xù | to continue; to proceed with; to go on with |
| 学习 | xué xí | to learn / to study |
| 分手 | fēn shǒu | to part company / to split up / to break up |
| 之后 | zhī hòu | after; behind / (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then |
| 我们 | wǒ men | we; us; ourselves; our |
| 已经 | yǐ jīng | already |
| 五 | wǔ | five / 5 |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 没有 | méi yǒu | haven't / hasn't |
| 见面 | jiàn miàn | to meet; to see each other |
| 中 | zhōng | within; among; in |
| 告诉 | gào su | to tell; to inform; to let know |
| 下 | xià | later / next (week etc) |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 月 | yuè | month / monthly |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 回 | huí | to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return |
| 国 | guó | country; nation; state |
| 北京 | Běi jīng | Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China |
| 希望 | xī wàng | to hope |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 聊天 | liáo tiān | to chat; to gossip |
| 晚上 | wǎn shang | evening / night |
| 睡觉 | shuì jiào | to go to bed / to sleep |
| 有点儿 | yǒu diǎn r | slightly / a little / somewhat |
| 激动 | jī dòng | to move emotionally / to stir up (emotions) / to excite |
| 担心 | dān xīn | anxious / worried / uneasy |
| 期待 | qī dài | to look forward to / to await |
| 害怕 | hài pà | to be afraid; to be scared |
| 心情 | xīn qíng | mood; frame of mind |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 复杂 | fù zá | complicated; complex |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 知道 | zhī dào | to know; to become aware of |
| 现在 | xiàn zài | now; at present; currently |
| 变成 | biàn chéng | to change into / to turn into / to become |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 样子 | yàng zi | appearance / manner / pattern / model |
| 还 | hái | still, still in progress, yet |
| 喜欢 | xǐ huan | to like; to be fond of |
| 吃 | chī | to eat; to consume / to eat at |
| 辣 | là | hot (spicy) / pungent |
| 东西 | dōng xi | thing / stuff / person |
| 吗 | ma | (question particle for "yes-no" questions) |
| 长 | zhǎng | to grow / to develop / to increase / to enhance |
| 胖 | pàng | fat / plump |
| 结婚 | jié hūn | to marry; to get married |
| 博士 | bó shì | doctor (as an academic degree) |
| 生活 | shēng huó | to live |
| 得 | de | structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc |
| 开心 | kāi xīn | to feel happy / to rejoice / to have a great time |
| 虽然 | suī rán | although; even though |
| 让 | ràng | to permit / to let sb do sth / to have sb do sth / to make sb (feel sad etc) |
| 人 | rén | person; people |
| 心碎 | xīn suì | heartbroken / extreme depth of sorrow |
| 但是 | dàn shì | but; however |
| 一起 | yī qǐ | together; in company (with) |
| 那 | nà | (specifier) that; the; those / (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations) |
| 几 | jǐ | several / a few |
| 非常 | fēi cháng | very; really |
| 快乐 | kuài lè | happy; joyful |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 幸福 | xìng fú | happy / blessed |
| 真 | zhēn | really / truly / indeed |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 马上 | mǎ shàng | at once / right away / immediately |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 啊 | a | modal particle ending sentence, showing affirmation, approval, or consent |