Taking care of yourself

Woordenschat

• 健康health / healthy
• 作息daily routine / sleep schedule
• 锻炼to exercise
• 均衡balanced
• 饮食diet / eating habits
• 压力stress / pressure
• 充足sufficient / adequate
• 睡眠sleep
• 戒掉to quit / give up (a habit)
• 保持to maintain / keep
• 建议advice / to suggest
• 习惯habit

Uitdrukkingen

• 你应该每天至少睡七个小时。Recommending minimum sleep duration
• 最好少吃外卖，多自己做饭。Advising on healthier eating habits
• 你不应该一直坐着，要多活动。Warning against sedentary behaviour
• 我一直在坚持每天锻炼半小时。Sharing your own exercise routine
• 压力太大对健康不好，要学会放松。Advising stress management
• 养成好的作息习惯很重要。Emphasising the importance of routine

Veelgemaakte fouten

• ✗你应该睡觉更多。
  ✓你应该多睡觉。

  In Chinese, 多 (more) comes before the verb, not after — 多睡觉 means sleep more, not 睡觉更多.

• ✗最好你早休息点。
  ✓你最好早点休息。

  最好 (had better) comes before the subject or directly before the verb phrase — 你最好... is the natural order.

• ✗我不应该吃不健康。
  ✓我不应该吃不健康的食物。

  不健康 is an adjective — it needs a noun (食物) to modify. You cannot eat an adjective.

• ✗我一直坚持锻炼在。
  ✓我一直在坚持锻炼。

  一直在 is a fixed order — 在 must come between 一直 and the verb, never moved to the end.

• ✗应该保持好习惯健康。
  ✓应该保持健康的好习惯。

  Adjectives precede nouns in Chinese — 健康的好习惯 (healthy good habits), not 好习惯健康.

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