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1. Like many words in Chinese, dàibiǎo 代表代表to represent can be a noun (representation) or verb (to represent). In the sentence Zhūmùlǎngmǎfēng shì tāmen shēnghuó zhōng zuì dà tiǎozhàn de dàibiǎo 珠穆朗瑪峰是他們生活中最大挑戰的代表珠穆朗玛峰是他们生活中最大挑战的代表Mount Everest represents their greatest challenge in life the literal meaning is “Mount Everest is their life middle biggest challenge representation”, although the English translation uses the verb form “represents”.

2. Note how unlike English, the word suīrán 雖然虽然although usually requires a “but” word in front of its next clause. Dàn 但但but is used for this role in the sentence Suīrán guòchéng hěn lèi yě fēicháng xīnkū 雖然過程很累也非常辛苦虽然过程很累也非常辛苦Although the process is very tiring and hard work ，dàn zhè zhǒng tiǎozhàn hòu chénggōng de gǎnjué 但這種挑戰後成功的感覺但这种挑战后成功的感觉the feeling of success after this challenge .

3. The literal meaning of the sentence yǒngyuán dōu bú huì wàngjì 永遠都不會忘記永远都不会忘记and is something that they will never forget for the rest of their lives is “forever all won’t forget”. While one might say “will remember it forever”, we wouldn’t normally say (in English) “forever won’t forget”, however this is the form used in Chinese.

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