HSK 3.0 level 7–9 vocabulary

4875 words

Words 4201–4300 of 4875

• 苦笑kǔ xiàoto force a smile; a bitter laugh
• 休眠xiū miánto be dormant (biology); inactive (volcano); to hibernate (computing)
• 照例zhào lìas a rule; as usual; usually
• 心安理得xīn ān lǐ déto have a clear conscience; to have no qualms about sth
• 船舶chuán bóshipping; boats
• 衰弱shuāi ruòweak; feeble
• 不翼而飞bù yì ér fēito disappear without trace; to vanish all of a sudden; to spread fast; to spread like wildfire
• 免职miǎn zhíto relieve sb of his post; to sack; to demote; dismissal; sacking
• 无微不至wú wēi bù zhìin every possible way (idiom); meticulous
• 吹捧chuī pěngto flatter; to laud sb's accomplishments; adulation
• 篇幅piān fulength (of a piece of writing); space occupied on a printed page
• 牵头qiān tóuto lead (an animal by the head); to take the lead; to coordinate (a combined operation); to mediate; a go-between (e.g. marriage broker)
• 表率biǎo shuàiexample; model
• 徐徐xú xúslowly; gently
• 一晃yī huǎng(of passing time) in an instant; (of a sight) in a flash
• 污秽wū huìnasty; sordid; filthy
• 没辙méi zhéat one's wit's end; unable to find a way out
• 秀丽xiù lìpretty; beautiful
• 司空见惯sī kōng jiàn guàna common occurrence (idiom)
• 耐用nài yòngdurable
• 内向nèi xiàngreserved (personality); introverted; (economics etc) domestic-oriented
• 纵然zòng ráneven if; even though
• 喜怒哀乐xǐ nù āi lèfour types of human emotions, namely: happiness 欢喜, anger 愤怒, sorrow 哀 and joy 快乐
• 并行bìng xíngto proceed in parallel; side by side (of two processes, developments, thoughts etc)
• 骏马jùn mǎfine horse; steed
• 兴隆Xīng lóngXinglong county in Chengde 德, Hebei
• 查获chá huòto track down and seize (a criminal suspect, contraband etc)
• 鉴赏jiàn shǎngto appreciate (as a connoisseur)
• 挂钩guà gōuto couple; to link; to hook together; (fig.) (preceded by 与 + {entity}) to establish contact (with {entity}); (Tw) to collude (with {entity}); (fig.) to link (marketing efforts with production etc); to peg (welfare payments to inflation etc); to tie (remuneration to performance etc); hook (on which
• 灼热zhuó rèburning hot; scorching
• 壮烈zhuàng lièbrave; heroic
• 微观wēi guānmicro-; subatomic
• 过意不去guò yì bù qùto feel very apologetic
• 缆车lǎn chēcable car
• 嫁妆jià zhuangdowry
• 倾家荡产qīng jiā dàng chǎnto lose a family fortune (idiom)
• 不亦乐乎bù yì lè hūlit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius); fig. (jocular) extremely; awfully
• 挨家挨户āi jiā āi hùto go from house to house
• 佳节jiā jiéfestive day; holiday
• 伤脑筋shāng nǎo jīnto be a real headache; to find sth a real headache; to beat one's brains
• 无精打采wú jīng dǎ cǎidispirited and downcast (idiom); listless; in low spirits; washed out
• 瓜分guā fēnto partition; to divide up
• 文人wén rénscholar; literati
• 冗长rǒng chánglong and tedious; redundant; superfluous; supernumerary; verbose (of writing)
• 红薯hóng shǔsweet potato
• 边远biān yuǎnfar from the center; remote; outlying
• 寓言yù yánfable
• 椭圆tuǒ yuánoval; ellipse; elliptic
• 爱不释手ài bù shì shǒu(idiom) to like sth so much that one is reluctant to put it down; to find sth utterly irresistible
• 误区wù qūmistaken ideas; misconceptions; the error of one's ways
• 气魄qì pòspirit; boldness; positive outlook; imposing attitude
• 底子dǐ zibase; foundation; bottom
• 摇摇欲坠yáo yáo yù zhuìtottering; on the verge of collapse
• 艳丽yàn lìgorgeous; garish and beautiful
• 辛酸xīn suānpungent (taste); bitter; fig. sad; miserable
• 海运hǎi yùnshipping by sea
• 一声不吭yī shēng bù kēngto not say a word
• 封顶fēng dǐngto put a roof (on a building); to cap the roof (finishing a building project); fig. to put a ceiling (on spending, prize, ambition etc); to top off; fig. to reach the highest point (of growth, profit, interest rates); to stop growing (of plant bud or branch)
• 长足cháng zúremarkable (progress, improvement, expansion etc)
• 斟酌zhēn zhuóto consider; to deliberate; to fill up a cup to the brim
• 功底gōng dǐtraining in the basic skills; knowledge of the fundamentals
• 盛产shèng chǎnto produce in abundance; to be rich in
• 退却tuì quèto retreat; to shrink back
• 引人入胜yǐn rén rù shèngto enchant; fascinating
• 凸显tū xiǎnto present clearly; to give prominence to; to magnify; clear and obvious
• 急功近利jí gōng jìn lìseeking instant benefit (idiom); shortsighted vision, looking only for fast return
• 商贩shāng fàntrader; peddler
• 以身作则yǐ shēn zuò zéto set an example (idiom); to serve as a model
• 赤道chì dàoequator (of the earth or a celestial body); celestial equator
• 丘陵qiū línghills
• 地势dì shìterrain; topography relief
• 要领yào lǐngmain aspects; essentials; gist
• 附和fù hèto agree; to go along with; to echo (what sb says)
• 历代lì dàisuccessive generations; successive dynasties; past dynasties
• 外币wài bìforeign currency
• 发扬光大fā yáng guāng dàto develop and promote; to carry forward; to bring to great height of development
• 失传shī chuán(of skills etc) to die out; lost; extinct
• 订立dìng lìto conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc); to set up (a rule etc)
• 味精wèi jīngmonosodium glutamate (MSG)
• 亏本kuī běnto make a loss
• 两口子liǎng kǒu zihusband and wife
• 竹竿zhú gānbamboo; bamboo pole
• 纬度wěi dùlatitude
• 胸有成竹xiōng yǒu chéng zhú(idiom) to have a well thought out plan in mind
• 铺路pū lùto pave (with paving stones); to lay a road; (fig.) to lay the groundwork (for sth); to give a present to sb to ensure success
• 胜出shèng chūto come out on top; to win (in an election, contest etc); success; victory
• 疏导shū dǎoto dredge; to open up a path for; to remove obstructions; to clear the way; to enlighten; persuasion
• 收复shōu fùto recover (lost territory etc); to recapture
• 伯母bó mǔwife of father's elder brother; aunt; (polite form of address for a woman who is about the age of one's mother)
• 串门chuàn ménto call on sb; to drop in; to visit sb's home
• 触觉chù juésense of touch; tactile sensation
• 伸缩shēn suōto lengthen and shorten; flexible; adjustable; retractable; extensible; telescoping (collapsible)
• 山川shān chuānmountains and rivers; landscape
• 长征Cháng zhēngLong March (retreat of the Red Army 1934-1935)
• 养生yǎng shēngto maintain good health; to raise a child or animal; curing (of concrete etc)
• 侧重cè zhòngto place particular emphasis on
• 挑拨tiǎo bōto incite disharmony; to instigate
• 拙劣zhuō lièclumsy; botched
• 产值chǎn zhívalue of output; output value
• 深化shēn huàto deepen; to intensify