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HSK
girlfriend
HSK 1
child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child) / CL: 個|个
HSK 1
horizontal; level / a standard; a level (of ability, development etc)
HSK 2
awful / dreadful / fearful / formidable / frightful / scary / hideous / horrible / terrible / terribly
HSK 2
a copy of a film / film; motion picture; movie / (Tw) video; video clip / CL:
HSK 2
old friend / (slang) period / menstruation
HSK 2
to break; to smash
HSK 3
fear / to dread / I'm afraid that... / perhaps / maybe
HSK 3
goods / merchandise / product / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
(coll.) wife
HSK 4
even / even if / even though / no matter how
HSK 4
to compel / to force
HSK 5
lottery ticket
HSK 5
washbowl / basin for washing hands and face / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
aquatic products (including fish, crabs, seaweed etc)
HSK 5
agricultural produce
HSK 5
brand name / trademark
HSK 6
share certificate / stock (finance)
HSK 6
to play mahjong or cards
HSK 6
fried potato chips
HSK 6
short film / video clip
HSK 6
to mate or marry / to match / matching / compatible
HSK 7-9
short, simple literary or artistic creation / essay / skit
HSK 7-9
to dissect (an animal) / to analyze / anatomy
HSK 7-9
to examine and approve / to endorse
HSK 7-9
first batch
HSK 7-9
pressing / urgent
HSK 7-9
award / prize
HSK 7-9
the starting line (of a race) / scratch line (in a relay race)
HSK 7-9
favorable criticism / positive evaluation
HSK 7-9
gift / present
HSK 7-9
a trial / to try sb
HSK 7-9
card
HSK 7-9
medal (awarded as a prize)
HSK 7-9
to ask for compensation / to claim damages / claim for damages
HSK 7-9
lawn
HSK 7-9
to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger
HSK 7-9
to comment / a point by point commentary
HSK 7-9
poverty-stricken / very poor / hard-pressed / in a predicament / embarrassed
HSK 7-9
simple and unadorned (of art, architecture etc)
HSK 7-9
to be fair / to be impartial / to settle (a matter etc)
HSK 7-9
handkerchief / CL:
HSK 7-9
(idiom) hardworking, thrifty and unpretentious
greenhouse / polytunnel
Jingpo ethnic group of Tibet and Yunnan
single eyelid
level (device to determine horizontal) / spirit level / surveyor's level
action movie / kungfu movie
party membership / membership card
drumming on a bowl in grief (idiom, refers to Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子 grieving for his lost wife) / fig. grief for a lost wife
nourishment / nutrient
mesh / netting
chassis
lit. when someone tells you you're fat, you pant (as if you were actually fat) (idiom) / fig. Hey! I pay you a compliment, and you start bragging! (typically jocular and teasing) / flattery, like perfume, should be smelled, not swallowed
lit. one palm alone cannot clap (proverb) / fig. it takes two persons to start a dispute / it takes two to tango / it's difficult to achieve anything without support
women's volleyball / abbr. for 女子排球
to move one's lips / to wag one's tongue
too high to reach (idiom); eminent and unapproachable
(bird species of China) grey-tailed tattler (Tringa brevipes)
to lie stretched out / (neologism c. 2021) to opt out of the rat race
flat / planar
Acapulco, city in Mexico
guanine nucleotide (G, pairs with cytosine C 胞嘧啶 in DNA and RNA)
villain (of a drama etc)
rebel; insurgent
to talk bullshit
to skip stones (on water) / (coll.) to squander one's money on a bad investment
steep slope; steep incline
additional ticket desk / stand-by counter
traditional Chinese musical notation using Chinese characters to represent musical notes
(oil) blowout / surge / gush
paper cone used as hailer
to take the lead in a race / to set the pace
Maputo, capital of Mozambique
Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949)
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(slang) threesome
bubble / blister
apple pie
amber
political party / faction
yuppie (loanword) / young urban professional, 1980s slang
short and stout / dumpy / roly-poly
flat feet
meter dial / watch face
receipt / banknote of small denomination
big-hearted and serene (idiom); contented and easygoing
a piece, scrap or fragment of paper
eyelid
convertible (car)
exhibit / displayed item
midwife
Cubism
cold dish / appetizer
court / tribunal / courtroom
awning
dairy product
cloak / mantle
to rebel / to revolt
catapult / ballista (siege catapult firing stone blocks)

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