HSK 7–9
vocabulary.

to turn one's head; to turn round

to suspend (an agreement); to revoke

dad

decline (in value); extent of a drop

to pile up; (bound form) repeated

dish; plate

continuously arising; to arise repeatedly

male adult; the 4th of the 10 Heavenly Stems 天干[tian1 gan1]

to watch attentively; to fix one's attention on

to warn repeatedly; to urge

nail; snag

at most; at best

top-notch; first-rate

peak; apex

to join things together by fixing them in place at one or more points; to nail

to place an order; to subscribe

down payment; advance payment

to settle (in some city, country etc); to take up residence

to conclude (treaty, contract, agreement etc); to set up (a rule etc)

scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy); (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts")

final conclusion; accepted argument

to orientate; directional

tranquilizer; sth that sets one's mind at ease

subscription; to subscribe to

to have something made to order

to lose face; humiliation

to discard; to abandon

to lose face

forgetful; empty-headed

to run this way and that (idiom); to rush about busily; to bustle about

host; official host (e.g. venue for games or a conference)

to look in all directions (idiom); to glance around

board member

to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent

board of directors

chairman of the board of directors

(typically followed by 就[jiu4]) apt to; at the drop of a hat

unrest (social or political); turmoil

sense of movement (often in a static work of art); dynamic

to start (a building project)

to freeze (water etc); (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc)

(detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness

ridgepole; ridgepole and beams

artery

to go on a journey; to leave

to budge

trend; tendency

cave; cavern

to sway; to waver

to utilize; to put sth to use

to mobilize; mobilization

pocket; bag

to hawk; to peddle

to tremble; to shake out

steep; precipitous; (of a change) abrupt; sudden

precipitous

to fight; to struggle

to stay for a while; to sojourn

will to fight; fighting spirit

bean; pea

to supervise and urge completion of a task; to urge on

city; metropolis

alone; independent

exclusive

drugs; narcotics

unmarried; single; alone

reading material

(idiom) unique; unmatched; unrivalled

to bet; to gamble

to gamble

to clog up; blockage

to put an end to

upright; regular

of short duration; brief; momentary

to conclude; to determine

intermittent; off and on

to sever; to break off

fracture; rupture

phase; time interval

resolute; definitive

(idiom) to quote out of context

to pile up; to heap

lit. to pile up (bricks); to pack

surname Dui; to cash

opposite bank (of a body of water)

dialogue (in a movie or a play)

countermeasure for dealing with a situation

not to let sb down; to treat sb fairly

to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do

to convert; to exchange

rhyming couplet; pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway

convection

lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom); fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience

(of a check etc) to cash; to honor a commitment

formation

to play go, chess etc

to contrast; to compare

lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it

(of mountains etc) to stand facing each other; (fig.) to confront each other

to press; to urge