HSK 7–9
vocabulary.

mien; bearing

charm; humor

sand blown by wind; sandstorm

current custom; current way of doing things

rich; sumptuous

feng shui; geomancy

plentiful; substantial; rich (in resources etc)

to blockade; to seal off

local conditions and customs (idiom)

distinctive flavor; distinctive style

weather; unstable situation

regardless of weather conditions; rain, hail or shine

kite (lit. "wind zither", traditionally explained as being named after kites fitted with bamboo whistles that produced musical sounds when flown)

madman; lunatic

to meet by chance; to come across

to sew; to stitch

to sew together; suture (in surgery)

to satirize; to mock

seam; crack

phoenix

lit. as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom); fig. few and far between

Buddha; Buddhism (abbr. for 佛陀[Fo2 tuo2])

to veto; to overrule

to spread; to lay out

breeding; to incubate

superficial; shallow

to elaborate (on a theme); to expound (the classics)

to help; to assist

to drift about; to move unsteadily; (fig.) to fluctuate; to rise and fall; to be changeable

to capture (enemy property or personnel); capture (physics: absorption of subatomic particle by an atom or nucleus)

buoyancy

to take prisoner; a captive (usu. a prisoner of war)

good fortune; a blessing

to be convinced; to accept

to radiate; radiation

apparel; clothing and personal adornment

server (computer)

(of a thought or image) to come to mind; (of a smile etc) to appear (on sb's face)

fickle and impatient; restless

corruption; to corrupt

to rot; to putrefy

to gently caress and stroke; to pet

corrosion; to corrode (degrade chemically)

to overlook; to look down at

to bend one's head

rotten; decayed

(of an organization that has a duty of care) to give financial support to relatives of sb who has died or suffered serious injury

to foster; to bring up

axe; hatchet

to bear; to carry (on one's back)

to add; to attach; to be close to; to be attached

to go; to visit (e.g. another country)

abdomen; stomach

copy; duplicate; transcript; (gaming) dungeon; instance; private team mission

to check again; to re-examine

supplementary; incidentally

to recur (of a disease); to reappear

to contain in great quantities; rich in

rich and powerful person

(of people who were estranged) to be reconciled; (of a couple) to get back together

to agree; to go along with

to revive; (lit. and fig.) to come back to life

additional; annex

rich and powerful

subsidiary; auxiliary

to recover (health, economic); to resuscitate

rich person; millionaire

diarrhea; to have the runs

to revive; to rejuvenate

to restore (sth) to (its) former condition; to recover from illness

(lit. and fig.) to carry a heavy load; to carry a heavy burden

rich; plentiful

side effect

to revise the current edition; revised edition

to alter; to modify

change of appearance; to revise one's point of view

to improve (sth); to reform (a system)

another day; some other day

to mend one's ways (idiom); to turn over a new leaf

to change one's costume; to repackage

calcium (chemistry)

(bound form) general; approximate; without exception; categorically

general situation; summary

outline; introduction

weapons of war; arms

withered; shriveled; dried-up

to interfere; to meddle

to be willing to; to resign oneself to

to meddle; to intervene

stick; pole

one's thoughts and feelings; emotional stirring

to be grateful

to hurry; to rush

to sigh with sorrow, regret etc; rueful

to sigh (with feeling); to lament

to come to realize; to appreciate (feelings)

perception; perceptual

cadre; official

enthusiasm for doing sth

administrator; executive secretary