HSK 7–9
vocabulary.

jar; vat

program (i.e. plan of action); guiding principle

steel

outline; essential points

harbor; port

bay serving as a harbor

lever; pry bar

high quota; large amount

to hold (one's head) high; expensive

arrogant; haughty

high tide; high water; upsurge; peak of activity

high-sounding speech; bombast

grandeur; noble

wise opinion; brilliant idea (honorific)

high altitude

elderly

brilliant; superior; wise

high blood pressure; hypertension

dainty; elegance

(physics) high pressure; (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure

to surge up; to rise

to make mischief; to play tricks

to get people to laugh; funny

(bound form) to say; to tell; to announce; to report

to say goodbye; to take one's leave

to warn; to admonish

announcement

to inform; to notify

to tell on sb; to complain (to a teacher, a superior etc); to bring a lawsuit

to place; to put aside

Gobi (desert)

swelling or lump on skin; pimple; knot; lump

Western opera

to be stranded (of ship); to run aground

to sing the praises of; to extol

singing and dancing

folksong; ballad

to shelve; to set aside

pigeon; dove

(idiom) inharmonious; incompatible

misunderstanding; estrangement

structure; pattern

to separate; to isolate

garret; loft

form; specification

to innovate; innovation

lattice; check (pattern of squares)

individual case; special case

everyone gives their own view

size; height

foundation

to follow; to follow up

deep-rooted (problem etc)

origin; root (cause)

to bring under permanent control; to effect a radical cure

to plow; to till

arable land; to plow land

to alter

change room; dressing room; locker room; (euphemism) toilet

plowing and weeding; farm work

to correct; to make a correction

to choke with emotion; to choke with sobs

honest; frank; candid

a bow (weapon); to bend

meritorious deed or service; achievement

to attack; to accuse

to provide; to supply; to be for (the use or convenience of)

state-run

supply does not meet demand

meritorious official; person who renders exceptional service; hero

fair; equitable

training in the basic skills; knowledge of the fundamentals

palace

to major (in a field); to study a specialty to obtain a higher degree

at public expense

public relations

to storm a strategic pass; fig. to tackle a key problem

labor union; trade union

artisan; smith

deferential; respectful

to capture; to take

engineering as an academic subject

public money

contribution; meritorious service

public (e.g. school, hospital)

merit; efficacy

utility

power (rate of doing work, measured in watts)

public cemetery

to supply heating (in a building); heating

public servant

hectare

supply and demand (economics)

openly; publicly

to make known to the public (for information or to seek comments); public notification

formula

work-related matters; documents

(military) offensive

court (of king or emperor)

to compliment; to praise