HSK 7–9
vocabulary.

to call on (sb to do sth); to appeal (to)

to smear; to daub; to cover (a surface with sth sticky or paste-like); Taiwan pr. [hu2]

fox; (fig.) sly or crafty person

careless; reckless

to act willfully and make a scene; to make trouble

lake

to talk nonsense; drivel

(idiom) to indulge in flights of fancy; to let one's imagination run wild

muddled; silly

to protect

complementary; to complement each other

to nurse; to care for

petal

flowers and plants

bud; flower bud

decorative design

pattern; way of doing sth

not worth it

worth it; it pays to

comical; funny; amusing; huaji, a form of comedy performance popular in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang

gorgeous

overseas Chinese; (in a restricted sense) Chinese emigrant who still retains Chinese nationality

in uproar; commotion

ethnic Chinese person or people

to calculate; to weigh (pros and cons)

(children's) sliding board; a slide

ethnic Chinese; non-Chinese citizen of Chinese ancestry

picture album

chemical fertilizer

to dissolve; to resolve (contradictions)

to paint a dragon and dot in the eyes (idiom); fig. to add the vital finishing touch; the crucial point that brings the subject to life

incarnation; reincarnation

lit. draw legs on a snake (idiom); fig. to ruin the effect by adding sth superfluous; to overdo it

epoch-marking

to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster

chemical examination; to do a lab test

words; speech

to hug; to cherish

to feel nostalgic; nostalgia

locust tree (Sophora japonica)

to cheer for; to acclaim

to get together socially; to celebrate

cheerful and lighthearted; lively

cheers and laughter

(statistics) period on period (i.e. "month on month" or "quarter on quarter" etc, depending on the context)

around the world; worldwide

to surround; to circle

slow; unhurried

to ease (tension); to alleviate

to shine; to glow

illusion; hallucination

to waken (to action); to rouse (the masses)

to obtain (sth) in exchange; to exchange (sth) for (sth else)

to look completely new (idiom); brand new; changed beyond recognition

to wake sb; to rouse

phantom; mirage

desolate; shortage

to get panicky; to lose one's head; (coll.) (after 得[de2]) unbearably; terribly

beyond belief; incredible

desolate

frenetic; hurried

in a great rush; in a flurry

absurd; ridiculous

beyond belief; preposterous

flustered; agitated

imperial palace

empress; imperial consort

dusk; evening

the emperor; Your majesty the emperor

royal family; imperial household

to dazzle; to flash past

lie

(idiom) to suddenly realize; to suddenly see the light

lie

to sway; to shake

to rock; to sway

splendid; glorious

to squander money; extravagant

to brandish; to wave sth

to shun; to avoid (sb)

to return to; to retreat

one of a sequence of contests (or subdivisions of a contest) between the same two opponents

to repay a favor; to give back

to fall back; to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price etc)

to rise again after a fall; to pick up

to turn around; to look back; (fig.) to recall the past

to call to mind and ponder over; aftertaste

to recall; to recollect

memoir

to respond; response

to destroy; to ruin; to defame; to slander

remorse; repentance

to damage; to devastate

to perish; to ruin

meeting place; place where people gather

confluence; to converge

to collect; to compile

convergence; to come together

to bribe; a bribe

to meet with; meeting