HSK 7–9
vocabulary.

thus; thereby

previously; formerly

to go for; to engage in

to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost

to prompt; to induce; to spur

to promote sales

to urge; to press

to deposit; to store

to deposit money (in a bank etc); bank savings

to exist; to be

measure; step

to reach (an agreement); to accomplish

to decorate; to dress

to wrap; to pack; to put leftovers in a doggy bag for take-out

to interrupt; to break off

to break; to smash

to ask about; to make some inquiries

brazen; audacious

for the most part; many

general assembly; general meeting

energetically; vigorously

father's elder brother's wife; aunt (affectionate term for an elderly woman)

(husked) rice

brain; cerebrum

large quantities of

(used in the names of grand buildings such as 百老匯大廈|百老汇大厦 Broadway Mansions (in Shanghai) or 帝國大廈|帝国大厦 Empire State Building etc)

major event; major political event (war or change of regime)

elephant

large; large-scale

(coll.) father's older brother; uncle

greater than; bigger than; more than

the masses; the great bulk of the population

to be a substitute for; to act on behalf of; to replace; to substitute; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon

representative; delegate

to spur; to provide impetus; to drive

to replace; to take the place of

treatment; pay

bill; list

alone; by oneself

to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of

single; only

unit (forming an entity); element

cowardice; timid

insipid; diluted

local

in those days; back then; in those years; to be in the prime of life

the present time; to be faced with

among; in the middle

to resist; to obstruct

at or in the very same...; suitable

to consider as; to take to be

to treat as; to regard as

to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally; to fail; to go bankrupt

to direct; director (film etc)

to lead to; to create; to cause; to bring about

to reach; to arrive

reason; argument

to fall due (loan etc); to expire (visa etc)

to scale (a height); to ascend

(stage) lighting; light

to register (one's name)

to register; to log in

to wait; to wait for

to wait; to wait for

to equal; to be tantamount to

to bow the head; to yield

really; indeed

enemy

to hand over; to pass on; to deliver; (bound form) progressively; in the proper order

geography

floor; ground

region; area (informal or geographical term); prefecture (in China's administrative system)

position; status

underground; subterranean

earthquake

light refreshments; pastry

to like; to upvote (on social media)

battery; electric cell

electric-powered; video game

(electrical) appliance; device

e-commerce (abbr. for 電子商務|电子商务[dian4 zi3 shang1 wu4]); to negotiate by telegram or telephone

television station

electronic edition; digital version

to transfer; to move (troops or cadres)

to investigate and research; research

at set dates; at regular intervals

to lose; to misplace

to freeze; to feel very cold

cave; hole

animation; cartoon

touching; moving

to set about (a task); to raise a hand to hit sb

tofu; bean curd

soy milk

independent; independence

unique; distinctive

pronunciation; literary (rather than colloquial) pronunciation of a Chinese character

alone

to block up (a road, pipe etc); to stop up (a hole)

to pass; to spend (time)