HSK 7–9
vocabulary.

to start; to set in motion

development zone

developer (of real estate, a commercial product etc)

to begin work (of a factory or engineering operation); to start a construction job

to clear a wild area for cultivation; to put under the plow

wide; open (spaces)

spacious and well-lit; open and clear

enlightened; open-minded

to open up; to create; to establish

(lit.) to split heaven and earth apart (refers to the Pangu 盤古|盘古[Pan2 gu3] creation myth) (idiom)

to begin a (judicial) court session

to break new ground (for agriculture); to open up (a new seam)

to pay (expenses); expenses

to open a business; first transaction of a business day

expenditures; expenses (CL:筆|笔[bi3],項|项[xiang4]); to spend money

model; example

to return in triumph; to return victorious

can be rated as; can be said to be

to carry a story; to publish (in a newspaper or magazine)

to nurse; to look after

to guard; to watch over

to explore; to survey

publication

to hew; to cut down

to speak frankly with assurance

(of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes

terrace; spectator's grandstand

vehement; fervent; generous; magnanimous

to look after

to carry on one's shoulder; (fig.) to take on (a burden, duty etc)

to compete with; to vie with

to resist; to defy

antibiotic

to protest; protest

to resist; to make a stand and fight (against)

to investigate; to study

to consider; to give serious consideration to sth

to draw close to

to tap; to knock (against sth hard); (esp.) to knock (mud from boots, ash from a pipe etc)

harsh; severe; demanding

kernel; granule

(bound form) shell; Taiwan pr. [ke2]

lamentable

(coll.) exactly!; indeed; that's for sure

(idiom) an opportunity that someone (usually a villain or adversary) can exploit

shameful; disgraceful

worth seeing; considerable; impressive; significant

to be treasured; praiseworthy

it could even be said

repulsive; vile

(idiom) (it) goes without saying; can well be imagined

funny; ridiculous

suspicious; dubious

to brook no delay; to demand immediate action

guest room; room (in a hotel)

to portray

passenger plane

hardworking; assiduous

passenger flow; customer flow

(biology) (loanword) to clone; a clone; (fig.) to make an identical copy of (a website etc)

intentionally; deliberately; purposely; painstakingly; meticulously

passenger transportation; intercity bus

to restrain; to control

lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances

to gnaw; to nibble

earnest; sincere

to beg; to beseech

pit; hollow; depression; (mining) pit; shaft; tunnel

empty; deserted

cavity; empty

space station

air force; (slang) to fail to catch anything (on a fishing trip); to get skunked

air crash; aviation accident or incident

unprecedented

daydream; fantasy

hollow; emptiness

surname Kong; hole

terrible; frightful

to threaten; to menace

panic; panicky

dinosaur (CL:頭|头[tou2],隻|只[zhi1]); (slang) ugly person

blank space

to accuse; to charge; to indict

crack; gap between two objects

to dig; to pick; to scratch (with a finger or sth pointed); to carve; to cut

a port for external trade; a trading or transit post on border between countries

public praise; public reputation

eloquence

to stammer; to stutter; Taiwan pr. [kou3ji2]

bore; caliber; diameter; aperture; (fig.) stance (on an issue); version (of events); account; narrative; line

oral command; a word of command (used in drilling troops or gymnasts)

tone of voice; the way one speaks

whistle; whistling sound

saliva

Zen saying repeated as cant; (fig.) catchphrase; mantra; favorite expression; stock phrase

chewing gum

(linguistics) oral speech sounds

mask (surgical etc)

hole; opening

to deduct