HSK 7–9
vocabulary.

to detain sb; to hold sb against their will; to withhold (property, documents, funds etc)

to excite; to thrill

to detain; to hold in custody

used up; dried up

hole; pocket

to weep

to wilt; to wither

lit. not to know whether to laugh or cry (idiom); both funny and extremely embarrassing

bitterness finishes, sweetness begins (idiom); the hard times are over, the good times just beginning

suffering

vexed; distressed

bitter and astringent; pained

to force a smile; a bitter laugh

painstaking effort; to take a lot of trouble

property or cash held in reserve; stock; inventory

to strikingly resemble

to exaggerate

(idiom) to talk big; to sound off; to be full of hot air

to brag about; to flaunt

to collapse (lit. or fig.)

to carry (esp. slung over the arm, shoulder or side)

to step across; to stride over

span; horizontal distance between vertical supports

transnational; multinational

to step across; step over

happy; cheerful

spacious; wide

wide-ranging

wide; broad

tolerant; generous

expansive; wide

lenient; tolerant

to forgive; forgiveness

spacious; roomy; uncrowded; (of clothes) loose and comfortable

to entertain; to be hospitable to

funds; a sum of money (for a particular purpose) (CL:筆|笔[bi3]); item of a clause (in a legal document)

basket

mad; wild

party; carousal

zealotry; fanatical

mineral deposit; ore deposit; ore

frame (e.g. door frame); casing

mineral resources

minerals

(construction) frame; (fig.) framework

to play truant; to cut classes

moreover; besides

to make a loss

to treat sb unfairly

a bunch; to tie together

bewildered; perplexed

predicament; plight

to enlarge

to expand

extravagant; liberal with money

parentheses; brackets

to extend (a building, an airport runway etc)

to spread; to proliferate; to diffuse

expansion; dilation

to pull; (fig.) to stimulate (economic activity)

cheerleading squad

zipper

to rope in; fig. to involve sb

horn (automobile etc); loudspeaker

candle; wax

twelfth lunar month

candle

guest; visitor

incoming telephone call (or telegram); to phone in; to send in a telegram

to pay a visit

to make a round trip; return journey

history; antecedents

(lit.) the rise and fall of the terrain (idiom); (fig.) the whole sequence of events; causes and effects

next year; the coming year

(idiom) hard to come by; not easily obtained

railing; banister

regular column or segment (in a publication or broadcast program); program (TV or radio)

blueprint

to monopolize; to seize; to take into one's arms; to embrace

cable car

to not feel like (doing sth); to be disinclined to

idle; lazy

to misuse; to abuse

in a difficult situation; to cut a sorry figure

to wolf down one's food (idiom); to devour ravenously; to gorge oneself

to read aloud with expression; to recite

to fish up; to dredge up

to prattle; to chatter away

firm; secure

to keep in mind; to remember

excuse me

firmly; safely

tired; exhausted

discontent; complaint

service (work done for money); services (as in "goods and services")

erhua variant of 老伴[lao3 ban4]

old age; very

(of a person, population or material) to age; (of knowledge) to become outdated

polite term for old woman or man

fellow townsman; fellow villager; sb from the same hometown