HSK 7–9
vocabulary.

to lose a family fortune (idiom)

quiet; peaceful and quiet

(literary) (lit.) to fix one's gaze on; (fig.) to show interest in; (favorable) attention; favor

cool; refreshing

scornful; disdainful; contemptuous; pejorative; disdain; contempt

contempt; contemptuous

to say everything (that is on one's mind)

bronze implement; refers to ancient bronze artifacts, from c. 2,000 BC

slight; light

to dump (goods, products)

to incline; to lean

fresh and clean

light (machinery, aircraft etc)

information; intelligence

(idiom) cannot refrain from; cannot help; cannot but

ambience; mood; flavor

feelings; mood

complex (psychology)

situation; context; setting; environment

reason; sense

sweethearts; lovers

lover; sweetheart

emotional intelligence; emotional intelligence quotient (EQ) (abbr. for 情緒商數|情绪商数[qing2 xu4 shang1 shu4])

friendship; camaraderie

willingness; would rather (agree to X than Y)

invitation card; written invitation

to ask for instructions

invitation card; written invitation

celebration

to congratulate; to celebrate

to rejoice; to be glad

hills

prisoner; convict

(idiom) to put aside differences and work together; to seek common ground and cooperate

to pursue one's studies; to attend school; to seek knowledge

to seek medical treatment; to see a doctor

to seek proof; to seek confirmation

to drive; to propel

to surrender; to succumb

delimited area; defined section of a train or bus route

insignificant; trifling

curve; curved line

to tend towards

winding; (fig.) complicated

to expel; to deport

(idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place

to collect material

to suppress; to crack down on; to prohibit

to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures; to learn by studying another's experience

(usually followed by 於|于[yu2]) to hinge on; to be decided by

to warm oneself (by a fire, heater etc)

to score a victory; to prevail over one's opponents

to tease; to make fun of

folk musical theater

to remove; to dislodge

place; destination

direction in which sb or sth has gone; whereabouts

trap; snare; trick

circle; ring

fist; boxing

all around; omnidirectional

to consider; to weigh (a matter)

boxing

overall situation

(idiom) to make an all-out effort

omnipotent; all-round

wholeheartedly; (to devote oneself) heart and soul

to interpret; to comment and explain

fist; (of a product, service, project etc) flagship; key; core

authority; authoritative

scope of authority; extent of power; (access etc) privileges

(idiom) heart and soul; wholeheartedly

rights; interests

to advise; to urge

to persuade; persuasion

to advise against; to dissuade

nick; jag

lack; deficiency; shortcoming; flaw; defect

to be absent

lame

definite; exact

to be convinced; to be sure

definite; conclusive

to make a definite diagnosis; confirmed (case of a specific disease)

to light; to set off (firecrackers etc)

fuel gas (coal gas, natural gas, methane etc)

fuel oil

to shout; to bellow

to concede; to give in

rich; abundant

to forgive; to pardon

to disturb; to perturb

to take a circular (or circuitous) route; to do a circuit

to go the long way round; to take a circuitous route

to provoke; to irritate

wave of enthusiasm; craze; upsurge

the tropics; tropical

eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom); extremely moved

steaming hot; (fig.) bustling

to sell well; hot-selling