HSK 7–9
vocabulary.

terrible; fearful

savage; cruel

fierce; ferocious

cruel; vicious

one's bosom (the seat of emotions); breast

fierce; violent

murderer; assassin

chest

to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc); turbulent

(idiom) to have a well-thought-out plan in mind

substantial; robust; ample; abundant

grand; imposing

male

to mend

slender; lanky

(a feeling of) shame

(medicine) (loanword) shock; to go into shock

ashamed

(biology) dormant; (of a volcano) dormant

don't think (that); don't imagine (that)

to recuperate; to recover

accomplishment; training

to revise; to amend; to rectify

to embroider; embroidery

to rust

to smell; to sniff

sense of smell

pretty; beautiful

elegant; graceful

to watch with folded arms (idiom); to look on without lifting a finger

pocket-sized; pocket (book etc)

must; to have to

emptiness; void

to make up; fabrication

imaginary; illusory

false; phony; sham

to imagine; to make up; fictitious; theoretical; hypothetical

vanity

weak; in poor health

false; hypocritical

key information; instructions

slowly; gently

to allow; to permit

to make a wish; to make a vow

(bound form) order; sequence; (bound form) introductory; initial

to continue; to replenish

long-winded; garrulous

(of an airplane, ship, vehicle etc) to continue a journey without refueling; (of an electronic device, battery etc) to run before needing to be recharged

heavy drinking; to get drunk

sequence

to raise animals

prologue

the rising sun

preface; introductory remarks; preamble; prelude

to assert; to claim

to read out loud to an audience; a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference)

to declare; to proclaim

hubbub; clamor

to make a noise; noisy

to swear an oath (of office); to make a vow

to drain (by leading off water); to unburden oneself

declaration; manifesto

to publicize; to advertise; to spread far and wide

black; mysterious

to hang or suspend; to worry

to suspend; to hang

profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism); mysterious principles

melody

suspense in a movie, play etc; concern for sb's welfare

vastly different; poles apart

spiral; whirlpool

precipice; overhanging cliff

to elect; election

voter; constituency

option; alternative; choice; to choose a project

to choose for some purpose; to select and use

dazzling; to show off; to flaunt

to cut down; to reduce

to weaken; to impair

boots

erudition; scholarly knowledge

bachelor's degree; person holding a university degree

theory; doctrine

acupuncture point; location of a grave

studies; schoolwork

(literary) student; scholar

snow-capped mountain

(idiom) to make matters even worse; to add insult to injury

blood vessels

bloodline

to smoke; to fumigate

to seep in; to influence

medal; decoration

(bound form) ten-day period; one of the three ten-day divisions of a month (e.g. 上旬[shang4 xun2])

to search; to look for

usual; common; ordinary

to go around; to roam; to tour

to patrol

to look for

to inspect (a site); (of a dignitary) to visit; to go on an inspection tour; to survey (a scene); to scan with one's eyes