HSK 7–9
vocabulary.

taste; flavor

information

aptitude; natural endowments

to subsidize; to provide financial aid

seed (of a plant)

bullet

child; the younger generation

offspring; posterity

to have low self-esteem; to abase oneself

to call oneself; to claim to be

spontaneous

at one's own expense; self-funded

conceited; to take responsibility

conceited; to take responsibility

handwriting

independent; self-reliant

to take care of oneself; to provide for oneself

regeneration through one's own effort (idiom); self-reliance

complacent; self-satisfied

to strive unremittingly; self-improvement

(idiom) natural; unforced; (idiom) naturally; as a matter of course; in the natural course of things

nature; the natural world

unobstructed; unconstrained

from start to finish (idiom)

to give oneself up; to surrender (to the authorities)

selfish; selfishness

calligraphic style; typeface

to defend oneself; self-defense

to contradict oneself; self-contradictory

voluntary; autonomous

wording

to believe oneself infallible (idiom); to be opinionated

comfortable; at ease

to blame oneself

autonomous region – a provincial-level administrative division of China with self-governance for ethnic minorities (five in total: Guangxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia, Xinjiang and Ti

to act independently; to be autonomous; to be in control of one's own affairs

self-respect; self-esteem

school; sect

tracks; trail

religion

variety (entertainment format)

objective; aim

total (amount or value)

in short; in a word

sum

to survey comprehensively; an overall survey

lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth

even if; even though

to tolerate or condone wrongdoing; to allow (sb) to engage in bad behavior

depth (from front to rear); depth (into a territory)

to go through the motions

to take an indirect route; to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method

to leak (information, secrets etc); to smuggle and evade tax

tendency; trend

to smuggle; to have an illicit affair

to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot

direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology)

to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth)

to show results; to be effective

to rent; to lease; to hire

(idiom) to not leave one's home; to stay indoors

footprint; track

resourceful; full of stratagems

passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation

father's father; paternal grandfather

ancestral hometown; original domicile (and civil registration)

to organize; to set up

to stop; to obstruct

resistance; drag

father's mother; paternal grandmother

to thwart; to obstruct (sth)

to assemble; to put together

ancestor; forebear

to take advantage of a loophole; to exploit an advantage; to seize the opportunity (esp. to do sth bad)

to study meticulously; to delve into

diamond

lip

criminal

(idiom) criminal ringleader; main offender; main culprit; main cause of a disaster

respected; respectable

to follow; to abide by; to comply with

dignity; sanctity

in accordance with; to follow (the rules)

to ponder; to mull over

glancing to left and right (idiom); to look all around

to practice fraud; to cheat

to set oneself against; to oppose

to become invalid; to cancel

style; style of work

to live somewhere as a visitor; to stay with sb as a guest; to sojourn

condiments; seasoning

to be situated; to be located (of a building)

to have an informal discussion

one's conduct; deed

crop

to work and rest

motto; maxim

combat; to fight

to testify; to bear witness

to decide; to take charge