HSK 7–9
vocabulary.

clear and logical

title; rank

to surrender

to throw sth a long distance; to hurl

penetrating; thorough; incisive

to flow freely (of air); to ventilate

(banking) to overdraw; to take out an overdraft

to stick out; protruding; convex; male (connector etc); Taiwan pr. [tu2]

bald (lacking hair or feathers); barren; bare; denuded

sudden and violent attack; assault

breach; gap

to arise abruptly; to arrive suddenly

lofty; towering; sudden; abrupt

to stand out clearly; to make prominent

to apply (paint etc); to smear

to be on foot

futile

to massacre; to slaughter

picture; figure

blueprint; drawing

(coll.) to complain humorously; to gripe about (sth) in a teasing way; also pr. [tu4cao2]

(idiom) (of people) born and raised in the locality; (of art forms, political parties, enterprises, products etc) developed locally from the outset; wholly indigenous

(criminal) gang; gang member

to reunite; to have a reunion

member; group member

to esteem; to think highly of

to decline (an appointment, invitation etc)

to infer; to deduce

to overthrow

reasoning; inference

to infer; inference

to think over

to calculate; to reckon

to avoid (esp. responsibility); to shift (the blame); to pass the buck

to elect; to choose

(of time) to elapse; to pass; (of a situation) to develop; to evolve

decadent; dispirited

to do less well than before; to make a concession

to degenerate; atrophy

to return (an item); to send back

to retreat; to shrink back

to move aside; to get out of the way

to shrink back; to cower

(of military personnel or athletes) to retire; (of outdated equipment) to be decommissioned

to hum and haw (idiom); to mumble as if hiding sth; to speak and break off, then start again

buttocks; hips; rump; old variant of 臀[tun2]

to hold up in one's hand; to support with one's palm; sth serving as a support: a prop, a rest (e.g. arm rest)

to entrust

to come apart

(idiom) to blurt out; to let slip (an indiscreet remark)

to encumber; to be a burden on

to separate oneself from; to break away from

to drop off; to fall off; (of hair, teeth etc) to fall out; to omit (a character when writing)

in arrears; behind in payments

to get away; to escape (from obligations)

to reveal one's talent (idiom); to rise above others; to distinguish oneself

to carry on one's back

suitable; adequate

appropriate; proper

appropriate; proper

to compromise; to reach terms

oval; ellipse

to broaden

to spurn; to disdain

saliva

to expand; to extend; to broaden (client base, outlook, territory etc); (computing) to scale up; to increase system capacity

to excavate; (lit and fig.) to unearth; to dig into

to speak sarcastically; to make cutting remarks

roof tile; abbr. for 瓦特[wa3 te4]

to collapse; to disintegrate; to crumble; to disrupt; to break up

to distort; to misrepresent

foreign currency

layman; amateur

nickname

foreign (currency) exchange

foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality)

foreign trade

profile; appearance

extroverted (personality); (economics etc) export-oriented

space alien; extraterrestrial

foreign aid; external aid

external; extrinsic

foreign investment; foreign capital

ball; pellet

faultless; complete

to finish; to end

stubborn; obstinate

intact; in good condition

to play with; to toy with

naughty

to play (as children do); to amuse oneself

erhua variant of 玩意[wan2 yi4]

pills; balls

to pull; to draw (a cart or a bow)

to retrieve; to redeem

to save; to remedy

one's later years

later period; end stage

to regret; to feel that it is a great pity

sunset glow; sunset clouds