HSK 5 — Advanced Chinese Proficiency (page 2)

(v.) the (telephone) line is busy

(interj.) hey, ah

(v.) stay up all night, work over night

(interj.) oh, ah, alas (expressing sadness or regret) | (interj.) (response to a call) yes, hmm; (sigh) ah

(v.) take good care of, cherish, be kind to

(v./n.) comfort, console; consolation

(v.) install, fix up

(adj.) dark, dim, dull (of light or color) | (char.) hidden, secret; muddled, confused

(n./v.) assurance, certainty; take hold of, guide; control; (applied to abstract things) grasp, hold, seize

(n.) evening, dusk, nightfall

(n.) parcel, package

(v.) to imply, to contain, to include

(v.) to include, to comprise, to consist of

(adj.) (of object) thin; (of emotion or attitude) cold; (of land) infertile; (of taste) weak | (char.) meager, weak; to despise, to disdain | (char.) thin; slight, meagre; unkind, ungenerous; frivolous; harsh; to reduce; to treat shabbily; to draw near | (char.) (used in the name of) mint

(n./v.) treasure; baby, darling; (used ironically) good-for-nothing; to love dearly, to dote on

(v.) retain, maintain (a status, condition, etc.)

(v.) keep, preserve

(adj.) valuable, precious

(v.) reserve, hold back, keep back

(n./adj./v.) insurance; reliable, safe; to assure

(v./n.) report, news report

(sep-v.) report in for duty, register, check in

(v./n.) report; report, lecture, speech

(v.) to complain, to grumble (about), to air one's complaints

(v./adj.) have one's back to, to recite, do something behind one's back; unlucky; hard of hearing | (n.) back (of a person or any object) | (v.) carry on back; to shoulder, to take on | (v.) to recite | (v.) to do sth. behind one's back, to hide away; to break, violate; to move/sit/stand with the back towards

(n.) background

(n.) quilt, blanket

(n.) ability, capability, skill

(n.) essence, nature, innate character

(pro.) one another, each other; (used twice as a reply) you too, the feeling is mutual, we are in a similar position

(n.) scale, ratio, proportion

(adv.) after all

(v.) to avoid, to refrain from, to avert

(adj.) unavoidable, inevitable, sure

(adj.) necessary, essential, indispensable, required

(char.) convenient, appropriate; informal, casual; soon afterwards, then; excretion | (char.) advantageous; (lit.) bulging

(n./v.) sign, mark; to mark

(v.) to express, to communicate, to convey, to voice

(n.) surface, facade, exterior; superficiality, appearance

(v.) indicate, make clear