HSK 5 — Advanced Chinese Proficiency (page 29)

(v.) lose money; lack, be short of; be fortunate that; treat unfairly; (used to show irony)

(n.) pond, reservoir | (n.) enclosed place with raised sides, moat

(n./adj.) beginning; beginning, starting | (adv.) for the first time | (adj.) first (in order), primary | (char.) original

(n.) place; part, aspect (of sth. being considered) | (char.) to approach, to handle; to punish | (v.) to reside; get along with; be in a situation, be situated in | (n.) department | (m.) for a particular landscape or location

(v.) to make, to create, to produce; to invent, to cook up | (char.) (lit.) to arrive at; to train or educate; (of skills) reach (a certain level)

(v.) in place of, instead of, take the place of | (n.) period; generation; dynasty

(v.) replace, substitute for, fill in for | (prep.) on behalf of, for | (char.) (lit.) declining, waning

(v.) to pour, to tip; to invert; to reverse; to move backward | (v.) to fall over, to fail or collapse; to overthrow; be spoiled, have malfunction; change, shift; move around; sell up; buy and resell at a profit | (adj.) upside down, inverted | (adv.) (contrary to common sense or one's expectation); but, however; (after a "verb + de" structure, implying blame); (in the subordinate clause, indicating concession); (in an imperative sentence or a question, indicating impatience); (used to soften the tone)

(v.) avoid, hide

(n.) Tibet (abbr. for Tibet Autonomous Region); Tibetan people | (v.) to collect, to store; to hide | (char.) storage, depository; Buddhist or Taoist scriptures

(v.) punish

(v.) compound, mix; mate (of animals); match; distribute, designate; to find sth to match; exile, banish | (v.) deserve, be qualified

(v.) to separate; be at a distance from

(char.) ancient, old; sincere, simple and unadorned; antiquities

(n.) head; hair, hair style; chief, leader | (m.) measure word for large animals (like pig, cow, sheep, elephant etc.); for garlic or onion | (num./adj.) first (used before a numeral); previous, last (used before 年 or 天) | (n.) end, top (of sth); beginning or end; remnant; side, aspect

(v./adj./n.) to bend, to flex; curved, tortuous; bend, curve

(char.) gather | (char./m.) collection, anthology; part, volume, episode | (n.) market, country fair

(n.) department, faculty; series, system; (geology) system | (v.) to tie, to fasten | (char.) relate to, depend on; miss, be concerned; (lit.) detain; (lit.) tie, fasten | (v.) (lit.) be

(v./n.) to record, to video; to write down; to hire; record, collection

(n.) village, countryside; hometown; township (rural administrative unit)

(v.) to trim or cut (with scissors) | (char.) scissors, clippers; instrument shaped like scissors; to cut off, wipe out

(adj.) idle, not busy; not in use | (char.) spare time; unimportant, irrelevant

(n./m.) category, kind, type; type | (char.) to resemble

(n.) tear | (n.) (TCM) tears

(v.) win; defeat; be superior to | (char.) be competent; all, completely; superb, wonderful; scenic spot

(v./n.) to make, to cause; to order; order, decree | (char.) only used in 令狐 | (m.) ream (old measure word for 500 pieces of paper) | (char.) season; drinking game; ancient official title; short song or lyric verse; (term of respect) your; (lit.) good

(v.) lose money in business; compensate; apologize

(v.) piece together, join together | (v.) spell (of words) | (v.) fight or struggle (even at the risk of ones life)

(n./adv.) right; power, authority; temporarily, tentatively | (char.) (lit.) steelyard weight; to weigh; expediency; advantaged position

(v.) endure, tolerate; be hardhearted enough (to do sth.); hold back, forbear

(v.) delete

(v.) work as, be, act as | (prep.) when, just at | (v.) should, ought to; accept, deserve | (char.) be matched; be in charge of; to hold back, to block | (prep.) before, in front of | (v.) match or be equal to; regard or treat as; think; to pawn; (in Taiwan) to fail (an exam) | (char.) right or proper, when things happen

(v.) fall; cause to fall and break; hurtle down, plunge; cast, throw

(v.) search, seek; look for, explore

(v.) paste, stick; keep close to; help out (financially) | (char./m.) allowance, subsidy; (measure word for medicated plaster) piece

(v.) send; throw, toss; plunge into; agree with; project; put in; go to, join; (oral) rinse

(v./n.) to award; to view and admire; to appreciate; to honor... with one's presence; reward, award

(v.) to move, to shift; to change

(adj.) crowded, overfull, over occupied | (v.) squeeze, press; crowd, pack; push against; push aside, exclude

(v.) deep-fry; scald (as a way of cooking) | (v.) explode, burst; blow up; (spoken) fly into a rage; (spoken) scurry, flee in terror