HSK 6 — Vocabulary, Translation and Exam Prep (page 29)

(adj.) highly embarrassed, in an awkward situation

(idiom.) eat like a wolf or tiger, wolf down; gorge; gobble up

(v.) fish up, drag for; get by improper means; to win back (what's been lost); (dialect) to grab

(v.) nag, grumble, talk on and on

(adj.) firm, solid, secure, steady

(n.) complaint, grumble

(n.) pleasure, joy

(v./adj.) be willing to; happy to

(n.) radar

(adj.) similar

(adj.) hard-hearted, grim, callous

(adj./v.) desolate, unfrequented; treat someone coldly, snub

(v.) cool off, make/become cool

(v./adj./adv.) be dumbfounded, be stupefied; rash, reckless; (oral) willfully, insistently

(n.) dawn, day break

(v.) show interest in; take notice of

(n.) milestone

(n.) courtesy, etiquette, proprieties

(idiom.) etiquette demands reciprocity

(idiom.) a matter of course, go without saying

(idiom.) justly and forcefully, self-righteously

(n./adj.) reason, intellect, sense

(n./m.) grain, granule, pellet; measure for grain and grain-like things

(n.) position, standpoint

(n.) past dynasties or eras

(n./m.) (Math) cube; (short for) cubic (a block of something with six sides); (short for) cubic meter

(n.) advantage and disadvantage, gain and loss

(n.) overpass, flyover

(adv.) always, constantly, all long

(v.) try one's best to, make every effort to

(idiom.) in one's power, as one's capacity allows

(adj.) three-dimensional; multi-level, triphibious; stereoscopic

(n./v.) exception; be an exception

(v.) work hard to do sth, do all one can do to something

(v.) to gain a foothold, to establish oneself; to base oneself upon

(v.) get-together

(adj.) incorruptible

(v.) contact, get in touch with, make contact/liaison

(n.) conference, union, alliance, coalition, league

(adv.) for years on end, last for many years