HSK 6 — Vocabulary, Translation and Exam Prep (page 30)

contrary to what one might expect | actually | contrariwise | why don't you

to change buses, trains etc

stealthily | secretly | covertly | furtively | on the sly

reserve | spare | alternate | backup

to pass on (to future generations) | passed on (from former times) | a continued tradition | an inheritance

infectious disease; contagious disease; communicable disease

to transmit | transmission

casualties | injuries and deaths

wound | cut

wounded person

to optimize

Lantern Festival | night of the 15th of the first lunar month | see also 元夜[yuan2 ye4] | sticky rice dumplings

not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc) | tax free | duty free (shop)

pediatrics

to enter a country

to be included among those selected for

entrance door | to enter a door | to learn the basics of a subject; introduction (to a subject); (attributive) entry-level

inside and outside | domestic and foreign | approximately | about

undergarment | underwear | CL:件[jian4]

the whole distance | from beginning to end

bilateral | both shores | both sides | both coasts | Taiwan and mainland

the two poles | the north and south poles | both ends of sth | electric or magnetic poles

see 公安縣|公安县[Gong1 an1 Xian4]

public good; public welfare; public interest

public

in between | within that interval | in the meantime

to be reborn | to regenerate | to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) | recycling | regeneration

to go out and come in | entrance and exit | expenditure and income | discrepancy | inconsistent

to exert oneself

well-known for sth | to become well known | to make one's mark | to lend one's name (to an event, endeavor etc)

(of a performer) to come onto the stage to perform | (of an athlete) to enter the arena to compete | (fig.) to enter the scene (e.g. a new product) | (of an examinee etc) to leave the venue

to leave a country or region | outbound (tourism)

due to | to stem from

to go on a tour | to have an outing

to divide up the work | division of labor

by stages | staggered | step by step | in installments

to rank | to grade | to classify | rank | grade | classification

elementary (i.e. easy)

preceding period | early stage

the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)