HSK 6 — Vocabulary, Translation and Exam Prep (page 43)

(adj.) of the first importance, first, chief, most important

(n.) skill, craftsmanship, workmanship

(v.) confer, award, grant, endow

(v.) to endure hardships, to suffer

(adj.) happy, entirely free from worry

(n.) calligraphy

(v.) be careless, neglect, overlook

(n.) books, literature

(n.) secretary, clerk

(adj.) written, in written form

(v.) to become estranged from..., to distance oneself from...

(v./adj.) erect; vertical | (n.) vertical stroke

(v./m./n.) to bind, to tie; to control, to restrain; bunch, bundle (flowers, arrows, hair, etc.); beam (of light)

(n.) amount

(v./n.) to fetter, to tie, to shackle, to bind up; shackles, tie

(v.) build up, establish

(v.) play; flourish; play (tricks); display, show off

(adj./n./v.) old and feeble, doddery; senility; become old and feeble

(v.) fail, decline, decay, rust, ruin, downturn

(v.) lead, guide, command

(phr.) eat hot pot

(n.) twin

(adj.) comfortable, straightforward, ready (e.g. to help)

(n.) water conservancy

(n.) (water) tap, faucet

(n.) cement

(n.) moment, in the twinkling of an eye

(n.) administration of justice, judicature, judiciary

(n.) commander

(v.) miss, long for

(v.) ponder, deliberate, consider

(n.) thought, thinking

(adj.) decent, gentle

(adv.) privately, secretly

(v./n.) die; death, fatality, demise

(n.) monastery, temple

(idiom.) be reckless and unbridled, have no scruples at all, be audacious and unprincipled

(v.) breed

(phr.) the four limbs of the body

(v.) tower aloft, raise up; alarm, terrify; shrug (one's shoulders)