HSK 6 — Vocabulary, Translation and Exam Prep (page 5)

(n.) human affairs; personnel matters; ways of the world; what is humanly possible

(n.) throat, larynx; voice

(v.) to kill, to slaughter; to abate, to reduce; (dialect) cause a sharp stinging pain | (v.) fight, battle, combat;...

(n.) lightning

(sep-v.) be fooled, be tricked

(v./n.) shoot; shooting

(v.) ascend, go up; promote, elevate | (m.) liter

(n.) tone (of a Chinese character); note, tone

(n.) lion

(n.) truth

(n./adj.) fashion; fashionable

(n.) soldier, private

(n.) life, lifespan

(n./m.) bureau; location, place; measure word for school, hospital or building | (par.) (before a verb to form a noun...

(v./n.) negotiate, hold talk with; negotiation

(v.) to iron; to heat up (in hot water) | (v.) perm (hair) | (v./adj.) scald, burn; very hot, scalding

(v.) escape, run away; evade, shirk

(adj.) naughty, mischievous

(adj.) innocent, naive

(adj.) jolly, delighted, joyful; simple and direct, straightforward

(v./adv.) to steal; stealthily, secretly | (char.) thief, pilferer; find time; loaf around

(v./n.) invest; investment

(adj.) transparent

(v.) spit, throw up; give unwillingly | (v.) spit (out); say, tell; put forth

(adj./v.) askew, slanting; improper, underhand; (dialect) to recline

(n.) foreign affairs, diplomacy

(n.) prince

(adv.) may not, not necessarily

(n.) appetite

(adj.) gentle, soft, sweet (usually of a woman)

(n.) stationery

(n./adj.) civilization; civilized, cultured; modern, of a new style

(phr.) not matter to someone, not care about, be indifferent (to...)

(v.) absorb, draw, assimilate

(v.) frighten | (char.) threaten, intimidate | (interj.) Humph (expressing disapproval or resentment)

(n.) summer camp

(adj.) colourful; colorful

(n.) sausage

(n.) necklace

(n.) Chinese chess