HSK 6 — Vocabulary, Translation and Exam Prep (page 52)

(v.) build, construct

(n.) accomplishment, training, mastery, cultivation

(v./n.) to embroider; embroidery

(n.) sense of smell

(adj.) false, sham

(n.) need, demand

(n./adj.) vanity, vain glory; vain

(adj.) sham, pretense, false, hypocritical

(v./n.) one should know that, it must be understood that; notice

(v./n.) permit, permission

(v.) to become drunk and violent, to indulge in excessive drinking

(v.) to raise livestock, to rear livestock, to rear poultry

(n.) introduction, preface, foreword

(v./adj.) to make an uproar; uproarious, tumultuous

(sep-v.) take an oath, swear an oath, make a vow

(v.) to preach, to advocate, make known to publicity

(v.) to hang, to suspend

(n.) melody

(n./v.) suspense, be concerned about, miss

(adj.) great disparity, wide gap

(phr.) steep cliff; sheer precipice

(v.) revolve, rotate

(v.) select, choose

(v./n.) elect; election

(n.) an athlete selected for a sports meet, competitor, (selected) contestant

(v.) make a display of, show off, flaunt

(v.) weaken, cripple, abate

(n.) theory, doctrine

(n.) academic degree, diploma

(idiom.) one disaster on top of another; make things worse in a bad situation

(n.) blood pressure, BP

(v.) edify, nurture, influence positively

(v./n.) circle, circulate, circulation

(v.) patrol

(v.) search, look for

(phr.) proceed in an orderly way and step by step

(n.) wife's mother, mother-in-law

(phr.) absolute silence, not a single voice can be heard

(v.) oppress, give pressure on, repress

(n.) lucky money (money given to children as a spring festival gift)