HSK 6 — Vocabulary, Translation and Exam Prep (page 54)

(sep-v./adj./adv.) kill, drive somebody to death; fatal, lethal, killing; confoundedly, extremely, awfully, terribly

(n.) essential factor, key element

(adj.) dazzling

(adj.) uncivilized, brutal

(n.) wild ambition, careerism

(n.) liquid

(v.) remain the same, remain

(v./n.) according to, base something on; basis, foundation

(v.) rely on, depend on

(v.) depend on

(n./adj.) top quality, front ranking, first-rate

(phr.) just as in the past, as before, continuing as always

(n.) clothes

(v.) rely on, depend on

(n.) legacy, heritage, bequest

(v./n.) inherit, descend, transmit, pass on; inheritance

(adv.) once, for a time

(adj.) from beginning to end, consistent

(v./n.) feel uncertain, not be convinced; doubt

(v.) hand down, leave behind, remain

(idiom.) obvious at a glance

(n.) instrument, appliance, apparatus

(v.) lose

(n.) ceremony, rite

(adv.) always

(conj.) in order to, so that

(conj.) lest, for fear that

(n.) earlier period of time, time in the past

(conj.) so that, as a result

down to, up to, to such an extent that

(n./v.) wing (of a bird, an insect or an aeroplane); flank (of an army); (lit.) to assist (a ruler)

(adv.) (lit.) also

(adj./adv.) unusual, abnormal; extremely

(phr.) proceed smoothly without a hitch, have a good journey

kill two birds with one stone

(n.) willpower, will, tenacity

(v.) expect, anticipate

(adv.) resolutely, firmly

(v./n.) become conscious of, be aware of; consciousness

(idiom.) meticulous