HSK 7–9 — Advanced Levels of the New HSK 3.0 (page 51)

(n.) behind the scenes, backstage

(n.) carpenter, woodworker

(v.) collect donations, solicit contributions, raise

(n.) herdsman, shepherd

(n.) puppet

(phr.) look down upon everyone, be supercilious

(v.) whoop

(v.) bring into, fit into

(sep-v.) pay taxes

(n.) taxpayer

(adv./conj.) (lit.) (be) really; (only after...) then; so, therefore | (pro.) (lit.) your (usually used as written...

(n.) cheese

(conj.) and even; go so far as to

(v.) be able to bear or endure

(idiom.) be thought-provoking, provide food for thought, be worth pondering over

(n.) difficulty, trouble, problem

(adj.) rarely seen

(n.) the bridegroom's or husband's side

(n.) pumpkin

(n.) difficulty, crisis, barrier

(adj.) ashamed, embarrassed, shy

(idiom.) hardly worthy of belief, unbelievable, difficult to believe

(v.) scratch; hinder; bend, yield

(n.) brain, mind

(idiom.) fly into a rage out of humiliation

(sep-v.) create a disturbance, make trouble

(n.) memory (of a computer)

(n.) inland, interior, hinterland

(n./adj.) expert, adept, specialist, expert in

(adj.) inward-looking, introvert, introverted (personality); domestic-oriented (economy)

(n.) domestic demand

(n.) internal organs, the viscera

(n.) energy consumption

(n.) ability, capability

(n.) capable person

(adj./n.) muddy, slushy; mire, mud

(n.) swampy pit, mire

(n.) clay; soil, earth; dirt

(v.) plan to; design, draft (a plan) | (char.) to compare; to imitate; to suppose

(adj./v.) contrary, inverse; go against, oppose | (char.) adverse, unfavorable; betray, rebel; beforehand; (lit.)...