HSK 7–9 — Advanced Levels of the New HSK 3.0 (page 54)

(n.) Chinese character component (structural unit of a Chinese character which is composed of two or more parts)

(v.) be partial to

(adj.) remote, far from civilization

(n.) film, movie, film reel, phonograph record; X-ray image

(n.) fragment (of speech), extract (from book), episode (of story), (video) clip

(v.) lead a wandering life, rove, wander, drift

(v.) float, hover

(v.) float on the current, drift along, rafting

(n.) box office, ticket sales

(v.) piece/join together

(adv.) again and again, repeatedly

(adj.) poor

(n.) taste and quality; (mining industry) grade; (lit.) official rank

(v./n.) to taste, to savor; to consider, to think about; (one's) taste

(n.) conduct, behavior

(v.) engage, hire; (spoken Chinese, of women) be married off, get married | (char.) (lit.) visit a state as an envoy;...

(v.) engage somebody, appoint to a position

(v.) engage, employ, appoint and employ

(v.) screen, block (something or somebody), shield, (protective) shield

(adj.) flat, uninteresting, insipid

(v.) evaluate, assess

(n.) one-storey house, bungalow

(n./adj.) Pinghe (county in Zhangzhou); gentle, moderate, placid

(n.) cheap, cut-price, par value

(n.) bottleneck

(v.) judge (a competition), appraise

(n.) ordinary days, weekdays (as opposed to holidays, festivals or weekends)

(v./n.) evaluate; commentator, evaluator, judge

(phr.) (strangers) meet by chance

(n.) judge; member of a review committee

(adj.) steady, smooth and steady, stable

(v.) to calm down, to quiet down; to put down, to suppress, to quell

(n.) proof, certificate, evidence

(v.) pour cold water on (dampen the enthusiasm of)

(v.) solve a case

(v.) eradicate, do away with

(v.) explain; unravel, decipher, decode; to resolve, to solve

(adj.) old and shabby, overused

(v.) break, fracture, burst, split, crack

(v.) be shattered, be annihilated (of hope, illusions, etc.), be ruined