HSK 3.0 · Levels 7-9

Browse 10953 vocabulary cards in HSK 3.0 · Levels 7-9, with Chinese words, pinyin and meanings. Study this list with spaced repetition. — Page 218

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• 垂头丧气 / 垂頭喪氣 — chuí tóu sàng qì — hanging one's head dispiritedly (idiom) · dejected
• 喜洋洋 — xǐ yáng yáng — radiant with joy
• 繁体字 / 繁體字 — fán tǐ zì — traditional Chinese character
• 国徽 / 國徽 — guó huī — national emblem · national coat of arms
• 秉持 — bǐng chí — to uphold
• 属相 / 屬相 — shǔ xiàng — colloquial term for 生肖 shēng xiào the animals associated with the years of a 12-year cycle
• 捉迷藏 — zhuō mí cáng — to play hide-and-seek
• 禾苗 — hé miáo — seedling (of rice or other grain)
• 蛀牙 — zhù yá — tooth decay · dental caries
• 眉开眼笑 / 眉開眼笑 — méi kāi yǎn xiào — brows raised in delight, eyes laughing (idiom) · beaming with joy
• 岂有此理 / 豈有此理 — qǐ yǒu cǐ lǐ — how can this be so? (idiom) · preposterous · ridiculous · absurd
• 小菜一碟 — xiǎo cài yī dié — a small appetizer
• 瑞雪 — ruì xuě — timely snow
• 见利忘义 / 見利忘義 — jiàn lì wàng yì — to abandon moral principles in the pursuit of profit
• 绘声绘色 / 繪聲繪色 — huì shēng huì sè — vivid and colorful (idiom) · true to life
• 卤味 / 滷味 — lǔ wèi — food braised in soy sauce and spices
• 琴棋书画 / 琴棋書畫 — qín qí shū huà — the four arts of the Chinese scholar (guqin, Go, calligraphy and painting) · (by extension) the accomplishments of a well-educated person
• 心眼儿 / 心眼兒 — xīn yǎn r — one's thoughts
• 丢三落四 / 丟三落四 — diū sān là sì — forgetful
• 简体字 / 簡體字 — jiǎn tǐ zì — simplified Chinese character, as opposed to traditional Chinese character 繁体字 fán tǐ zì
• 对牛弹琴 / 對牛彈琴 — duì niú tán qín — literally to play the lute to a cow (idiom)
• 一毛不拔 — yī máo bù bá — unwilling to spare a single hair (idiom)
• 不耻下问 / 不恥下問 — bù chǐ xià wèn — not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates
• 出口成章 — chū kǒu chéng zhāng — (of one's speech) eloquent
• 个头儿 / 個頭兒 — gè tóu r — size
• 水滴石穿 — shuǐ dī shí chuān — dripping water penetrates the stone (idiom) · constant perseverance yields success
• 揠苗助长 / 揠苗助長 — yà miáo zhù zhǎng — see 拔苗助长 bá miáo zhù zhǎng
• 刻舟求剑 / 刻舟求劍 — kè zhōu qiú jiàn — literally a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom) · figuratively an action made pointless by changed circumstances
• 鹏程万里 / 鵬程萬里 — péng chéng wàn lǐ — the fabled roc flies ten thousand miles (idiom)
• 啰唆 / 囉唆 — luō suo — long-winded · wordy
• 上传 / 上傳 — shàng chuán — to upload
• 下半场 / 下半場 — xià bàn chǎng — second half of a game or contest
• 下单 / 下單 — xià dān — to place an order · to order
• 与时俱进 / 與時俱進 — yǔ shí jù jìn — abreast of modern developments
• 主打 — zhǔ dǎ — principal · main · flagship (product) · title (track)
• 主播 — zhǔ bō — anchor · (program) host · (Internet) streamer
• 二维码 / 二維碼 — èr wéi mǎ — 2D barcode · matrix code
• 产业链 / 產業鏈 — chǎn yè liàn — industry value chain
• 低碳 — dī tàn — low-carbon · low-carb (diet)
• 供应链 / 供應鏈 — gōng yìng liàn — supply chain
• 便利店 — biàn lì diàn — convenience store
• 公交车 / 公交車 — gōng jiāo chē — public transport vehicle
• 公示 — gōng shì — to make known to the public (for information or to seek comments)
• 冰山一角 — bīng shān yī jiǎo — tip of the iceberg
• 别具匠心 / 別具匠心 — bié jù jiàng xīn — to show ingenuity
• 别看 / 別看 — bié kàn — don't be fooled by the fact that
• 别说 / 別說 — bié shuō — to say nothing of · not to mention · let alone
• 动漫 / 動漫 — dòng màn — cartoons and comics
• 动车 / 動車 — dòng chē — (D- or C-class) high-speed train
• 占比 — zhàn bǐ — proportion · percentage