HSK 3.0
Browse 10953 vocabulary cards in HSK 3.0, with Chinese words, pinyin and meanings. Study this list with spaced repetition. — Page 215
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- 大公无私 / 大公無私 — dà gōng wú sī — selfless
- 底蕴 / 底蘊 — dǐ yùn — inside information
- 忌口 — jì kǒu — abstain from certain food (as when ill)
- 怠工 — dài gōng — to slacken off in one's work
- 抑扬顿挫 / 抑揚頓挫 — yì yáng dùn cuò — see 顿挫抑扬 dùn cuò yì yáng
- 损人利己 / 損人利己 — sǔn rén lì jǐ — harming others for one's personal benefit (idiom) · personal gain to the detriment of others
- 旗袍 — qí páo — cheongsam, a traditional Chinese dress for women, originally a long robe worn by Manchu women, later modernized in 20th-century Shanghai into a close-fitting dress with a high collar and side slits
- 有声有色 / 有聲有色 — yǒu shēng yǒu sè — having sound and color (idiom) · vivid
- 杨树 / 楊樹 — yáng shù — poplar tree
- 栋梁 / 棟梁 — dòng liáng — ridgepole · ridgepole and beams
- 水涨船高 / 水漲船高 — shuǐ zhǎng chuán gāo — the tide rises, the boat floats (idiom) · figuratively to change with the overall trend
- 沾光 — zhān guāng — to bask in the light
- 泰斗 — tài dǒu — abbreviation for 泰山北斗 Tài shān Běi dǒu
- 活期 — huó qī — current (account)
- 理直气壮 / 理直氣壯 — lǐ zhí qì zhuàng — in the right and self-confident (idiom) · bold and confident with justice on one's side
- 畜牧 — xù mù — to raise animals
- 登顶 / 登頂 — dēng dǐng — to get to the top
- 相辅相成 / 相輔相成 — xiāng fǔ xiāng chéng — to complement one another
- 纲要 / 綱要 — gāng yào — outline
- 维权 / 維權 — wéi quán — to defend (legal) rights
- 网点 / 網點 — wǎng diǎn — branch · service outlet (of a bank, retail store and so on)
- 职称 / 職稱 — zhí chēng — one's professional position
- 联欢 / 聯歡 — lián huān — to have a get-together
- 脉络 / 脈絡 — mài luò — arteries and veins
- 担 / 擔 — dàn — picul (100 catties, 50 kg)
- 荷花 — hé huā — lotus
- 落户 / 落戶 — luò hù — to settle
- 贺电 / 賀電 — hè diàn — congratulatory telegram
- 走弯路 / 走彎路 — zǒu wān lù — to take an indirect route
- 风吹雨打 / 風吹雨打 — fēng chuī yǔ dǎ — literally windswept and battered by rain
- 三番五次 — sān fān wǔ cì — over and over again (idiom)
- 不亚于 / 不亞於 — bù yà yú — no less than
- 东道主 / 東道主 — dōng dào zhǔ — host
- 丰硕 / 豐碩 — fēng shuò — plentiful · substantial · rich (in resources and so on)
- 削 — xiāo — to peel with a knife · to pare
- 五湖四海 — wǔ hú sì hǎi — all parts of the country
- 内需 / 內需 — nèi xū — domestic demand
- 农历 / 農曆 — nóng lì — the traditional Chinese calendar
- 凤毛麟角 / 鳳毛麟角 — fèng máo lín jiǎo — literally as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns (idiom)
- 勤俭 / 勤儉 — qín jiǎn — hardworking and frugal
- 区间 / 區間 — qū jiān — delimited area
- 千军万马 / 千軍萬馬 — qiān jūn wàn mǎ — magnificent army with thousands of men and horses (idiom) · impressive display of manpower
- 博大精深 — bó dà jīng shēn — wide-ranging and profound
- 喜酒 — xǐ jiǔ — wedding feast
- 喜闻乐见 / 喜聞樂見 — xǐ wén lè jiàn — to love to hear and see (idiom)
- 四通八达 / 四通八達 — sì tōng bā dá — roads open in all directions (idiom) · accessible from all sides
- 回落 — huí luò — to fall back · to return to low level after a rise (in water level, price and so on)
- 因地制宜 — yīn dì zhì yí — to use methods in line with local circumstances
- 增收 — zēng shōu — to increase revenue · to increase income by (x amount)
- 壁垒 / 壁壘 — bì lěi — rampart