HSK 3.0
Browse 10953 vocabulary cards in HSK 3.0, with Chinese words, pinyin and meanings. Study this list with spaced repetition. — Page 218
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- 倒计时 / 倒計時 — dào jì shí — to count down
- 回馈 / 回饋 — huí kuì — to repay a favor
- 捍卫 / 捍衛 — hàn wèi — to defend · to uphold · to safeguard
- 赢家 / 贏家 — yíng jiā — winner
- 申领 / 申領 — shēn lǐng — to apply (for license, visa and so on)
- 师范 / 師範 — shī fàn — teacher-training
- 著称 / 著稱 — zhù chēng — to be widely known as
- 诉求 / 訴求 — sù qiú — to demand · to call for · to petition · demand · wish · request
- 申办 / 申辦 — shēn bàn — to apply for
- 顺其自然 / 順其自然 — shùn qí zì rán — to let nature take its course (idiom)
- 基建 — jī jiàn — capital construction · infrastructure development (abbreviation for 基本建设 jī běn jiàn shè)
- 胡思乱想 / 胡思亂想 — hú sī luàn xiǎng — to indulge in flights of fancy · to let one's imagination run wild
- 不正之风 / 不正之風 — bù zhèng zhī fēng — unhealthy tendency
- 名著 — míng zhù — masterpiece
- 专著 / 專著 — zhuān zhù — monograph
- 续航 / 續航 — xù háng — to continue a journey without refueling
- 莲子 / 蓮子 — lián zǐ — lotus seed
- 代言 — dài yán — to be a spokesperson
- 曲艺 / 曲藝 — qǔ yì — folk musical theater
- 卸载 / 卸載 — xiè zài — to unload cargo
- 源远流长 / 源遠流長 — yuán yuǎn liú cháng — of long standing · with a long history · stretching back to ancient times
- 叫板 — jiào bǎn — to signal the musicians (in Chinese opera, by prolonging a spoken word before attacking a song)
- 古今中外 — gǔ jīn zhōng wài — at all times and in all places (idiom)
- 喜糖 — xǐ táng — sweet given on a happy occasion (especially wedding)
- 商贾 / 商賈 — shāng gǔ — merchant
- 忽冷忽热 / 忽冷忽熱 — hū lěng hū rè — now hot, now cold
- 德才兼备 / 德才兼備 — dé cái jiān bèi — possessing both integrity and talent
- 秧歌 — yāng ge — Yangge, a popular rural folk dance
- 愁眉苦脸 / 愁眉苦臉 — chóu méi kǔ liǎn — to look anxious (idiom) · to look miserable
- 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)