HSK 3.0
Browse 10953 vocabulary cards in HSK 3.0, with Chinese words, pinyin and meanings. Study this list with spaced repetition. — Page 219
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- 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
- 下半场 / 下半場 — xià bàn chǎng — second half of a game or contest
- 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)
- 产业链 / 產業鏈 — chǎn yè liàn — industry value chain
- 供应链 / 供應鏈 — gōng yìng liàn — supply chain
- 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
- 压轴 / 壓軸 — yā zhòu — final and most important item (on a program, schedule and so on) · grand finale · (attributive) final · climactic
- 原创 / 原創 — yuán chuàng — to create (an original work)
- 双赢 / 雙贏 — shuāng yíng — profitable to both sides
- 后备箱 / 後備箱 — hòu bèi xiāng — trunk
- 吐槽 — tǔ cáo — to complain humorously · to gripe about (something) in a teasing way
- 咧嘴 — liě zuǐ — to draw back the corners of one's mouth (as when smiling, grimacing, or snarling)
- 大数据 / 大數據 — dà shù jù — big data (computing)
- 夯实 / 夯實 — hāng shí — to tamp
- 如一 — rú yī — consistent
- 宜居 — yí jū — livable
- 年画 / 年畫 — nián huà — New Year (Spring Festival) picture
- 廉正 — lián zhèng — upright and honest
- 情商 — qíng shāng — emotional intelligence · emotional intelligence quotient (EQ) (abbreviation for 情绪商数 qíng xù shāng shù)
- 搜救 — sōu jiù — search and rescue
- 搞笑 — gǎo xiào — to get people to laugh
- 操控 — cāo kòng — to control · to manipulate
- 时好时坏 / 時好時壞 — shí hǎo shí huài — sometimes good, sometimes bad
- 杀毒 / 殺毒 — shā dú — to disinfect
- 正能量 — zhèng néng liàng — positive energy
- 汉服 / 漢服 — hàn fú — traditional Han Chinese attire (including various styles of clothing worn by the Han ethnic group before the Qing Dynasty, and in the 21st century, revived as part of a cultural movement)
- 环比 / 環比 — huán bǐ — period on period (that is, "month on month" or "quarter on quarter" and so on, depending on the context)
- 私家车 / 私家車 — sī jiā chē — private car
- 筛查 / 篩查 — shāi chá — to screen (for disease and so on)
- 绕远儿 / 繞遠兒 — rào yuǎn r — to go the long way round
- 致力于 / 致力於 — zhì lì yú — to devote oneself to · to work toward
- 薪酬 — xīn chóu — pay · remuneration · salary
- 软实力 / 軟實力 — ruǎn shí lì — soft power (in international relations)
- 追尾 — zhuī wěi — to tailgate
- 追捧 — zhuī pěng — to exhibit great enthusiasm for someone or something · to embrace
- 防汛 — fáng xùn — flood control
- 难得一见 / 難得一見 — nán dé yī jiàn — rarely seen