Vocabulary

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kōng chéng the empty city stratagem (in which Zhuge Liang presents himself as unperturbed while making it evident that his city is undefended, hoping his adversary will suspect an ambush); double bluff Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Gōng mìng Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Wàn shèng jié All Saints (Christian festival) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Guāng gùn jié Singles' Day (November 11), originally a day of activities for single people, but now also the world's biggest annual retail sales day Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Ān yuǎn Anyuan county in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
gōng the Forbidden City; abbr. for Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
bǎo Strasbourg Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
Tài shàng huáng Taishang Huang; Retired Emperor; father of the reigning emperor; fig. puppet master Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
Wēi xìn Weixin or WeChat (mobile text and voice messaging service developed by Tencent 腾讯) HSK 4
xià yuè next month HSK 4
fàng shǔ jià to be on summer vacation HSK 4
beautiful, magnificent, elegant ∼HSK 4
shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
Cài surname; species of tortoise ∼HSK 4
zán liǎ the two of us ∼HSK 4
shěn to audit; to examine finances ∼HSK 4
meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo néng how could one ∼HSK 4
zhái residence, dwelling, home; grave ∼HSK 4
dìng yuè subscription; to subscribe to ∼HSK 4
Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
qiàn deficient, lacking, insufficient ∼HSK 4
qīng chu unclear; not understood; currently unknown ∼HSK 4
zuò láo to be imprisoned ∼HSK 4
shí industry; commercial enterprise ∼HSK 4
zhī know ∼HSK 4
shén me rén what kind of person ∼HSK 4
zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
duck; Anas species (various) ∼HSK 4
méi bàn there is nothing to be done; one can't do anything about it ∼HSK 4
shēng zhí to get promoted (at work etc); promotion ∼HSK 4
kuò go, reach; appropriate, suitable ∼HSK 4
chú zi cook ∼HSK 4
r (dialect) oneself; by oneself ∼HSK 4
shǒu down payment ∼HSK 4
jié le that's that; that's it; that will do ∼HSK 4
pàn xíng to sentence (to prison etc) ∼HSK 4
yǒu rèn liable; responsible ∼HSK 4
shì clan, family; mister ∼HSK 4
hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
mǎi dān to pay the restaurant bill ∼HSK 4
fēn gōng subsidiary company; branch office ∼HSK 4
chàn huǐ to repent; (religion) to confess ∼HSK 4
sōng kāi to release; to let go; to loosen; to untie; to come loose ∼HSK 4
gēn (mainly used in the negative) in the first place; absolutely; simply ∼HSK 4
xiū to humiliate; to shame; humiliation; indignity ∼HSK 4
bào bào to hug; to give a cuddle ∼HSK 4
fǎn huǐ to renege; to go back (on a deal); to back out (of a promise) ∼HSK 4