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HSK 1

5.1 Advanced

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疑难杂症疑難雜症 yí nán zá zhèng	dubious or hard-to-treat cases (medicine); hard cases	Idiom ∼HSK 6
凶多吉少凶多吉少 xiōng duō jí shǎo	lit. everything bodes ill, no positive signs (idiom); fig. inauspicious; everything points to disaster	Idiom ∼HSK 6
内忧外患內憂外患 nèi yōu wài huàn	internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad	Idiom ∼HSK 6
执迷不悟執迷不悟 zhí mí bù wù	to obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way (idiom)	Idiom ∼HSK 6
苦心经营苦心經營 kǔ xīn jīng yíng	to build up an enterprise through painstaking efforts	Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
短命鬼短命鬼 duǎn mìng guǐ	sb who dies prematurely	Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
有余有餘 yǒu yú	to have an abundance	Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
非同小可非同小可 fēi tóng xiǎo kě	extremely important; no small matter	Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
不成不成 bù chéng	won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be?	Xiehouyu HSK 6
就算就算 jiù suàn	(coll.) even if	Colloquialism HSK 6
嘛嘛 má	used in 吽; (Tw) (coll.) what?	Colloquialism HSK 6
却是卻是 què shì	nevertheless; actually; the fact is ...	HSK 6
凡人凡人 fán rén	ordinary person; mortal; earthling	∼HSK 6
痊愈痊癒 quán yù	to recover completely (from illness or injury)	∼HSK 6
凡间凡間 fán jiān	the secular world	∼HSK 6
唐突唐突 táng tū	to be rude; to treat irreverently	∼HSK 6
干娘乾娘 gān niáng	adoptive mother (traditional adoption, i.e. without legal ramifications)	∼HSK 6
泥鳅泥鰍 ní qiu	loach; mud fish	∼HSK 6
心腹心腹 xīn fù	trusted aide; confidant	∼HSK 6
连翘連翹 lián qiáo	Forsythia	∼HSK 6
曾祖父曾祖父 zēng zǔ fù	father's father's father; paternal great-grandfather	∼HSK 6
唯恐唯恐 wéi kǒng	for fear that; lest; also written 惟恐	∼HSK 6
发丧發喪 fā sāng	to hold a funeral	∼HSK 6
这般這般 zhè bān	in this way	∼HSK 6
乾坤乾坤 qián kūn	yin and yang; heaven and earth; the universe	∼HSK 6
设伏設伏 shè fú	to prepare an ambush; to waylay	∼HSK 6
面纱面紗 miàn shā	veil	∼HSK 6
踏进踏進 tà jìn	to set foot in; to tread (in or on); to walk into	∼HSK 6
赤诚赤誠 chì chéng	utterly sincere; wholly devoted	∼HSK 6
逝者逝者 shì zhě	the dead; the deceased	∼HSK 6
凡事凡事 fán shì	everything	∼HSK 6
有何有何 yǒu hé	what is there	∼HSK 6
枉死枉死 wǎng sǐ	to die in tragic circumstances	∼HSK 6
涅槃涅槃 niè pán	(Buddhism) to achieve nirvana (extinction of desire and pain); to die	∼HSK 6
天界天界 tiān jiè	heaven	∼HSK 6
事缓则圆事緩則圓 shì huǎn zé yuán	a matter handled slowly comes out well (idiom); haste makes waste; patience yields a satisfactory result	∼HSK 6
不顾一切不顧一切 bù gù - yī qiè	(idiom) to disregard all negative considerations; to cast aside all concerns	∼HSK 6
魔掌魔掌 mó zhǎng	the power of sb or sth evil; the clutches (of a bad person etc)	∼HSK 6
于事无补於事無補 yú shì wú bǔ	unhelpful; useless	∼HSK 6
冤冤相报何时了冤冤相報何時了 yuān yuān xiāng bào hé shí liǎo	if revenge breeds revenge, will there ever be an end to it? (Buddhist saying)	∼HSK 6
说辞說辭 shuō cí	excuse; pretext; entreaties; arguments	∼HSK 6
再造之恩再造之恩 zài zào zhī ēn	the kindness of giving sb a new life (idiom); a debt of gratitude for being saved	∼HSK 6
何人何人 hé rén	who	∼HSK 6
之恩之恩 zhī ēn	kindness; favor; grace (of one's benefactor), as in "the kindness of ..."	∼HSK 6
无以为报無以為報 wú yǐ wéi bào	unable to return the favor	∼HSK 6
族长族長 zú zhǎng	clan elder	∼HSK 6
药理藥理 yào lǐ	pharmacology	∼HSK 6
炼制煉製 liàn zhì	(chemistry) to refine	∼HSK 6
药罐藥罐 yào guàn	pot for decocting herbal medicine	∼HSK 6
陪葬品陪葬品 péi zàng pǐn	funerary objects (items buried together with the dead)	∼HSK 6