Vocabulary

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上善若水 上善若水 shàng shàn ruò shuǐ the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao") ∼HSK 6
验尸官 驗屍官 yàn shī guān coroner ∼HSK 6
周游世界 周遊世界 zhōu yóu shì jiè to travel around the world ∼HSK 6
气宇 氣宇 qì yǔ bearing; manner ∼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
精纯 精純 jīng chún pure; unadulterated; exquisite ∼HSK 6
门户之见 門戶之見 mén hù zhī jiàn sectarian bias; parochialism ∼HSK 6
撒网 撒網 sā wǎng to throw a net ∼HSK 6
神妙 神妙 shén miào marvelous; wondrous ∼HSK 6
斗鸡 鬥雞 dòu jī cock fighting ∼HSK 6
正经八百 正經八百 zhèng jīng bā bǎi very serious; solemn ∼HSK 6
独角戏 獨角戲 dú jiǎo xì monodrama; one-man show; comic talk ∼HSK 6
诡辩 詭辯 guǐ biàn specious arguments; sophistry ∼HSK 6
超支 超支 chāo zhī to overspend ∼HSK 6
耍弄 耍弄 shuǎ nòng to play with; to engage in; to resort to; to dally with ∼HSK 6
湮灭 湮滅 yān miè to sink into oblivion; to bury in obscurity ∼HSK 6
孤寡 孤寡 gū guǎ orphans and widows; to be lonely; loneliness ∼HSK 6
逗弄 逗弄 dòu nòng to tease; to provoke; to play with (a child, animal etc) ∼HSK 6
思辨 思辨 sī biàn to think critically; (philosophy) to reason; to speculate ∼HSK 6
藏拙 藏拙 cáng zhuó avoiding doing something that one is clumsy at to save face ∼HSK 6
不去理 不去理 bù qù lǐ not to pay attention to; to leave sth as it is; to ignore ∼HSK 6
异端 異端 yì duān heresy ∼HSK 6
鄙夷 鄙夷 bǐ yí to despise; to look down on; to feel contempt for ∼HSK 6
摧锋陷阵 摧鋒陷陣 cuī fēng xiàn zhèn to break the enemy's vanguard and charge their ranks (idiom); to fight valiantly at the front line ∼HSK 6
不成文 不成文 bù chéng wén unwritten (rule) ∼HSK 6
暖洋洋 暖洋洋 nuǎn yáng yáng warm and cozy; comfortably warm ∼HSK 6
聊表寸心 聊表寸心 liáo biǎo cùn xīn (of a gift) to be a small token of one's feelings ∼HSK 6
胜败乃兵家常事 勝敗乃兵家常事 shèng bài nǎi bīng jiā cháng defeat is a common thing for a general (idiom); setbacks are routine in war; don't be discouraged by a loss ∼HSK 6
甘于 甘於 gān yú to be willing to; to be ready to; to be content with; accepting (of restriction, sacrifice, risk etc) ∼HSK 6
吉兆 吉兆 jí zhào lucky omen ∼HSK 6
非富即贵 非富即貴 fēi fù jí guì wealthy and respectable people ∼HSK 6
天上不会掉馅饼 天上不會掉餡餅 tiān shàng bù huì diào xiàn bǐng there is no such thing as a free lunch (idiom) ∼HSK 6
雇凶 僱兇 gù xiōng to hire a hitman ∼HSK 6
鼎鼎有名 鼎鼎有名 dǐng dǐng yǒu míng of great renown (idiom); illustrious; celebrated; famous ∼HSK 6
混子 混子 hùn zi hoodlum; person unfit for society ∼HSK 6
冥顽 冥頑 míng wán stupidly obstinate ∼HSK 6
荧惑 熒惑 yíng huò to bewilder; to dazzle and confuse; the planet Mars ∼HSK 6
头梳 頭梳 tóu shū comb; hairbrush ∼HSK 6
暑往寒来 暑往寒來 shǔ wǎng hán lái heat departs and cold arrives (idiom); the passing of the seasons; time flowing by ∼HSK 6
国无宁日 國無寧日 guó wú níng rì the country has no peaceful days (idiom); a nation in constant turmoil ∼HSK 6
倚势凌人 倚勢凌人 yǐ shì líng rén to bully others by relying on one's power (idiom); to abuse one's position to oppress people ∼HSK 6
叛国罪 叛國罪 pàn guó zuì the crime of treason ∼HSK 6
贫困潦倒 貧困潦倒 pín kùn liáo dǎo poverty-stricken and down on one's luck (idiom); destitute and frustrated ∼HSK 6
转瞬之间 轉瞬之間 zhuǎn shùn zhī jiān in the blink of an eye (idiom); in an instant; in a flash ∼HSK 6
勾栏 勾欄 gōu lán brothel; theater; carved balustrade ∼HSK 6
浩然之气 浩然之氣 hào rán zhī qì vast and noble spirit (idiom, from Mencius); great moral integrity and righteousness ∼HSK 6
艾蒿 艾蒿 ài hāo mugwort (Artemisia) ∼HSK 6
补剂 補劑 bǔ jì tonic; supplement ∼HSK 6
牧养 牧養 mù yǎng to raise (animals) ∼HSK 6
棕黄 棕黃 zōng huáng light brown ∼HSK 6