Vocabulary

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wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
ér that's all; nothing more HSK 7
zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
é to chant HSK 7
abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
cǎo jīng shé lit. beat the grass to scare the snake (idiom); fig. to inadvertently alert an enemy; to punish sb as a warning to others Idiom ∼HSK 6
cǎn jué rén huán extremely tragic (idiom); with unprecedented brutality Idiom ∼HSK 6
yuān jiā zhǎi lit. for enemies, the road is narrow (idiom); fig. rivals inevitably cross paths Idiom ∼HSK 6
wēi zhèn tiān xià to inspire awe throughout the empire (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
shí guò jìng qiān things change with the passage of time (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
wén zhí worthless (idiom); no use whatsoever Idiom ∼HSK 6
gōng to cure ills with poison (TCM); to fight evil with evil; set a thief to catch a thief; to fight fire with fire Idiom ∼HSK 6
cǎo jiān rén mìng to have disregard for human life (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
xiāo shēng to vanish without trace (idiom); to lie low Idiom ∼HSK 6
zhī hǎo dǎi unable to differentiate good from bad (idiom); not to know what's good for one; unable to recognize others' good intentions Idiom ∼HSK 6
tiān zào shè lit. made by Heaven and arranged by Earth(idiom); ideal; perfect; (of a match) made in heaven; to be made for one another Idiom ∼HSK 6
lǎo xiāng wǎng lái 老: old, aged; experienced · 死: die; dead; death · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 相: mutual, reciprocal, each other · 往: go, depart; past, formerly · 来: come, coming; return, returning Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
chéng won't do; unable to; (at the end of a rhetorical question) can that be? Xiehouyu HSK 6
lǎo niáng my old mother; I, this old woman; my old lady (colloquial); maternal grandmother; midwife Colloquialism ∼HSK 6
yǒu méi yǒu (before a noun) Do (you, they etc) have ...?; Is there a ...?; (before a verb) Did (you, they etc) (verb, infinitive)?; Have (you, they etc) (verb, past participle)? HSK 6
to look around ∼HSK 6
xiá knight; swordsman; noble warrior; chivalrous hero ∼HSK 6
xiǎo mother's youngest sister; wife's younger sister; sister-in-law ∼HSK 6
shén miracle doctor ∼HSK 6
chuǎng dàng jiāng to travel around the country ∼HSK 6
gōng yáng ram (male sheep) ∼HSK 6
bǎi chuān rivers ∼HSK 6
yàn baby swallow ∼HSK 6
highly toxic; extremely poisonous ∼HSK 6
wén funeral oration; eulogy; elegiac address ∼HSK 6
lóu zhǔ original poster (in an online forum); landlord of a building (traditional) ∼HSK 6
diē niáng (dialect) parents ∼HSK 6
suǒ kǒng keyhole ∼HSK 6
shēn to die ∼HSK 6
guān honored customer (sir) ∼HSK 6
cán xiāng lingering fragrance ∼HSK 6
jié lián to tie the knot (idiom); to get married ∼HSK 6
jìn xìng to enjoy oneself to the full; to one's heart's content ∼HSK 6
chá qīng to find out; to ascertain; to get to the bottom of; to clarify ∼HSK 6
xiàng mào appearance ∼HSK 6
kuā xia hǎi kǒu to boast; to talk big ∼HSK 6
hún xiǎo zi (derog.) young hooligan (sometimes said in jest) ∼HSK 6
fàn hún confused; mixed up; muddled up; befuddled ∼HSK 6
(old) highest administrative post in border areas; governor of a march ∼HSK 6
xīn gāo ào proud and arrogant ∼HSK 6
yáng míng to become famous; to become notorious ∼HSK 6
lín zhōng approaching one's end; with one foot in the grave ∼HSK 6
shè to set foot in; to step into; to become involved for the first time ∼HSK 6