Vocabulary

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shì jiè world HSK 3
zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
zhǒng seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sorts HSK 3
to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned HSK 3
suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
shuō lái huà cháng start explaining and it's a long story (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly Idiom ∼HSK 2
wèn sān zhī lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom); fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on; complete ignorance Idiom ∼HSK 2
qiān - tiáo tiáo (idiom) from a great distance; (to come) from afar Idiom ∼HSK 2
sān tiān liǎng tóu lit. twice every three days (idiom); practically every day; frequently Idiom ∼HSK 2
shí wàn qiān light-years (apart); a million miles (apart); (i.e. indicates a huge difference or a huge distance) Idiom ∼HSK 2
huā tiān jiǔ to spend one's time in drinking and pleasure (idiom); to indulge in sensual pleasures; life of debauchery Idiom ∼HSK 2
xiǎo zuò to make a big fuss over a minor issue (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 2
zhī qīng zhòng lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things; naive; doesn't know who's who; no sense of priorities Idiom ∼HSK 2
méi méi day and night; regardless of the time of day or night Idiom ∼HSK 2
qiān nán wàn nán extremely difficult Idiom ∼HSK 2
shuō sān dào to make thoughtless remarks (idiom); to criticize; gossip Idiom ∼HSK 2
hǎi wéi jiā to regard the four corners of the world all as home (idiom); to feel at home anywhere; to roam about unconstrained; to consider the entire country, or world, to be one's own Idiom ∼HSK 2
qiān lit. one day, a thousand miles (idiom); rapid progress Idiom ∼HSK 2
tiān nán - hǎi běi (idiom) far apart; (idiom) from different places; from all over; (idiom) (to talk) about this and that Idiom ∼HSK 2
qiān qiān wàn wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands Idiom ∼HSK 2
绿绿 huā huā brightly colored; gaudy Idiom ∼HSK 2
fàng jué to prattle on self-importantly (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 2
hēi bái fēn míng lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom); fig. unambiguous; black-and-white; in sharp contrast; to distinguish clearly right from wrong Idiom ∼HSK 2
miàn líng lóng be smooth and slick (in establishing social relations) Idiom ∼HSK 2
jiǎ de bogus; ersatz; fake; mock; phony Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
yào liǎn to have no sense of shame; shameless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
jiàn bu rén shameful Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
tiān fearing nothing in Heaven or Earth (idiom); fearless Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
yǒu shù to have kept count; to know how many; (fig.) to know exactly how things stand; to know the score; not many; only a few Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
dǎo (coll.) forget it; drop it; let it go; to pull down Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
hóng rén a favorite of sb in power; a celebrity; American Indian Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
xíng bu tōng won't work; will get (you) nowhere Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
chū fēng tou to push oneself forward; to seek fame; to be in the limelight; same as 出锋头 Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
nán kàn ugly; unsightly Xiehouyu HSK 2
nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
zhèng hǎo just (in time); just right; just enough; to happen to; to chance to; by chance; it just so happens that Xiehouyu HSK 2
kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
yào liǎn (coll.) to have a sense of shame Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
nán hàn zhàng fu (coll.) he-man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man; (said of an aging husband) my old man Colloquialism ∼HSK 2