3600 Sentences in 36 Units Quiz Listen to Stories

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franchise n. his det. historian n. historic adj. historical adj. history n. sophisticated adj. this det./pron. whisper v. n.

HSK 3.0	Big5	Gb	Pin	Eng
1	本	本	běn	det.: this
1	放	放	fàng	loose, bloom, make longer, set ... free, let sb. have his own way, show, readjust, free, make larger, put in, fly, etc., release, discharge, leave alone, bung, lay aside, put, expansion, make longer/larger/etc., fling, localize, lend (money) at interest, let go, set, pasture, pose, set free, blossom, lay, let off, put out to pasture, send away, play, expand, make larger/etc., readjus
1	今年	今年	jīnnián	this year
1	這邊	这边	zhèbiān	this side, here
1	這	这	zhè	now, this, det.: this, it
1	這裡	这里	zhèlǐ	this place, there, here
1	知識	知识	zhīshi	lear, know-how, understanding, ken, instruction, science, sophistication, consciousness, light, awareness, cognizance, knowledge, lore, mastery, know, cognition, acquaintanceship, mind, intellect, knowingness, equipment
2	動物	动物	dòngwù	thing, critter, crittur, zoic, anthropomorphism, animal, deer, animate being, beast, creature, burrow, sire, worker, fauna, brute
2	該	该	gāi	det.: this, that
2	故事	故事	gùshi	spiel, recital, relation, scam, rede, plot, yarn, narration, story, fiction, tale, history, legend, narrative
2	好事	好事	hǎoshì	good action, deed, thing or work (also sarcastic, 'a fine thing indeed'), charity, happy occasion, Daoist or Buddhist ceremony for the souls of the dead, to be meddlesome
2	它	它	tā	they (neologism for {1ta1}[3] [4]), [4]), ), this, that, it
2	小聲	小声	xiǎoshēng	in a low voice, (speak) in whispers
2	這麼	这么	zhème	so, such, this way, like this
2	這時候	这时候	zhè shíhòu	At this moment
2	這樣	这样	zhèyàng	so, such, like this, this way
3	本事	本事	běnshi	literary source material, know-how, proficiency, skill, prowess, this matter, ability, capability
3	老太太	老太太	lǎotàitai	old lady, your (my/his/etc.) mother
3	時代	时代	shídài	day, period, a period in one's life, epoch, present time, historical period, time, chapter, period in one's life, modern times, historic period, contemporary world, times, era, modern world, age
3	事業	事业	shìyè	proposition, task, pidgin, institution, undertaking, deed, facilities, life history, endeavour, endeavor, cause, career, project, action, enterprise
3	演員	演员	yǎnyuán	actor or actress, playactor, imitator, stage manager, barnstormer, actor, performer, impersonator, cast, performing artist, dramatis personae, role player, histrionic, thespian, trouper, player, cast of characters, stager, histrion
3	至今	至今	zhìjīn	thus_far, up_to_now, until_now, so far, to this day, up to now, to date, hitherto, erenow
4	此	此	cǐ	this, det.: this, here
4	法	法	fǎ	law, method, way, mode, standard, model, legalists, Legalist School, Buddhist doctrine, dharma, magic arts
4	近代	近代	jìndài	the not-very-distant past, modern times, excluding recent decades, (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919), capitalist times (pre-1949)
4	歷史	历史	lìshǐ	past records, historical, history
5	成語	成语	chéngyǔ	Chinese set expression, typically of 4 characters, often alluding to a story or historical quotation, idiom, proverb, saying, adage, CL:條\|条[tiao2],本[ben3],句[ju4]
5	此後	此后	cǐhòu	thenceforth, henceforth, since then, thereafter, after this, hereafter
5	此刻	此刻	cǐkè	this moment, now, at present
5	此時	此时	cǐshí	now, this moment
5	鬍子	胡子	húzi	beard, mustache or whiskers, facial hair, CL:撮[zuo3],根[gen1], (coll.) bandit
5	騙	骗	piàn	chisel, cozen, palter, green, cheat, slang, put one over, defraud, befool, trick, jockey, victimize, outjockey, take in, leap on a horse, gum, put on, pigeon, humbug, betray, fob, flimflam, dupe, gyp, illude, mulct, deceit, put one across, rook, gull, bunco, hoodwink, beguile, diddle, fox, bilk, swindle, cod, fool, do, nobble, sting, deceive, con
5	其	其	qí	det.: its, his, her, their, it, this, that
5	如此	如此	rúcǐ	thus, like this, such
5	神	神	shén	god, supreme, architect, Thor, superpersonality, Providence, providence, Deus, immortal, energy, numen, Being, divine, being, Surname, maker, Allah, vitality, look, deity, spirit, gum, omnipotent, anthropomorphism, expression, mind, soul, omniscience, immortality, omniscient, kami, Elohim, divinity
5	學者	学者	xuézhě	academic, literate, pandit, letters, litterateur, learned person, literati, philomath, pundit, academician, faculty member, scholar, bookman, clerk, student, scholarly person, man of letters, man of learning, speleologist, doctor, clerisy, initiate, swami, punditry, savant, learned man, sophist
5	由此	由此	yóucǐ	hereby, from this
6	本	本	běn	det.: this
6	本期	本期	běnqī	the current period, this term (usually in finance)
6	本地	本地	běndì	local, this locality
6	此處	此处	cǐchù	this place, here (literary)
6	此前	此前	cǐqián	before this, before then, previously
6	此次	此次	cǐcì	this time
6	此事	此事	cǐshì	This matter
6	佛教	佛教	Fójiào	Bodhisattva, Buddhist religion, Buddhism
6	佛	佛	fú	Buddha, Buddhism, image of Buddha
6	混合	混合	hùnhé	associate, immingle, muddle, incorporate, mixed, meld, confect, amalgamate, blend in, fuse, interblend, hybrid, admix, mingle, wuzzle, mix, shuffle, mercurify, engraft, concoct, interlace, interweave, immix, go, interfuse, mix_up, sophisticate, marry, combine, mix in, conflate, merge, intermix, jumble, commingle, decompound, intermingle, knead, coalesce, interflow, compound, commix, blend,
6	覺悟	觉悟	juéwù	to come to understand, to realize, consciousness, awareness, Buddhist enlightenment (Sanskrit: cittotpāda)
6	名勝	名胜	míngshèng	a place famous for its scenery or historical relics, scenic spot, CL:處\|处[chu4]
6	寺	寺	sì	Buddhist temple, mosque, government office (old)
6	為此	为此	wèicǐ	for this reason, with regards to this, in this respect, in order to do this, to this end
6	這就是說	这就是说	zhèjiùshìshuō	This means that
7	剝奪	剥夺	bōduó	to deprive, to expropriate, to strip (sb of his property)
7	禪杖	禅杖	chánzhàng	the staff of a Buddhist monk
7	出息	出息	chūxi	to yield interest, profit etc, to exhale (Buddhism), future prospects, profit, to mature, to grow up
7	除此之外	除此之外	chúcǐzhīwài	additionally, in addition, with the exception of this, in_addition, to boot, excepting this
7	純樸	纯朴	chúnpǔ	simple and honest, unsophisticated, guileless, variant of 淳樸\|淳朴[chun2 pu3]
7	雕塑	雕塑	diāosù	a statue, a Buddhist image, sculpture, to carve
7	東奔西走	东奔西走	dōngbēnxīzǒu	to run this way and that (idiom), to rush about busily, to bustle about, to hopscotch, also 東跑西顛\|东跑西颠[dong1 pao3 xi1 dian1]
7	該	该	gāi	det.: this, that
7	各奔前程	各奔前程	gèbèn-qiánchéng	each goes his own way (idiom), each person has his own life to lead
7	古跡	古迹	gǔjì	places of historic interest, historical sites, CL:個\|个[ge4]
7	管子	管子	guǎnzi	Guanzi or Guan Zhong 管仲 (-645 BC), famous politician of Qi 齊國\|齐国 of Spring and Autumn period, Guanzi, classical book containing writings of Guan Zhong and his school, tube, pipe, drinking straw, CL:根[gen1]
7	國學	国学	guóxué	Chinese national culture, studies of ancient Chinese civilization, the Imperial College (history)
7	和尚	和尚	héshang	bonze, talapoin, monk, Bhikku, Buddhist monk
7	後代	后代	hòudài	descendant, posterity, descendants, later generations, ages, limb, later ages, get, descendent, later periods, offspring, later periods in history, progeny
7	皇上	皇上	huángshang	the emperor, Your majesty the emperor, His imperial majesty
7	尖端	尖端	jiānduān	sharp pointed end, the tip, the cusp, tip-top, most advanced and sophisticated, highest peak, the best
7	簡易	简易	jiǎnyì	simple and easy, simply constructed, unsophisticated
7	交頭接耳	交头接耳	jiāotóu-jiēěr	to whisper to one another's ear
7	荊棘	荆棘	jīngjí	thistles and thorns, brambles, thorny undergrowth
7	據此	据此	jùcǐ	according to this, on the ground of the above, (formally introduces reported speech in writing)
7	口哨	口哨	kǒushào	whistle
7	來歷	来历	láilì	history, antecedents, origin
7	免職	免职	miǎn zhí	to relieve sb of his post, to sack, to demote, dismissal, sacking
7	墨	墨	mò	learning, Chinese ink, ink stick, Mohist School, Mexico, Mohism, ink, handwriting, ink cake, Surname, China ink
7	菩薩	菩萨	púsà	Buddhist idol, a term applied to a kindhearted person, kindhearted person, Bodhisattva, joss, Buddha, Boddhisatva
7	豈有此理	岂有此理	qǐyǒu-cǐlǐ	how can this be so? (idiom), preposterous, ridiculous, absurd
7	取經	取经	qǔ jīng	to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures, to learn by studying another's experience
7	少林寺	少林寺	Shàolínsì	Shaolin Temple, Buddhist monastery famous for its kung fu monks
7	聖賢	圣贤	shèngxián	a sage, wise and holy man, virtuous ruler, Buddhist lama, wine
7	史無前例	史无前例	shǐwúqiánlì	unprecedented in history
7	世故	世故	shìgu	the ways of the world, sophisticated, worldly-wise
7	刷新	刷新	shuāxīn	to renovate, to refurbish, to refresh (computer window), to write a new page (in history), to break (a record)
7	泰斗	泰斗	tàidǒu	leading scholar of his time, magnate
7	特權	特权	tèquán	regalia, privilege, charter, freedom, vested interest, exclusive right, franchise, perquisite, liberty, peculiar, exclusive, prerogative, vested_interest, faculty, indulgence
7	文獻	文献	wénxiàn	document, bibliography, data related to a country's history, bibliographic, literature, data, data/documents related to a country's history/culture/etc., documents related to a country's culture, documents related to a country's history, culture, etc.
7	文物	文物	wénwù	historical relics, cultural objects, artifact, historical relic, cultural relic, cultural/historical objects/relics, cultural, historical objects, relics
7	想方設法	想方设法	xiǎngfāng-shèfǎ	to think up every possible method (idiom), to devise ways and means, to try this, that and the other
7	玄機	玄机	xuánjī	profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism), mysterious principles
7	業	业	yè	surname Ye, line of business, industry, occupation, job, employment, school studies, enterprise, property, (Buddhism) karma, deed, to engage in, already
7	由此可見	由此可见	yóucǐ-kějiàn	from this, it can be seen that...
7	再現	再现	zàixiàn	to recreate, to reconstruct (a historical relic)
7	鑿	凿	záo	chisel, to bore a hole, to chisel or dig, certain, authentic, irrefutable, also pr. [zuo4]
7	這會兒	这会儿	zhèhuìr5	(coll.) now, this moment, also pr. [zhe4 hui3 r5]
7	之	之	zhī	it, him, her, this
7	質樸	质朴	zhìpǔ	simple, plain, unadorned, unaffected, unsophisticated, rustic, earthy
7	諸如此類	诸如此类	zhūrúcǐlèi	things like this (idiom), and so on, and the rest, etc
7	幢	幢	chuáng	Buddhist stone pillar, ancient streamer, ancient pennant, ancient pennant/streamer, m.[general],
7	茲	兹	cí	now, here, this, time, year