3600 Sentences in 36 Units Quiz Listen to Stories

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HSK 3.0	Big5	Gb	Pin	Eng
1	從	从	cóng	from, since, through
1	地方	地方	dìfang	country, soil, terrain, part, clime, way, territory, room, neighbourhood, tinderbox, locality (as distinct from the central administrat, child, tract, province, position, respect, where, region, space, place, local
1	跟	跟	gēn	with, to, from
1	冷	冷	lěng	cool, rare, cold, unfrequented, feel cold, chill, frosty(in manner), shot from hiding, strange
1	沒事兒	没事儿	méishìr	to have spare time, free from work, it's not important, it's nothing, never mind
1	起床	起床	qǐ chuáng	uprise, get up from bed, arise, get out of bed, turn out, rise, deck, get_up, awake, get up
1	有時候	有时候	yǒushíhou	from time to time, on_occasion, occasionally, somewhile, otherwhile, now and again, sometimes, now and then, at times, on occasion, whiles, once in a while
2	背	背	bèi	learn by heart, recite from memory
2	出發	出发	chūfā	depart, get_off, proceed, take_the_road, part, set out, start from, start out, sidetrack, start/proceed from, stray, take the road, sally out, sally_forth, proceed from, set_off, sally forth, take off, start, set forth, set off, digress, straggle, start off, move
2	出國	出国	chū guó	go abroad (from one's own country)
2	出門	出门	chū mén	go_out, go on journey, go out, go on a journey, be away from home
2	出院	出院	chū yuàn	to leave hospital, to be discharged from hospital
2	從小	从小	cóngxiǎo	from childhood, as a child
2	今後	今后	jīnhòu	hereafter, henceforth, in the future, from now on
2	克	克	kè	to be able to, to subdue, to restrain, to overcome, gram, variant of 剋\|克[ke4], Ke (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農\|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God, to scold, to beat
2	來自	来自	láizì	come from, originate from, come, stem/originate from, attach_to, stem, come/stem/originate from, hail
2	離	离	lí	distant/apart from
2	離開	离开	lí kāi	leave, depart/deviate from
3	背	背	bèi	learn by heart, recite from memory
3	斷	断	duàn	give up, cut off, break off, stop, abstain from, judge, snap, break, decide
3	防止	防止	fángzhǐ	estop, guard against, preclude, prevention, inhibit, avoidance, help, cumber, prevent, forbid, prohibit, obviate, restrain, deter, avoid, head_off, debar, guard, help oneself, ward_off, constrain, ward, encumber, avert, ward off, disenable, forfend, shield, countercheck, forestall, keep_from, foreclose
3	告別	告别	gàobié	valedictory, take_leave, part from, leave, parting, say good-bye to, bid farewell to
3	害怕	害怕	hàipà	dread, be afraid/scared, fearful, frighten, fear, frightened, shrink_from, be afraid, funk, scared, be scared, tremble
3	傷	伤	shāng	injure, wound, fall ill from, damage, harm
3	始終	始终	shǐzhōng	all_the_time, from beginning to end, from start to finish, always, all along, evermore, throughout
3	體會	体会	tǐhuì	know/learn from experience, realize
3	退出	退出	tuì chū	withdraw from, quit
3	武術	武术	wǔshù	military skill or technique (in former times), all kinds of martial art sports (some claiming spiritual development), self-defense, tradition of choreographed fights from opera and film (recent usage), also called kungfu 功夫, CL:種\|种[zhong3]
3	下來	下来	xià lai	come down from a higher place
3	由	由	yóu	from, via, by, through, owing/due to
4	擺脫	摆脱	bǎi tuō	disembroil, free oneself, cast/shake off, fling_off, break away from, shake_off, disinvolve, disentangle, shake off, shift, wangle, cast off, extricate oneself from, shake, waste, free oneself from, disburden, ditch, manage, lose, cast, unload, extricate oneself, prescind, unship, slip, wriggle, shunt
4	避	避	bì	avoid, preclude, evade, repel, prevent, forbid, ward off, shun, keep away, forestall, foreclose, stay away from
4	避免	避免	bìmiǎn	forbear, preclude, refrain_from, forebear, escape, help, elude, leapfrog, refrain from, stave_off, evite, shun, obviate, avoid, evade, waive, help oneself, ward_off, ward, miss, avert, ward off, balk, refrain
4	從此	从此	cóngcǐ	hereon, hence, henceforth, thereupon, therefrom, from now on, from then on
4	地方	地方	dìfang	country, soil, terrain, part, clime, way, territory, room, neighbourhood, tinderbox, locality (as distinct from the central administrat, child, tract, province, position, respect, where, region, space, place, local
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	苦	苦	kǔ	be troubled by, suffer from, cause sb. suffering, bitter
4	鬧	闹	nào	give vent, be troubled by, give vent to anger, suffer from, make a noise, do, stir up trouble, make, go in for
4	刷	刷	shuā	to brush, to paint, to daub, to paste up, to skip class (of students), to fire from a job, to select
4	脫	脱	tuō	cast/come off, shed, take off, escape from
4	引進	引进	yǐnjìn	recommend, introduce from elsewhere
4	自	自	zì	from, since
5	白酒	白酒	báijiǔ	spirit usually distilled from sorghum or maize, white spirit
5	出於	出于	chūyú	proceed from, start from, stem from, start, proceed
5	從中	从中	cóngzhōng	out of, from among, therefrom
5	夾	夹	jiā	press from both sides, place in between, mix, mingle, intersperse, carry secretly
5	戒	戒	jiè	keep off, guard against, drop, keep from, stop, refrain from, desist from, forbear from, abstain from, exhort, avoid, admonition, give up, admonish, exhortation, warn
5	流動	流动	liúdòng	flow, go from place to place
5	南北	南北	nánběi	north and south, from east to west, north-south
5	偶爾	偶尔	ǒuěr	once in a blue moon, from time to time, hardly ever, every so often, now and again, seldom, infrequently, on occasion, rarely, betweenwhiles, scarcely, unusually, occasionally, sporadically, every now and then, at times, now and then, once in a while
5	時常	时常	shícháng	now_and_again, always, frequently, from_time_to_time, somewhile, oft, often
5	逃跑	逃跑	táopǎo	to flee from sth, to run away, to escape
5	逃	逃	táo	guy, escape, egress, scarper, break away, shrink from, fly, take flight, evade, run away, evasion, flee, run, shirk, turn tail, bunk, lam, dodge
5	脫離	脱离	tuōlí	depart, disaffiliate, sever, wander, disengage, renegade, defect, secede, splinter, break away, drop_out, free, opt, extricate, bolt, separate oneself from, break up, be divorced from, separate, deviate, swerve, break_loose, prescind, escape_from, pervert
5	一身	一身	yīshēn	whole body, from head to toe, single person, a suit of clothes
5	由此	由此	yóucǐ	hereby, from this
5	之外	之外	zhīwài	beyond, apart from, excluding
6	撤離	撤离	chèlí	to withdraw from, to evacuate
6	借鑒	借鉴	jièjiàn	to use other people's experience, to borrow from a source, to use as reference
6	老鄉	老乡	lǎoxiāng	fellow townsman, fellow villager, sb from the same hometown
6	取款	取款	qǔ kuǎn	to withdraw money from a bank
6	時而	时而	shíér	occasionally, from time to time
6	掏	掏	tāo	to fish out (from pocket), to scoop, variant of 掏[tao1]
6	托	托	tuō	hold in palm, support from under, serve as foil, set off, plead, give as a pretext, rely on, entrust, put lining in
6	往後	往后	wǎnghòu	from now on, in the future, time to come
6	於	于	yú	in, at, to, from, out of, by
7	挨家挨戶	挨家挨户	āijiā-āihù	to go from house to house, house-to-house (search)
7	安寧	安宁	ānníng	peaceful, tranquil, calm, composed, free from worry
7	罷免	罢免	bàmiǎn	to remove sb from their post, to dismiss
7	背誦	背诵	bèisòng	to recite, to repeat from memory
7	邊遠	边远	biānyuǎn	far from the center, remote, outlying
7	不亦樂乎	不亦乐乎	bùyìlèhū	lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius), fig. (jocularly) extremely, awfully
7	不恥下問	不耻下问	bùchǐ-xiàwèn	not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates
7	不假思索	不假思索	bùjiǎ-sīsuǒ	to act without taking time to think (idiom), to react instantly, to fire from the hip
7	出自	出自	chūzì	come from, be out of
7	從今以後	从今以后	cóngjīnyǐhòu	From now on
7	從頭	从头	cóngtóu	anew, from the start
7	從早到晚	从早到晚	cóngzǎodàowǎn	From early as late
7	打撈	打捞	dǎlāo	to salvage, to dredge, to fish out (person or object from the sea)
7	倒數	倒数	dàoshǔ	to count backwards (from 10 down to 0), to count down, from the bottom (lines on a page), from the back (rows of seats), inverse number, reciprocal (math.)
7	得益於	得益于	déyìyú	Benefited from
7	地道	地道	dìdao	tunnel, causeway, authentic, genuine, typical, from a place known for the product, thorough, conscientious
7	粉	粉	fěn	powder, cosmetic face powder, food prepared from starch, noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour, whitewash, white, pink
7	復原	复原	fù yuán	to restore (sth) to (its) former condition, to recover from illness, recovery
7	改革開放	改革开放	gǎigé-kāifàng	to reform and open to the outside world, refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
7	觀望	观望	guānwàng	straddle, pussyfoot, look on (from sidelines), swiver, hesitate, waver, look on, wait and see
7	貫穿	贯穿	guànchuān	to run through, a connecting thread from beginning to end, to link
7	海綿	海绵	hǎimián	sponge (zoology), sponge (piece of absorbent material, either natural or made from plastic etc), foam rubber
7	患有	患有	huànyǒu	to contract (an illness), to be afflicted with, to suffer from
7	渾身	浑身	húnshēn	all over, from head to foot
7	魂	魂	hún	soul, spirit, immortal soul, i.e. that can be detached from the body
7	豁	豁	huō	to play Chinese finger-guessing game, opening, stake all, sacrifice, crack, slit, clear, open, exempt (from), liberal-minded
7	忌	忌	jì	to be jealous of, fear, dread, scruple, to avoid or abstain from, to quit, to give up sth
7	忌諱	忌讳	jìhui	taboo, to avoid as taboo, to abstain from
7	忌口	忌口	jì kǒu	abstain from certain food (as when ill), avoid certain foods, be on a diet
7	見義勇為	见义勇为	jiànyì-yǒngwéi	to see what is right and act courageously (idiom, from Analects), to stand up bravely for the truth, acting heroically in a just cause
7	交接	交接	jiāojiē	(of two things) to come into contact, to meet, to hand over to, to take over from, to associate with, to have friendly relations with, to have sexual intercourse
7	接班	接班	jiē bān	to take over (from those working the previous shift), to take over (in a leadership role etc), to succeed sb
7	解脫	解脱	jiětuō	free (extricate) oneself, release from worldly cares
7	借助	借助	jièzhù	to draw support from, with the help of
7	敬而遠之	敬而远之	jìngéryuǎnzhī	to show respect from a distance (idiom), to remain at a respectful distance
7	舉一反三	举一反三	jǔyī-fǎnsān	to raise one and infer three, to deduce many things from one case (idiom)
7	距	距	jù	be apart/away from
7	覺醒	觉醒	juéxǐng	to awaken, to come to realize, awakened to the truth, the truth dawns upon one, scales fall from the eyes, to become aware
7	絕緣	绝缘	juéyuán	to have no contact with, to be cut off from, (electricity) to insulate
7	磕	磕	kē	to tap, to knock (against sth hard), to knock (mud from boots, ashes from a pipe etc), variant of 嗑[ke4]
7	瞞	瞒	mán	to conceal from, to keep (sb) in the dark
7	偏僻	偏僻	piānpì	remote, desolate, far from the city
7	啟蒙	启蒙	qǐ méng	to instruct the young, to initiate, to awake sb from ignorance, to free sb from prejudice or superstition, primer, enlightened, the Enlightenment, Western learning from the late Qing dynasty
7	全程	全程	quánchéng	the whole distance, from beginning to end
7	缺席	缺席	quē xí	be absent (from meeting/etc.)
7	上火	上火	shàng huǒ	to get angry, to suffer from excessive internal heat (TCM)
7	失眠	失眠	shī mián	to suffer from insomnia
7	時不時	时不时	shíbùshí	from time to time
7	實事求是	实事求是	shíshì-qiúshì	to seek truth from facts (idiom), to be practical and realistic
7	受益	受益	shòu yì	to benefit from, profit
7	舒暢	舒畅	shūchàng	happy, entirely free from worry
7	逃亡	逃亡	táowáng	to flee, flight (from danger), fugitive
7	退役	退役	tuì yì	to retire from the military, sport etc, to demobilize, to decommission, retired from use
7	脫身	脱身	tuō shēn	to get away, to escape (from obligations), to free oneself, to disengage
7	外企	外企	wàiqǐ	foreign enterprise, company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong, abbr. for 外資企業\|外资企业
7	尾氣	尾气	wěiqì	exhaust (i.e. waste gas from engine), emissions
7	無惡不作	无恶不作	wúè-bùzuò	not to shrink from any crime (idiom), to commit any imaginable misdeed
7	下臺	下台	xià tái	fall out of power, leave office, step down from the stage/platform
7	鄉親	乡亲	xiāngqīn	fellow countryman (from the same village), local people, villager, the folks back home
7	相傳	相传	xiāngchuán	tradition has it that..., according to legend, pass on from one to another, hand down from one to another, hand down or pass on from one to another
7	心得	心得	xīndé	what one has learned from work/study/etc., study, what one has learned from work, insight, acquaintanceship, what one has learned from study/etc., etc., what one has learned from work, study, etc.
7	訓	训	xùn	to teach, to train, to admonish, instruction (from superiors), teachings, rule
7	以	以	yǐ	using, taking, from a point on, because of
7	因人而異	因人而异	yīnrénéryì	varying from person to person (idiom), different for each individual
7	隱患	隐患	yǐnhuàn	a danger concealed within sth, hidden damage, misfortune not visible from the surface
7	由此可見	由此可见	yóucǐ-kějiàn	from this, it can be seen that...
7	與眾不同	与众不同	yǔzhòng-bùtóng	to stand out from the masses (idiom)
7	沾	沾	zhān	moisten, daub, get ... out of association, soak, partake, profit from, touch, be stained with
7	沾光	沾光	zhān guāng	to bask in the light, fig. to benefit from association with sb or sth, reflected glory
7	折騰	折腾	zhēteng	to toss from side to side (e.g. sleeplessly), to repeat sth over and over again, to torment sb, to play crazy, to squander (time, money)
7	蒸	蒸	zhēng	to evaporate, (of cooking) to steam, torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old), finely chopped firewood (old)
7	追溯	追溯	zhuīsù	lit. to go upstream, to trace sth back to, to date from
7	自始至終	自始至终	zìshǐ-zhìzhōng	from start to finish (idiom)
7	縱深	纵深	zòngshēn	depth (from front to rear), depth (into a territory), span (of time), (fig.) depth (of deployment, progress, development etc)
7	祖傳	祖传	zǔchuán	passed on from ancestors, handed down from generation to generation