Level 3 Vocabulary List

(chuán) to pass on; to spread; to transmit; to infect; to transfer; to circulate; to conduct (electricity) | (zhuàn) biography; historical narrative; commentaries; relay station

to disseminate; to propagate; to spread

(of a sound) to come through; to be heard; (of news) to arrive

legend; folk tale; to repeat from mouth to mouth; they say that...

to bring forth new ideas; to blaze new trails; innovation

to begin an undertaking; to start a major task; to initiate; to venture; venture; entrepreneurship

to create; to bring about; to produce; to set (a record)

to create; to produce; to write; creative work; creation

always; at all times; never (if used in negative sentence)

previously; formerly; once upon a time

to go for; to engage in; to undertake; to deal with; to handle; to do

(cūn) village | (cūn) variant of 村

to exist; to deposit; to store; to keep; to survive

to exist; to be; existence

mistaken; false; wrong; error; mistake

to reach; to achieve; to attain

to break; to smash

to ask about; to make some inquiries; to ask around

(dà fū) senior official (in imperial China) | (dài fu) doctor; physician

roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea

embassy

approximately; probably

to substitute; to act on behalf of others; to replace; generation; dynasty; age; period; (historical) era; (geological) eon

representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of

delegation

to spur; to provide impetus; to drive

to guide; to lead

unit (forming an entity); element; (in a residential building) entrance or staircase

at that time; originally

local

only natural; as it should be; certainly; of course; without doubt

among; in the middle; in the center

(Dāo) surname Dao | (dāo) knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs

to direct; director (film etc)

to reach; to arrive

finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last

local; regional; district (not necessarily formal administrative unit); region; area; as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city)

to score

to wait; to wait for

the location below sth; afterwards

TV series; TV drama

television station

transmitter-receiver; broadcasting station; radio station

email

(diào) to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody | (tiáo) to harmonize; to reconcile; to blend; to suit well; to adjust; to regulate; to season (food); to provoke; to incite

investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll

to adjust; adjustment; revision

to agree; to conclude; to draw up; to subscribe to (a newspaper etc); to order

at set dates; at regular intervals; periodic; limited to a fixed period of time; fixed term

the east; eastern part