Level 7-9 Vocabulary List

board member

board of directors

chairman of the board of directors

to grow beyond the naivete of childhood; to be aware of what is going on in the world; (esp. of a child) sensible; thoughtful; intelligent

(typically followed by 就) apt to (lose one's temper, catch a cold etc); at the drop of a hat

to budge

(dòng dàng) variant of 动荡 | (dòng dàng) unrest (social or political); turmoil; upheaval; commotion

sense of movement (often in a static work of art); dynamic; vivid; lifelike

to start (a building project)

(detectable) movement; (sign of) activity; movement and stillness

artery

to go on a journey; to leave

pleasant to listen to

trend; tendency

to utilize; to put sth to use

to freeze (water etc); (fig.) to freeze (assets, prices etc)

classifier for houses or buildings; ridgepole (old)

ridgepole; ridgepole and beams; person able to bear heavy responsibility; mainstay (of organization); pillar (of state)

city; metropolis

(dōu) pocket; bag; to wrap up or hold in a bag; to move in a circle; to canvas or solicit; to take responsibility for; to disclose in detail; combat armor (old) | (dōu) old variant of 兜

erhua variant of 兜; pocket; bag

to hawk; to peddle

to tremble; to shake out; to reveal; to make it in the world

steep; precipitous; abrubtly; suddenly; unexpectedly

(Dǒu) abbr. for the Big Dipper constellation 星 | (dǒu) dry measure for grain equal to ten 升 or one-tenth of a 石; decaliter; peck; cup or dipper shaped object; old variant of 陡 | (dòu) to fight; to struggle; to condemn; to censure; to contend; to put together; coming together | (dòu) variant of 斗 | (dòu) variant of 斗 | (dòu) variant of 斗

will to fight; fighting spirit

soy milk

bean; pea

to tease (playfully); to entice; (coll.) to joke; (coll.) funny; amusing; to stay; to sojourn; brief pause at the end of a phrase (variant of 读)

to supervise and urge completion of a task; to urge on

alone; independent; single; sole; only

(in singing) solo; to solo

exclusive

independent and autonomous (idiom); self-determination; to act independently; to maintain control over one's own affairs

unmarried; single

unique and unmatched (idiom); unrivalled; nothing compares with it

to clog up; blockage

to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc); to be envious; envy

to put an end to

to go on holidays; to spend one's vacation

to cross over; to pass through

upright; regular; proper; correct

shortage

of short duration; brief; momentary

phase; time interval; paragraph; (written) passage

to conclude; to determine; to come to a judgment

intermittent; off and on; discontinuous; stop-go; stammering; disjointed; inarticulate

fracture; rupture; to break apart

lit. to pile up (bricks); to pack; fig. to pad out (writing with fancy phrases); ornate rhetoric

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