HSK 7–9 vocabulary list

zòng héng

lit. warp and weft in weaving; vertically and horizontal; length and breadth; criss-crossed; able to move unhindered; abbr. for 合縱連橫|合纵连横[He2 zong4 Lian2 heng2], School of Diplomacy during the Warring States Period (475-221 BC)

zòng rán

even if; even though

zòng róng

to tolerate or condone wrongdoing; to allow (sb) to engage in bad behavior

zòng shēn

depth (from front to rear); depth (into a territory); span (of time); (fig.) depth (of deployment, progress, development etc)

zǒu guò chǎng

to go through the motions

zǒu wān lù

to take an indirect route; to waste one's time by using an inappropriate method

zǒu lòu

to leak (of information, liquid etc); to divulge

zǒu shì

tendency; trend; path

zǒu sī

to smuggle; to have an illicit affair

zǒu tóu wú lù

to be at an impasse (idiom); in a tight spot; at the end of one's rope; desperate

zǒu xiàng

direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for

zòu

to hit; to beat (sb); (coll.) to smash (sth)

zòu xiào

to show results; to be effective

zū lìn

to rent; to lease; to hire

zú bù chū hù

lit. not putting a foot outside; to stay at home

zú jì

footprint; track; spoor

zú zhì duō móu

resourceful; full of stratagems

zǔ chuán

passed on from ancestors; handed down from generation to generation

zǔ fù

father's father; paternal grandfather

zǔ jí

ancestral hometown; original domicile (and civil registration)

zǔ jiàn

to organize; to set up; to establish

zǔ lán

to stop; to obstruct

zǔ lì

resistance; drag

zǔ mǔ

father's mother; paternal grandmother