HSK 7–9 vocabulary list

duì bái

dialogue (in a movie or a play)

duì cè

countermeasure for dealing with a situation

duì de qǐ

not to let sb down; to treat sb fairly; be worthy of

duì fu

to handle; to deal with; to tackle; to get by with; to make do; (dialect) (usu. used in the negative) to get along with (sb)

duì huàn

to convert; to exchange

duì lián

rhyming couplet; pair of lines of verse written vertically down the sides of a doorway

duì liú

convection

duì niú tán qín

lit. to play the lute to a cow (idiom); fig. offering a treat to an unappreciative audience; to cast pearls before swine; caviar to the general; to preach to deaf ears; to talk over sb's head

duì xiàn

(of a check etc) to cash; to honor a commitment

duì xíng

formation

duì yì

to play go, chess etc

duì zhào

to contrast; to compare; to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts); to check

duì zhèng xià yào

lit. to prescribe the right medicine for an illness (idiom); fig. to study a problem to find the right way to solve it; to take appropriate steps

duì zhì

(of mountains etc) to stand facing each other; (fig.) to confront each other

dūn cù

to press; to urge; to hasten

dūn hòu

genuine; honest and sincere

dùn

to stew

duō nián lái

for the past many years

duō bàn

most; mostly; most likely

duō biān

multilateral

duō suo

to tremble; to shiver

duō xīn

oversensitive; suspicious

duó guàn

to seize the crown; fig. to win a championship; to win gold medal

duó kuí

to win the championship; to take first place