TOCFL Level 5 Vocabulary
TOCFL Level 5 vocabulary, entries 2,301–2,400.
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- 狐疑to doubt; to suspect; to be suspicious and indecisivestative verb (adj.)
- 避孕contraception; prevention of pregnancy using drugs or physical methods.separable verb
- 私心selfish motives; thoughts aimed at personal gain; one's inner private thoughts or intentions.noun
- 方正upright and honest; morally upright; square (person); neat; clear and square; four-squarestative verb (adj.)
- 差額difference between two amounts; financial balance; discrepancy in a sum or quota.noun
- 偷懶to goof off; to be lazy; to shirk work; to slack offstative verb (adj.)
- 雙打doubles in sports; a match format with two players per side; two-person sparring in martial artsnoun
- 古籍ancient books; old texts; classical works from earlier historical periods.noun
- 彗星a small icy body orbiting a star; develops a glowing coma and tail when near the Sun; historically seen as an omen of disaster or warnoun
- 心酸to feel sad; to feel a pang of sorrow; heartachestative verb (adj.)
- 安頓to arrange a place for; to help settle down; to get someone situated; to put in order; settled and at easeverb
- 原狀original state; the way something was before a change; previous conditionnoun
- 翻新to renovate; to refurbish; to retread; to give a makeover; newly emergingverb
- 身教teaching by personal example; leading by one's own conduct; modeling behavior for others to follow.noun
- 分寸propriety; appropriate behavior; proper speech or action; within the norms; a small amount; a tiny bitnoun
- 剔除to remove; to eliminate; to weed out; to discard what is unsuitable or unwanted.verb
- 犯規to break the rules; to commit a foul; an infraction; a violation of the rulesseparable verb
- 原野open country; wide plain; open field; wilderness; prairienoun
- 深奧profound; abstruse; recondite; deeply complex or difficult to understand; (in some contexts) hidden, obscure, or esoteric.stative verb (adj.)
- 適中moderate; just right; not too much or too little; reasonably balanced; conveniently situatedstative verb (adj.)
- 估價to estimate the price of something; to appraise; valuation; to be valued at a certain amount.separable verb
- 鋤頭hoe; a farm tool for weeding and loosening soil.noun
- 上旬the first ten days of a month; the first third of a monthnoun
- 報刊newspapers and periodicals; the press; general term for newspapers, magazines, and similar publicationsnoun
- 道義moral principles; righteousness and justice; ethical duty or obligation.noun
- 流星meteor; shooting starnoun
- 刻薄unkind; harsh; cutting; mean; to mock or ridicule; to exploit or embezzle by illegal deductionsstative verb (adj.)
- 流落to wander about destitute; to be stranded; to drift in hardship or obscurityintransitive verb
- 轉帳to transfer money between accounts; to make a bank transfer; to move funds electronically without cashseparable verb
- 散佈to spread or scatter widely; to disseminate; to distribute information or materials across many places or peopleverb
- 街坊neighbors; people living nearby; the local neighborhood or street; a neighbornoun
- 山峰mountain peak; summit of a mountain; the pointed top of a mountain.noun
- 深造to pursue advanced studies; to further one's education or research, often abroad.intransitive verb
- 園林landscaped garden; ornamental park; designed outdoor space with plants, paths, and scenery for leisure or aesthetic enjoymentnoun
- 星辰stars; celestial bodies in the sky; poetic term for stars or constellations.noun
- 猜忌to be suspicious and jealous of; to distrust and resent someone, often imagining they intend harm; mutual suspicion and jealousy, especially in close relationshipstransitive stative verb
- 墮胎to induce an abortion; induced abortion; termination of pregnancy by medical or surgical meansseparable verb
- 親熱affectionate; warm and close; to show fondness or intimacy; (colloquial) to get physically intimate with someone.stative verb (adj.)
- 空運air transport; shipping or cargo movement by air; air freightverb
- 較量to compete; to contest; to pit oneself against someone; to haggle; to quibble.intransitive verb
- 腸子intestines; gut; also figuratively disposition, inner feelings, or nature of one's heart.noun
- 上進to make progress; to improve oneself; to strive to do better; ambitious and forward-moving.stative verb (adj.)
- 切實realistic; practical; feasible; earnestly; conscientiously; in a down-to-earth mannerstative verb (adj.)
- 沈重heavy; weighty; burdensome; serious; grave; solemn; difficult to move or carrystative verb (adj.)
- 報應(Buddhism) karma; divine retribution; good deeds bring good results, bad deeds bring bad consequences; now mainly refers to bad people suffering misfortune.noun
- 烈士martyr; a person who dies for a noble cause or principle; someone with lofty ideals and unwavering integrity.noun
- 著眼to focus on; to have in mind; to consider; to concentrate on a goal.intransitive verb
- 中庸the Doctrine of the Mean, a Confucian classic; the golden mean; moderation; mediocrity; (slang, Taiwan) having a bulky midsectionstative verb (adj.)
- 定額fixed amount; quota; a set or predetermined sum, especially in finance or allocationnoun
- 嘀咕to mutter; to murmur quietly; to feel uneasy or apprehensiveintransitive verb
- 旁聽to sit in on (proceedings); to be present at a meeting as an observer; to audit (a class)verb
- 訴苦to complain about one's troubles; to vent grievances; to tell others about one's hardshipsintransitive verb
- 報價to quote a price; a quoted price; a seller's stated price for goods or servicesnoun
- 告狀to tell on someone; to complain to an authority; to bring a lawsuitseparable verb
- 氣管trachea; windpipe; the tube from the larynx to the lungs; respiratory tract; air duct; gas pipe.noun
- 自制to exercise self-control; to restrain one's own desires or behavior; to act on one's own initiative without external constraintintransitive verb
- 獨創to create something original; to come up with a novel invention; unique creation or innovationverb
- 裁縫to sew or tailor clothing; a tailor or dressmakernoun
- 情操moral character; sentiments and integrity; one's ethical disposition and emotional refinement.noun
- 命中to hit (a target); to strike accurately; to score a hittransitive process verb
- 貧苦poverty-stricken; very poor; living in hardship; suffering from extreme povertystative verb (adj.)
- 滲入to permeate; to seep into; (of liquid) to slowly penetrate; (of ideas, influence) to gradually infiltrate or affectverb
- 堂堂grand; stately; dignified in appearance; imposing in presence; (of a person) handsome and solemn; (of a group or force) powerful and impressive.stative verb (adj.)
- 國境national border; frontier; the territory over which a state exercises sovereigntynoun
- 威風awe-inspiring bearing; imposing presence; majestic authority; impressive powerstative verb (adj.)
- 抽查to conduct a random inspection; to do a spot check; to sample-check a portion of the whole.verb
- 腐蝕chemical degradation of materials by acids, bases, or salts; gradual destruction or erosion of a substance; moral or behavioral decay; corruption; to corrodetransitive stative verb
- 丘陵hills; rolling terrain; low hills between mountains; undulating land; in geography, landforms lower than mountainsnoun
- 沖天to soar upward; to shoot up into the sky; to rise rapidlystative verb (adj.)
- 形形色色of every description; of all kinds; diverse in form and varietystative verb (adj.)
- 悔恨deep regret; remorse; bitter repentance over a past wrong or mistake.stative verb (adj.)
- 治本to tackle a problem at its root; to effect a permanent solutionintransitive verb
- 強求to insist on; to demand; to impose; to press for something against someone's willverb
- 草藥herbal medicine; plant-based medicinal material used in traditional Chinese medicine.noun
- 變通flexible; pragmatic; adapting to circumstances; making non-principled adjustments to suit changing situations.intransitive verb
- 耳光a slap on the face; a blow delivered to the cheeknoun
- 啟事a public notice or announcement posted in print or online; a written statement informing people of somethingnoun
- 清靜quiet and peaceful; calm and undisturbed; serene; (of weather) clear and brightstative verb (adj.)
- 畸形deformed; malformed (of a body part); abnormal; lopsided; unbalancedstative verb (adj.)
- 落魄down and out; in dire straits; unrestrained; unconventionalstative verb (adj.)
- 艱鉅extremely difficult and demanding; arduous; challenging (of a task, mission, or responsibility).stative verb (adj.)
- 存貨stock; goods kept in storage; inventory of merchandise or materials on handnoun
- 謙遜humble; modest; unpretentious; showing modesty and courtesy.stative verb (adj.)
- 軍備military arms and equipment; weapons and materiel; military preparednessnoun
- 貪心greedy; covetous; never satisfied; wanting more than one deserves or needs.stative verb (adj.)
- 偷渡illegal immigration; to cross a border illegally; to stowaway on a ship; to run a blockadeintransitive verb
- 恩人a benefactor; someone who has shown great kindness or given significant helpnoun
- 使喚to order someone around; to command or direct; (coll.) to handle or operate (a tool, machine, or animal); Taiwan: to employ or summon a servantverb
- 助教teaching assistant; in Taiwan, a former academic rank below lecturer, now often an administrative role.noun
- 力行to practice diligently; to act energetically; to strive to carry outverb
- 水力hydraulic power; water power; hydroelectric power; the force of flowing water used as a natural energy source to generate electricity.noun
- 刻苦hardworking; diligent and enduring hardship; frugal; thrifty in daily life.stative verb (adj.)
- 混濁turbid; muddy; dirty (of water or liquid); figuratively: murky, morally corrupt, or chaotic (of society).stative verb (adj.)
- 風化wind erosion; weathering of rocks; public morals or decency; (in Taiwan) a place associated with the sex tradeprocess verb
- 結業to finish a course or program of study; to complete a course; (of a business) to cease operations.process verb
- 分家to divide a household; to split family property and live separately; division of a large family into smaller groupsseparable verb
- 經書Confucian classics; religious scriptures such as the Bible or Quran; broadly, any book regarded as an authoritative or canonical text.noun
- 腔調accent; distinctive way of pronouncing a language; tone or manner of expression; (of speech or music) tune, melody; elegance, refinement.noun
- 蠻橫rude and unreasonable; acting in a rough, overbearing way; domineering and unwilling to listen to others.stative verb (adj.)
- 金魚goldfish; ornamental freshwater fish with bright colors and rounded body; (archaic) ancient key shaped like a fish; (archaic) goldfish-shaped ornament worn by officials in Tang and Yuan dynasties.noun