TOCFL Level 5 Vocabulary
TOCFL Level 5 vocabulary, entries 2,401–2,500.
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- 狂妄arrogant; egotistical; brassy; acting recklessly with exaggerated self-confidence.stative verb (adj.)
- 陶器pottery; earthenware; ceramic ware made from clay, fired at high temperature; can be glazed or unglazed.noun
- 就緒to be ready; to be in order; to be all set; to be preparedstative verb (adj.)
- 有心人a person with a particular intention or idea; someone with aspirations or ideals; a thoughtful or attentive person; a person with a hidden motive or ulterior purpose.noun
- 雨季rainy season; the period of the year with the most rainfall; monsoon season in some regionsnoun
- 愛戴to love and respect; to hold in high esteem and devotiontransitive stative verb
- 表白to express one's feelings or thoughts; to confess (often romantic feelings); to explain oneself; in Chinese opera, narration by a character in the third personintransitive verb
- 央求to implore; to plead; to ask earnestlyverb
- 吭聲to speak up; to say a word; to make a sound; to voice an opinionintransitive verb
- 綱領program; guiding principle; a party or group's goals and course of actionnoun
- 利弊pros and cons; advantages and disadvantages; merits and drawbacksnoun
- 協辦to assist in organizing or running an event; to co-organize; to help coordinateverb
- 超脫to transcend worldliness; to be detached from conventional concerns; to stand aloof; to go beyond or break free from ordinary limitstransitive stative verb
- 淺顯easy to understand; clear and straightforward; accessible (of written or spoken material).stative verb (adj.)
- 爐子stove; oven; furnace; a heating appliance used in homes or industry.noun
- 失手a slip; a mistake made accidentally; to lose control of something; an unwise move; to be defeated.stative verb (adj.)
- 回絕to refuse; to turn down; to rebuff; to reject firmlyverb
- 湊巧by coincidence; as it happens; fortuitously; luckily.stative verb (adj.)
- 下筆to put pen to paper; to begin writing or paintingintransitive verb
- 交貨to deliver goods; to hand over goods; to make delivery of merchandiseseparable verb
- 獻身to devote oneself to; to commit one's energy to; to sacrifice one's life for; (coll.) (of a woman) to give one's virginity toseparable verb
- 講義teaching materials; lecture notes; handouts prepared by a teacher or instructor for students.noun
- 奇觀spectacular sight; impressive or rare phenomenon; something remarkable to beholdnoun
- 恭維to praise; to speak highly of; to compliment; to flatterverb
- 坦克armored military vehicle with tracks; (slang, derogatory) overweight woman.noun
- 生人stranger; unfamiliar person; living person; someone not known to onenoun
- 外號a nickname, often based on appearance or personality; can be teasing or affectionate.noun
- 簡便simple and convenient; easy to use; handy; straightforward.stative verb (adj.)
- 聖賢a sage; a wise and holy person; a virtuous ruler; (in Buddhist contexts) a lama or enlightened being; (archaic) wine.noun
- 代課to teach as a substitute for an absent teacher; to take over a class temporarily when the regular teacher is unavailable.separable verb
- 贓物stolen property; goods obtained illegally; loot; booty; proceeds of crimenoun
- 機警perceptive; astute; sharp-witted; vigilant; alert; quick to react to changesstative verb (adj.)
- 採光natural lighting in a space; daylight admitted through windows or openings; (in architecture, photography) design for optimal light.noun
- 笑嘻嘻grinning; smiling; wearing a cheerful, amused smile.intransitive verb
- 原形original shape or form; true appearance or nature; the unmasked or undisguised state of something.noun
- 轉手to pass on; to resell; to change hands; to transfer ownership, often quickly or easilyverb
- 理學Neo-Confucian rationalist school of the Song–Qing era; in modern usage, science (mainland China).noun
- 喪事funeral arrangements; matters related to burial and mourning after a person's death.noun
- 斯文refined; cultured; polite; gentle; (archaic) Confucian rites and education; (archaic) Confucian scholarstative verb (adj.)
- 炸藥explosive; blasting agent; dynamite; substance that can destroy steel, obstacles, etc. upon heating or impact.noun
- 猖獗to be rampant; to run wild; (of crime, disease, etc.) to spread unchecked; (archaic) to collapse; to be defeatedstative verb (adj.)
- 主見one's own view; definite opinion; ability to form independent judgmentsnoun
- 老頭子old man; old fellow; (coll.) husband; my old mannoun
- 黑名單a secret list of people to be punished or under suspicion; a blacklistnoun
- 伸張to uphold; to promote (justice, rights, or principles); to expand or extend.verb
- 未婚妻fiancée; a woman who is engaged to be married but not yet married.noun
- 吹牛to brag; to talk big; to shoot off one's mouth; (dialect) to chat idlyseparable verb
- 工藝品handicraft; handcrafted article; decorative or functional object made by hand, often with traditional techniques.noun
- 紅燒to braise in soy sauce until reddish-brown; a cooking method: fry meat or fish with scallions and garlic, then simmer with soy sauce and sugar until done.verb
- 讚歎to praise; to admire; to express enthusiastic approval or wonderintransitive verb
- 血汗blood and sweat; hard toil; laborious effort; hard worknoun
- 凝固to solidify; to congeal; to freeze; (fig.) to become fixed or rigidprocess verb
- 燒香to burn incense (as an offering in worship); to burn joss sticks; (figurative) to give gifts or throw banquets to curry favor with someoneseparable verb
- 刻劃to depict; to portray; to describe in detail; to carve outintransitive verb
- 洩氣to be discouraged; to lose heart; to despair; (derogatory) pathetic, weak; to leak gas; (of a tire) to go flatstative verb (adj.)
- 捐獻to donate; to contribute; to give up personal possessions for a causeverb
- 藩籬hedge; fence; (fig.) barrier; boundary; protective enclosurenoun
- 枷鎖stocks and chain; fetters; metaphor for bondage, oppression, or constraintsnoun
- 爭氣to work hard to improve; to strive to be worthy; determined not to fall short; to bring honor through effort.stative verb (adj.)
- 孝子filial son; person who serves parents with devotion; person in mourning for a parent; self-address by a child at a funeral; (slang) doting parent who spoils their childnoun
- 講理to be reasonable; to listen to reason; to argue or discuss based on logic; to talk sense into someonestative verb (adj.)
- 唱腔vocal music in opera; aria; the melodic singing style of a Chinese opera performer; distinct regional opera singing styles; schools or stylistic lineages within an opera genre.noun
- 講習a lecture; a short course; a training session; instruction with practicenoun
- 害蟲insect that harms people, crops, or trees; pest; e.g. mosquitoes, flies, locusts, borersnoun
- 開導to talk someone around; to straighten something out; to enlighten; to offer guidance or adviceverb
- 天敵natural enemy; predator; an organism that preys on or harms another in naturenoun
- 工讀(of a student) to work part-time while studying; to earn money for school through part-time workintransitive verb
- 通稱a common name; a general term; a widely used designation; a generic labeltransitive stative verb
- 五金metal hardware (nuts, bolts, tools); the five metals (gold, silver, copper, iron, tin); broadly, metal products or hardware goodsnoun
- 同化assimilation; making different things become similar or identical; cultural assimilation; phonemic assimilationverb
- 席位a seat in a theater, stadium, or similar venue; a parliamentary or congressional seat representing an elected position.noun
- 周遊to travel around; to tour; to go on a journey across multiple places.verb
- 話劇stage play; modern drama performed on stage with sets, lighting, acting, and dialoguenoun
- 保姆nanny; babysitter; housekeeper; a woman hired to care for children or manage a household.noun
- 優待preferential treatment; favorable treatment; to give preferential treatmentverb
- 自滿complacent; self-satisfied; overly proud of oneself; smug.stative verb (adj.)
- 絕跡to vanish completely; to become extinct; to cease to exist; to break off relationsprocess verb
- 胳膊arm; the part of the upper limb between shoulder and wristnoun
- 周密careful; thorough; meticulous; (of planning or arrangements) comprehensive and detailed.stative verb (adj.)
- 朝氣vitality; dynamism; the energetic spirit of youth; morning atmosphere; the fresh vigor of early daynoun
- 並重to give equal emphasis to; to attach equal importance to; to treat as equally important.stative verb (adj.)
- 牙科dentistry; the branch of medicine dealing with teeth and oral health.noun
- 打手hired thug; person paid to fight or intimidate others; (Taiwan) a punishment of slapping someone's palmnoun
- 鬼怪ghosts and monsters; hobgoblins, phantoms; figuratively, villains or evil forces.noun
- 立國to found a country; to establish a nation; a rival or opposing state.intransitive verb
- 醫術medical expertise; art of healing; skill in treating illness.noun
- 座右銘motto; maxim; a short phrase or sentence kept nearby as a personal reminder or guiding principle.noun
- 未婚夫fiancé; a man who is engaged to be married but not yet marriednoun
- 治標to treat only the symptoms but not the root cause; to address surface issues without solving the underlying problem.intransitive verb
- 奢望an extravagant hope; excessive expectations; unrealistic wishtransitive stative verb
- 開盤to commence trading (stock market); to open a game of chess or Go.process verb
- 染料substance used to color materials; includes synthetic dyes made by chemical processes and natural dyes applied directly to fibers or fabrics.noun
- 模具mold; die; pattern; a form or template used in industrial manufacturing; a matrixnoun
- 懶散indolent; negligent; slack; showing a lazy and careless manner; leaving things unattendedstative verb (adj.)
- 新潮modern; fashionable; trendy; up-to-date; (of ideas or behavior) at the cutting edge; (lit.) newly risen tidestative verb (adj.)
- 沿襲to follow an old custom or practice; to carry on as before; to continue a tradition.transitive stative verb
- 擊落to shoot down (an aircraft or flying object); to cause a plane or missile to fall from the skyverb
- 來客guest; visitor; someone who comes to visit.noun
- 說笑to chat and laugh; to crack jokes; to banterintransitive verb
- 傳神vivid; lifelike; capturing the spirit or expression of something, especially in art or writing.stative verb (adj.)