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Here are 100 commonly used phrases in Chinese and English for the HSK exam. Remembering them can help you pass the HSK exam. Come on!

1.随着经济的快速发展 with the rapid development of economy

2.人民生活水平的显著提高/ 稳步增长　 the remarkable improvement/ steady growth of people’s living standard

3.先进的科学技术 advanced science and technology

4.面临新的机遇和挑战 be faced with new opportunities and challenges

5.人们普遍认为 It is commonly believed/ recognized that…

6.社会发展的必然结果 the inevitable result of social development

7.引起了广泛的公众关注 arouse wide public concern/ draw public attention

8.不可否认 It is undeniable that…/ There is no denying that…

9.热烈的讨论/ 争论 a heated discussion/ debate

10. 有争议性的问题 a controversial issue

11.完全不同的观点 a totally different argument

12.一些人 …而另外一些人 … Some people… while others…

13.就我而言/ 就个人而言 As far as I am concerned, / Personally

14.就…达到绝对的一致 reach an absolute consensus on…

15.有充分的理由支持 be supported by sound reasons

16.双方的论点 argument on both sides

17.发挥着日益重要的作用 play an increasingly important role in…

18.对…必不可少 be indispensable to …

19.正如谚语所说 As the proverb goes

20.…也不例外 …be no exception

21.对…产生有利/不利的影响 exert positive/ negative effects on…

22.利远远大于弊 the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages.

23.导致，引起 lead to/ give rise to/ contribute to/ result in

24.复杂的社会现象 a complicated social phenomenon

25.责任感 / 成就感 sense of responsibility/ sense of achievement

26. 竞争与合作精神 sense of competition and cooperation

27. 开阔眼界 widen one’s horizon/ broaden one’s vision

28.学习知识和技能 acquire knowledge and skills

29.经济/心理负担 financial burden / psychological burden

30.考虑到诸多因素 take many factors into account/ consideration

31. 从另一个角度 from another perspective

32.做出共同努力 make joint efforts

33. 对…有益 be beneficial / conducive to…

34.为社会做贡献 make contributions to the society

35.打下坚实的基础 lay a solid foundation for…

36.综合素质 comprehensive quality

37.无可非议 blameless / beyond reproach

39.致力于/ 投身于 be committed / devoted to…

40. 应当承认 Admittedly

41.不可推卸的义务 unshakable duty

42. 满足需求 satisfy/ meet the needs of…

51.对这一问题持有不同态度 hold different attitudes towards this issue

52.支持前/后种观点的人 people / those in favor of the former/ latter opinion

53.有/ 提供如下理由/ 证据 have/ provide the following reasons/ evidence

54.在一定程度上 to some extent/ degree; in some way

55. 理论和实践相结合 integrate theory with practice

56. …必然趋势 an irresistible trend of…

57.日益激烈的社会竞争 the increasingly fierce social competition

58.眼前利益 immediate interest/ short-term interest

59.长远利益. long-term interests

60.…有其自身的优缺点 … has its merits and demerits/ advantages and disadvantages

61.扬长避短 Exploit to the full one’s favorable conditions and avoid unfavorable ones

62.取其精髓，取其糟粕 Take the essence and discard the dross.

63.对…有害 do harm to / be harmful to/ be detrimental to

64.交流思想/ 情感/ 信息 exchange ideas/ emotions/ information

65.跟上…的最新发展 keep pace with / catch up with/ keep abreast with the latest development of …

66.采取有效措施来… take effective measures to do sth.

67.…的健康发展 the healthy development of …

68.有利有弊 Every coin has its two sides.

69.对…观点因人而异 Views on …vary from person to person.

70.重视 attach great importance to…

71.社会地位 social status

72.把时间和精力放在…上 focus time and energy on…

73.扩大知识面 expand one’s scope of knowledge

74.身心两方面 both physically and mentally

75.有直接/间接关系 be directly / indirectly related to…

76. 提出折中提议 set forth a compromise proposal

77. 可以取代 “think”的词 believe, claim, maintain, argue, insist, hold the opinion/ belief that

78.缓解压力/ 减轻负担 relieve stress/ burden

79.优先考虑/发展… give (top) priority to sth.

80.与…比较 compared with…/ in comparison with

81. 相反 in contrast / on the contrary.

82.代替 replace/ substitute / take the place of

83.经不起推敲 cannot bear closer analysis / cannot hold water

84.提供就业机会 offer job opportunities

85. 社会进步的反映 a mirror of social progress

86.毫无疑问 Undoubtedly, / There is no doubt that…

87.增进相互了解 enhance/ promote mutual understanding

88.充分利用 make full use of / take advantage of

89.承受更大的工作压力 suffer from heavier work pressure

90.保障社会的稳定和繁荣 guarantee the stability and prosperity of our society

91.更多地强调 put more emphasis on…

92.适应社会发展 adapt oneself to the development of society

93.实现梦想 realize one’s dream/ make one’s dream come true

94. 主要理由列举如下 The main reasons are listed as follows:

95. 首先 First; In the first place; To begin with

96.其次 Second, In the second place

97. 再次 Besides，In addition, Additionally, Moreover, Furthermore

98. 最后 Finally, Last but not the least, Above all, Lastly

99. 总而言之 All in all, To sum up, In summary, In a word

100.我们还有很长的路要走 We still have a long way to go.

我们写这封信是寻求帮助。我们的家乡过去曾经是一个美丽的地方，茂密的树林和绿茵茵的草地到处可见。但是近来，人们为了盖楼房和种庄稼，砍伐的树越来越多。随着时间的推移，整改树林几乎被毁，青山变成了荒山，结果是沙尘暴时时袭击我们，尤其是在春天。沙尘暴给我们带来了很多困难。

我们真切希望人们能够意识到不注意保护环境的可怕结果。我们不应该伐树，而应该爱护森林，多植树，以便改变我们的生活环境。

We are writing to you for your help. Our hometown used to be a beautiful place in the past. Thick trees and green grass could be seen everywhere. But recently, people have cut down more and more trees in order to build houses and grow more crops. As time has gone on, the whole forest has almost been destroyed and the green hills have changed into the wasteland. As a result, sandstorms strike us now and then, especially in spring. We suffer a lot from sandstorms.

We do hope that all people realize the terrible results if we don’t pay enough attention to our environment. Instead of cutting trees down, we should take good care of the forests and plant more trees so as to improve our living conditions.

Environmental problems are becoming more and more serious these years.

最近几年，环境问题越来越严重了。

We hope an appeal to the whole society would be made in the newspaper.

希望报社能够为此向全社会发出呼吁。

我们写这封信是寻求帮助。我们的家乡过去曾经是一个美丽的地方，茂密的树林和绿茵茵的草地到处可见。但是近来，人们为了盖楼房和种庄稼，砍伐的树越来越多。随着时间的推移，整改树林几乎被毁，青山变成了荒山，结果是沙尘暴时时袭击我们，尤其是在春天。沙尘暴给我们带来了很多困难。

我们真切希望人们能够意识到不注意保护环境的可怕结果。我们不应该伐树，而应该爱护森林，多植树，以便改变我们的生活环境。

We are writing to you for your help. Our hometown used to be a beautiful place in the past. Thick trees and green grass could be seen everywhere. But recently, people have cut down more and more trees in order to build houses and grow more crops. As time has gone on, the whole forest has almost been destroyed and the green hills have changed into the wasteland. As a result, sandstorms strike us now and then, especially in spring. We suffer a lot from sandstorms.

We do hope that all people realize the terrible results if we don’t pay enough attention to our environment. Instead of cutting trees down, we should take good care of the forests and plant more trees so as to improve our living conditions.

Environmental problems are becoming more and more serious these years.

最近几年，环境问题越来越严重了。

We hope an appeal to the whole society would be made in the newspaper.

希望报社能够为此向全社会发出呼吁。

Summer vacation was coming. Our teacher asked us to help our parents with housework.  I promised my mother that I would do the housework once a day.

One day, I was walking in the street, holding a bottle of oil I had just bought. Suddenly I caught sight of a young man who was running fast with a purse in his hand. “Stop thief! stop thief!” cried a woman, running after him. At once I knew what had happened. An idea flashed through my mind. In no time I threw the bottle at the young man. The bottle fell to the ground and broke. The thief couldn’t stop himself and slipped on the oil and the broken bottle. Together with some nearby people, I rushed up and put my hands on the young man. A policeman came and caught him. The woman got back her purse. Many good words were said to me. I felt quite happy.

I walked home with great pleasure. No sooner had I opened the door than I heard a voice, ” Be quick, bring me the oil! I am cooking!” “Oil?” My God! I had forgotten about it completely!

暑假到了，老师要求我们帮助家长做家务。我向妈妈许诺一天做一件事。

一天，我走在路上，手里提着一瓶刚买的油。突然，我看到一个年轻男子飞快地跑着，手里拿着一个钱包，一位女士在后面追，“抓小偷！抓小偷！”我立即明白了所发生的的事情，一个念头在我的脑海里闪过。我随手把油瓶扔向年轻人，瓶子落在地上摔碎了。小偷躲闪不及，踩在油和玻璃碎片上滑倒了。我和周围的人上前扭住她。一个警察赶到将小偷抓获。女士拿回钱包，周围的揉揉都夸奖我，我感到非常高兴。

我心情愉快的走回家，一开门就听到：“快点，把油给我！我正在做饭！”“油？” 天哪！我把它忘的一干二净！

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Li Ziqi（李子柒）, a Chinese internet celebrity（网红，wǎng hóng） who cooks in village became the first Chinese-language creator with more than 10 million followers on YouTube. Subscribers（订阅者，dìng yuè zhě） watch（观看，guān kàn） her in the quiet countryside（农村，nóng cūn）, farming, picking and finally, turn that freshness into delicious dishes.

Ten years ago, CCTV’s food documentary “A Bite of China（《舌尖上的中国》）”, ushered in the “public age” of Chinese documentaries（纪录片，jì lù piàn） and spurred the creation of food documentaries（美食纪录片）.

According to incomplete（不完全的，bù wán quán de） statistics, after the popularity of “A Bite of China”, more than 100 food documentaries have been made in the past few years, which is a prosperous scene（繁荣景象，fán róng jǐng xiàng） never seen in the country’s food documentary industry.

“There is no country in the world that has a food story like this.” Zhang Tongdao, director of the documentary center at Beijing Normal University, once told Nanfang Daily in an interview.

But some of those documentaries fall into the stereotype（刻板印象，kè bǎn yìn xiàng）, where the story was not told in a proper way.

What kind of documentary can win audiences（观众，guān zhòng） over after “A Bite of China”?

Just like Li Ziqi’s videos, which integrates farming（务农，wù nóng ）, rural life（田园生活，tián yuán shēng huó）, and gourmet dishes. It seems like those with high ratings on Douban（豆瓣）, a Chinese rating website have gone out of their own style.

Short videos（短视频，duǎn shì pín） are also more convenient（方便，fāng biàn） for the millions watching on smartphones（智能手机，zhì néng shǒu jī ）.

Micro-documentaries such as “Food for one person”, “World of Hot-pot”, “One-meter bento” and “The tale of cookie” have made their mark. Its fresh and pleasant rhythm（节奏，jié zòu） and loving eating atmosphere（氛围，fēn wéi） are popular among netizens（网友，wǎng yǒu）, and the form of its short videos is more in line with the habit of “Internet generation” viewers to browse（浏览，liú lǎn） in fragments（片段，piàn duàn）.

Ten minutes long, the cooking and presentation process is just right to satisfy people’s curiosity（好奇心，hào qí xīn） and patience（耐心，nài xīn）.

Good looking and good taste are the basic requirements（基本要求，jī běn yāo qiú） for a successful food documentary. How to make a greasy kitchen, especially the kitchen table environment of many small stalls（小摊，xiǎo tān） become “clean” and delicious is a challenge（挑战，tiǎo zhàn） to the documentary on food.

From rice noodles（米线，mǐ xiàn） to deep-fried dough sticks（油条，yóu tiáo）, one dish at a time，one episode with one story.

“Breakfast China（《早餐中国》）,” a micro-documentary presenting breakfasts at small stalls across China, zooms in and focuses on the food detail in pots to solve this problem.

“This is what real life is, not fancy, but tasty,” commented fans on Douban.

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