审时度势与明辨是非Discernment & Empirical Truth — HSK 5 vocabulary
28 words across 4 lessons of 词语大冒险 · Word Adventure, with pinyin above every character, meanings in English and Chinese, and one example sentence each.
第 394 课 · 逆境自警Lesson 394 · 7 words
| 不良 | bad, harmful, unhealthy (of habits or effects) 指不好的、有害的（多指影响、习惯等） 长期熬夜对身体健康有不良影响。Staying up late for long periods has a harmful effect on health. |
| 不免 | inevitably, unavoidably 表示很难避免、免不了会这样 初次上台演讲，他不免有些紧张。Giving his first public speech, he was inevitably a little nervous. |
| 不耐烦 | impatient 形容因等待过久而心情急躁 排队等了许久，他显得有些不耐烦。After waiting in line for so long, he seemed a bit impatient. |
| 不能不 | cannot but, has no choice but to 表示没有别的选择，只能这样做 面对紧急情况，医生不能不立刻手术。Facing the emergency, the doctor has no choice but to operate immediately. |
| 不时 | from time to time, now and then 表示某种情况间隔发生、经常出现 夜里山谷中不时传来阵阵狼嚎。At night, bursts of wolf howls came from time to time from the valley. |
| 不停 | continuously, without stopping 表示动作持续进行、一直不间断 窗外的暴雨整夜下个不停。Outside the window, the storm rained without stopping all night. |
| 不幸 | unfortunate(ly), misfortune 指遭遇了令人痛心的坏事，非常不走运 那场车祸让他失去了双腿，十分不幸。That car crash cost him both legs — it was truly unfortunate. |
Reading passage — lesson 394
即便遭遇人生不幸，也不能不坚强前行。面对网络不良信息，青年保持清醒。大雨不停下着，窗外不时雷鸣，但他从不焦躁不耐烦，心中不免的感慨化为了奋斗动力。
第 395 课 · 慎思明辨Lesson 395 · 7 words
| 不许 | not allowed to, must not 表示不允许、禁止某种行为 实验室规定，闲杂人员不许入内。Lab rules state that unauthorized people are not allowed to enter. |
| 不易 | not easy, difficult 形容做起来相当困难、不容易达成 这份古老的手稿保存至今实属不易。Preserving this ancient manuscript to this day was not easy. |
| 不止 | more than, not limited to 表示超过某个数目或范围，不仅限于此 参加马拉松的选手不止百人。The marathon runners numbered more than a hundred. |
| 不足 | insufficient, lacking; less than 指数量或程度没有达到应有的标准 新设备的数量明显不足。The new equipment was clearly insufficient in number. |
| 部位 | position, location (on a body or structure) 指身体或物体上具体的某一处地方 医生仔细检查了受伤的部位。The doctor carefully examined the injured location. |
| 猜 | to guess 凭感觉或推测说出答案，没有确凿依据 谜底揭晓前，孩子们纷纷举手猜。Before the answer was revealed, the kids raised their hands to guess. |
| 猜测 | to speculate, conjecture 根据不完整的线索去推断可能的情况 媒体纷纷猜测事故发生的原因。The media began to speculate about the cause of the accident. |
Reading passage — lesson 395
实验室规矩极严，非科研人员绝不许入内。荒原科研基地来之不易，参研专家不止百位。初期仪器尚有不足，各关键部位需要反复测试。大家不靠主观空想去猜，而是杜绝盲目猜测，靠详实数据说话。
第 396 课 · 采办珍馐Lesson 396 · 7 words
| 裁判 | referee, umpire; to judge 指负责判定胜负、执行规则的人 这场比赛的裁判判罚十分公正。This match's referee made an extremely fair ruling. |
| 采购 | to purchase, procure 为单位或团体大批购买所需物品 后勤人员每天清晨去市场采购食材。Logistics staff go to the market each morning to purchase ingredients. |
| 彩票 | lottery ticket 印有号码、可凭中奖号码兑换奖金的凭证 他兴奋地买了一张彩票试试运气。He excitedly bought a lottery ticket to try his luck. |
| 餐馆 | restaurant, eatery 供应饭菜、供顾客用餐的营业场所 巷子深处藏着一家老字号餐馆。Tucked deep in the alley was an old-brand restaurant. |
| 餐厅 | dining hall, restaurant (more formal or larger) 供人集体用餐的宽敞场所 公司新餐厅可容纳数百名员工。The company's new dining hall can seat several hundred staff. |
| 餐饮 | catering, food and beverage (industry) 泛指提供饮食服务的行业 这条老街的餐饮生意格外红火。The catering business on this old street is booming. |
| 草原 | grassland, prairie, steppe 大片生长牧草的开阔平地 牧民骑马奔驰在辽阔的草原上。Herders galloped on horseback across the vast grassland. |
Reading passage — lesson 396
考察团走进辽阔大草原。当地餐饮蓬勃兴旺，特色餐馆内高朋满座，宽敞的餐厅供应美食。后勤清晨采购新鲜食材。球赛上主裁判执法公正，大家还买了公益彩票支持社区。
第 397 课 · 研阅辨析Lesson 397 · 7 words
| 册 | volume, book (measure word or noun for bound books) 指装订成本的书籍，也作书本的量词 这套历史大典共分十二册。This historical compendium is divided into twelve volumes. |
| 层次 | level, layer, hierarchy (of organization or structure) 指事物内部按顺序排列的等级或阶段 这篇文章的层次十分清晰。This essay's levels are extremely clear. |
| 叉 | fork; to cross, fork (shape) 指前端分开、用于夹取食物的器具 他伸手拿起桌上的叉吃蛋糕。He reached for the fork on the table to eat cake. |
| 叉子 | fork (utensil) 一种带有尖齿、用来夹取食物的餐具 桌上摆着擦得锃亮的不锈钢叉子。The table held a shiny stainless-steel fork. |
| 差点儿 | almost, nearly 表示某种情况几乎发生但最终没有发生（或几乎没有发生却发生了） 路面湿滑，他差点儿摔倒。The road was slick, and he almost fell. |
| 查询 | to inquire, look up, query 通过检索或询问获取所需信息 旅客可在窗口查询列车时刻。Passengers can look up train schedules at the window. |
| 差别 | difference, disparity 指两者之间明显不同的地方 新旧版本之间存在细微差别。There is a subtle difference between the old and new versions. |
Reading passage — lesson 397
学者在阅览室查询书目。历史大典共十二册，版面层次分明。他在餐厅吃饭，左手拿叉右手持刀，桌上擦亮的不锈钢叉子精美。路面湿滑他差点儿滑倒。他感到不同版本间存在细微差别。
Characters in 审时度势与明辨是非
40 distinct characters across these 28 words. Each one has its stroke order, its radical, what it is made of, and the other words that use it.