high priority vocab list

强qiáng

sterk

老龄化-lǎolínghuà

- aging (population)

退休 - tuìxiū

to retire / retirement (from work)

应对-yìngduì

to answer / to reply / response

推进-tuījìn

to impel / to carry forward / to push on / to advance / to drive forward

实施-shíshī

to implement / to carry out

意味着-yìwèizhe

to signify / to mean / to imply

稳定 wěndìng

to stabilize / to pacify / steady / stable / stability

到目前为止 dàomùqiánwéizhǐ

up until now

未 + Verb / Verb Phrase

Expressing "not yet / did not / have not (completed an action)"

是否 shìfǒu

whether or not

Word + 性

“-ility”

据称 + jùchēng

it is said…

Clause 1 + 则 + Clause 2, "Clause 1 + zé + Clause 2"

Conjunction used to express contrast with a previous sentence or

A + 和 + B + 一致 , A + hé + B + yīzhì

Expressing "A corresponds to / is identical to B"

法定 - fǎdìng

legal / statutory / rightful

离婚 - líhūn

to divorce / divorced

数据 - shùjù

data / numbers / digital

显示 - xiǎnshì

to show / to illustrate / to display / to demonstrate

持续 - chíxù

to continue / to persist / sustainable / preservation

比例 - bǐlì

proportion / scale

在)…期间 "(zài)…qījiān"

Expressing "during (a period of time)"

低于 + Quantity / Level dīyú

"to be lower than…"

(自从)…以来 "(zìcóng)...yǐlái"

Expressing "since (a previous time or event)..."

因而…yīn'ér…"

"therefore / and as a result…"

从而…"cóng'ér…"

"thus / thereby…"

不等

varies from…"

规范guīfàn

to fix rules / to regulate / regulation / rule

指出 - zhǐchū

to indicate / to point out

于 + Date / Time "yú + Date / Time"

on a certain date / at a certain time

与此同时…yǔcǐtóngshí…"

at the same time / meanwhile…"

一旦...yīdàn

in case / if / once something happens

若..."ruò..."   

like / as / if => 如果

除此之外…chúcǐzhīwài…

"apart from this / in addition to this

以及…yǐjí..."

as well as / too / and..."

一律。。。yīlǜ…"

all / without exception…"

无法 + verb "wú​fǎ

unable / incapable of doing sth

科学 kēxué

science / scientific knowledge / scientific

日渐+ Verb / Adj rìjiàn

Expressing that the action or adjective "progresses (or increases, changes etc.) day by day / is more

当前...dāng​qián..."

current / today's / present / to be facing (us)..."

依旧 yī​jiù..."

as before / still"

位)居 + Rank / Position "(wèi)jū

to be located at (a certain position or rank)"

鉴于 + Observation / Conclusion / Suggestion jianyu + observation / conclusion / suggestion

"in view of / seeing that / considering

进而…jìn'ér

and then... (what follows next)"

压岁钱 - yāsuìqián

money given to children as new year present

习俗 - xísú

custom / tradition / local tradition / convention

一直以来 "yī​zhí​yǐ​lái…"

for a long time now / until now…"

Subjects + 纷纷 + Verb / Verb Phrase Subjects + fēnfēn + Verb / Verb Phrase"

Expressing that the subjects perform the action "one by one / in succession / continuously"

团聚 - tuánjù

to reunite / to have a reunion

因而…yīn'ér…"

therefore / and as a result…"

如...rú..."

as / as if / such as..."

逐渐 逐渐

gradually

大概 dà​gài + Statement / Numerical or Time Phrase

Statement / Numerical or Time Phrase - Expressing "probably / roughly / approximately…"