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·HSK 2February 17

2026
2026 nian
2026年
lunar calendar
nongli
农历
new year
xingnian
新年
year of horse
ma nian
马年

Spring Festival

HSK 2February 17

Year of the Horse
mǎ nián
马年
Spring Festival
chūn jié
春节
Feb 17
èr yuè shí qī rì
二月十七日
arrives
dào lái
到来
，
nationwide
quán guó
全国
celebrate
huān qìng
欢庆
New Year
xīn nián
新年

èr líng èr liù nián

二零二六年

Lunar Year of Horse

nóng lì mǎ nián

èr yuè shí qī rì

二月十七日

every household

jiā jiā hù hù

chī nián yè fàn

give red envelopes

tiē chūn lián

HSK 2February 9

Seattle Seahawks (NFL team)
Xīyǎtú Hǎiyīng
西雅图海鹰
to win
yíngdé
赢得
Super Bowl
Chāojí Wǎn
超级碗
，
to defeat decisively
dà shèng
大胜
the Patriots (New England Patriots)
Àiguózhě
爱国者
。

Seattle Seahawks

Xīyǎtú Hǎiyīng

西雅图海鹰

the 60th edition

dì liùshí jiè

èrshíjiǔ bǐ shísān

二十九比十三

to defeat decisively

New England Patriots

Xīn Yīnggélán Àiguózhě

新英格兰爱国者

HSK 2February 2

Bad Bunny (artist name)
Huài Pǐzi
坏痞子
to win
yíngdé
赢得
of the year / annual
niándù
年度
Album of the Year award
zuìjiā zhuānjí jiǎng
最佳专辑奖
，
to set (a record)
chuàng
创
Grammy (awards)
Gélái měi
格莱美
history
lìshǐ
历史
。

the 68th (edition)

dì liùshíbā jiè

Gélái měi jiǎng

February 1, 2026

èr líng èr liù nián èr yuè yī rì

2026年2月1日

to be held / to take place

singer / musician

Bad Bunny (artist name)

structural particle

Spanish-language

Album of the Year award

zuìjiā zhuānjí jiǎng

最佳专辑奖

for the first time

HSK 4January 25

renewable energy
kě zàishēng néngyuán
可再生能源
the year 2025
èr líng èr wǔ nián
2025年
for the first time
shǒucì
首次
to surpass / to overtake
chāoyuè
超越
coal
méitàn
煤炭
to become
chéngwéi
成为
global
quánqiú
全球
the largest
zuìdà
最大
electricity
diànlì
电力
source
láiyuán
来源
。

International Energy Agency (IEA)

Guójì Néngyuánshǔ

国际能源署

èr líng èr wǔ nián

first half of the year

shàng bànnián

renewable energy

kě zàishēng néngyuán

可再生能源

electricity generation volume

for the first time

renewable energy

kě zàishēng néngyuán

可再生能源

structural particle

bǎifēnzhī sānshísì diǎn sān

while / whereas

bǎifēnzhī sānshísān diǎn yī

HSK 2January 17

United Kingdom
Yīngguó
英国
meteorological office
qìxiàngjú
气象局
forecasts that
yùcè
预测
the year 2026
2026 nián
2026年
will
jiāng
将
be
shì
是
since records began
yǒu jìlù yǐlái
有记录以来
one of the hottest
zuì rè de
最热的
years
niánfèn
年份
one of
zhī yī
之一
。

meteorological office

air temperature

pre-industrial levels

gōngyèhuà qián

1.35 to 1.53 degrees Celsius

1.35 dào 1.53 shèshìdù

1.35到1.53摄氏度

HSK 2January 15

the United States
Měiguó
美国
already
yǐ
已
there are
yǒu
有
71 people
qīshíyī rén
七十一人
to be infected with
gǎnrǎn
感染
H5N1 (bird flu strain)
H5N1
H5N1
bird flu / avian influenza
qín liúgǎn
禽流感
。

èrlíngerèsì nián

H5N1 (bird flu strain)

bird flu / avian influenza

the United States

qīshíyī rén

most / the majority of

HSK 4January 10

study
yánjiū
研究
：
to stop using
tíngyòng
停用
GLP-1 (weight-loss drug class)
GLP-1
GLP-1
weight-loss drugs
jiǎnféiyào
减肥药
after
hòu
后
body weight
tǐzhòng
体重
to rebound / regain
fǎntán
反弹
rate / speed
sùdù
速度
compared to
bǐ
比
dieting
jiéshí
节食
faster
kuài
快
four times
sì bèi
四倍
。

2026 nián 1 yuè

(structural particle)

Ozempic (weight-loss drug)

GLP-1 (drug class)

weight-loss drugs

often / tend to

relying only on

(structural particle)

stopping medication

(structural particle)

HSK 4December 5, 2025

FIFA
FIFA
World Cup
shì jiè bēi
世界杯
draw
chōu qiān
抽签
finalized
luò dìng
落定
，
2026
èr líng èr liù nián
二零二六年
June
liù yuè
六月
US-Mexico-Canada
měi mò jiā
美墨加
three-nation co-host
sān guó lián bàn
三国联办

èr líng èr liù nián

二零二六年

shí èr yuè wǔ rì

十二月五日

huá shèng dùn

sì shí bā duì

HSK 4March 1, 2025

GLP-1
GLP-1
weight-loss drugs
jiǎn zhòng yào wù
减重药物
sweeping the globe
fēng mǐ quán qiú
风靡全球
，
related
xiāng guān
相关
pharma companies
yào qǐ
药企
market cap
shì zhí
市值
repeatedly breaking records
lǚ chuàng xīn gāo
屡创新高

as representative

wéi dài biǎo de

weight-loss drugs

lèi jiǎn zhòng yào wù

类减重药物

zài quán qiú

health revolution

jiàn kāng gé mìng

bǎi fēn zhī shí wǔ

百分之十五