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·HSK 1April 5

Brazil
Bāxī
巴西
one (aircraft)
yī jià
一架
small
xiǎo
小
airplane
fēijī
飞机
to crash into
zhuàng shàng
撞上
restaurant
cāntīng
餐厅
，
four
sì
四
person
rén
人
to die / death
sǐwáng
死亡
。

sì yuè wǔ rì

(completion particle)

one (establishment)

(completion particle)

HSK 4April 5

Goldman Sachs (investment bank)
Gāoshèng
高盛
to forecast
yùcè
预测
artificial intelligence
réngōng zhìnéng
人工智能
demand
xūqiú
需求
will
jiāng
将
to drive forward
tuīdòng
推动
global
quánqiú
全球
semiconductor
bàndǎotǐ
半导体
revenue
shōurù
收入
to grow
zēngzhǎng
增长
49 percent
bǎifēnzhī sìshíjiǔ
49%
。

sì yuè wǔ rì

èr líng èr liù nián

bǎifēnzhī sìshíjiǔ

réngōng zhìnéng

réngōng zhìnéng

Q4 / fourth quarter

to break through

700 billion US dollars

qīqiān yì měiyuán

HSK 2April 5

United Nations
Liánhéguó
联合国
again / anew
chóngxīn
重新
to reopen
kāifàng
开放
Khartoum
Kātǔmù
喀土穆
headquarters
zǒngbù
总部
，
to end
jiéshù
结束
wartime
zhànshí
战时
exile / displacement
liúwáng
流亡
。

(modifier particle)

èr líng èr sān nián

二零二三年

for the first time

HSK 2April 5

Pope
jiàohuáng
教皇
Leo XIV
Lì ào shí sì shì
利奥十四世
at
zài
在
Vatican
Fàndìgāng
梵蒂冈
to preside over / to lead
zhǔchí
主持
Easter
fùhuójié
复活节
Mass
mísā
弥撒
and
bìng
并
to deliver / to give
fābiǎo
发表
blessing
zhùfú
祝福
。

Lì ào shí sì shì

利奥十四世

sìyuè wǔ rì

to preside over / to lead

tens of thousands of

shù wàn míng

believers / faithful

the whole world

to deliver / to give

to appeal / to call on

to stop / to cease

HSK 2April 5

Colombia
Gēlúnbǐyà
哥伦比亚
female / women
nǚ
女
athlete / player
yùndòngyuán
运动员
Marin (surname)
Mǎlín
马林
to win
yíngdé
赢得
Augusta
Àogǔsītǎ
奥古斯塔
golf
gāo ěr fū
高尔夫
championship title / champion
guànjūn
冠军
。

sì yuè sì rì

athlete / player

Maria Jose Marin (Colombian golfer)

María José Marín

玛丽亚·何塞·马林

(completion particle)

championship title

with (a score of)

below / lower than

par (standard strokes)

biāozhǔn gǎn

(possessive particle)

to break (a record)

(completion particle)

competition / match

HSK 2April 5

China
Zhōngguó
中国
across the country / in many places
gèdì
各地
to hold / to carry out
jǔxíng
举行
Qingming Festival / Tomb-Sweeping Day
Qīngmíng Jié
清明节
tomb-sweeping
sǎomù
扫墓
activities / events
huódòng
活动
。

sìyuè wǔ rì

possessive particle

Qingming Festival

Qīngmíng Jié

also / additionally

called / known as

Tomb-Sweeping Festival

cemetery / graveyard

ancestors / forebears

fallen heroes / martyrs

HSK 5April 5

United States
Měiguó
美国
scientist
kēxuéjiā
科学家
to discover
fāxiàn
发现
protein
dànbáizhì
蛋白质
FTL1 (protein)
FTL1
FTL1
is
shì
是
brain
dànǎo
大脑
aging
shuāilǎo
衰老
(particle)
de
的
key / critical
guānjiàn
关键
driver / driving force
qūdòng
驱动
factor
yīnsù
因素
。

University of California San Francisco

Jiāzhōu Dàxué Jiùjīnshān Fēnxiào

加州大学旧金山分校

yánjiū rényuán

Nature Aging (journal)

Zìrán Shuāilǎo

《自然·衰老》

research / study

to lead to / to cause

to reduce / to lower

mouse (lab animal)

decline / deterioration

HSK 5April 5

European-Chinese
Ōu Zhōng
欧中
jointly / in collaboration
liánhé
联合
to develop / to design and build
yánzhì
研制
(modifying particle)
de
的
SMILE (satellite mission name)
SMILE
SMILE
satellite
wèixīng
卫星
scheduled for
dìngyú
定于
April 9
sìyuè jiǔ rì
四月九日
to launch
fāshè
发射
to lift off
shēngkōng
升空
。

European Space Agency (ESA)

Ōuzhōu Hángtiānjú

欧洲航天局

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Zhōngguó Kēxuéyuàn

中国科学院

(modifying particle)

SMILE satellite

sìyuè jiǔ rì

Fǎshǔ Guīyànà

法属圭亚那

aims to / is intended to

to use / to leverage

(modifying particle)

response / reaction

HSK 5April 5

China
Zhōngguó
中国
in March
sānyuè fèn
三月份
daily
měirì
每日
AI
AI
AI
tokens
cíyuán
词元
usage volume
yòngliàng
用量
surpassed
tūpò
突破
140 trillion
yī bǎi sìshí wànyì
一百四十万亿
。

hángyè shùjù

artificial intelligence

réngōng zhìnéng

yī bǎi sìshí wànyì

一百四十万亿

zhè yī zēngzhǎng

is mainly driven by

zhǔyào yuányú

large language models

dà yǔyán móxíng

大语言模型

government services

(possessive particle)

widespread deployment

guǎngfàn bùshǔ

HSK 3April 5

Vietnam
Yuènán
越南
April
sìyuè
四月
to experience / to face
zāoyù
遭遇
intense / severe
qiángliè
强烈
heat wave
rèlàng
热浪
，
air temperature
qìwēn
气温
forecast / expected
yùjì
预计
to exceed
chāoguò
超过
37 degrees Celsius
sānshíqī shèshìdù
三十七摄氏度
。

multiple / several

regions / areas

to experience / to see

completion particle

37 degrees Celsius

sānshíqī shèshìdù

三十七摄氏度

to pay attention to

heat prevention / heatstroke prevention