The Soong Sisters

The Soong Sisters 1997

宋家皇朝 sòng jiā huángcháo

Ai-ling married a wealthy and powerful businessman. Ching-ling married Sun Yat-sen, the revolutionary founder of modern China. Mei-ling married Chiang Kai-shek, China's leader during World War II. The sisters captured the world's fascination for their brilliant marriages and their strong influence on their nation.

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Vocabulary

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唤起 喚起 huàn qǐ to waken (to action); to rouse (the masses); to evoke (attention, recollection etc) HSK 7
土匪 土匪 tǔ fěi bandit HSK 7
昔日 昔日 xī rì former days; in the past HSK 7
受苦 受苦 shòu kǔ to suffer hardship HSK 7
朦胧 朦朧 méng lóng (literary) (of moonlight) dim; (literary) murky; indistinct HSK 7
漫游 漫遊 màn yóu to travel around; to roam; (mobile telephony) roaming HSK 7
传单 傳單 chuán dān leaflet; flier; pamphlet HSK 7
察看 察看 chá kàn to watch; to look carefully at HSK 7
盘旋 盤旋 pán xuán to spiral; to circle; to go around; to hover; to orbit HSK 7
干劲 幹勁 gàn jìn enthusiasm for doing sth HSK 7
断绝 斷絕 duàn jué to sever; to break off HSK 7
鞠躬 鞠躬 jū gōng to bow; (literary) to bend down HSK 7
帝国主义 帝國主義 dì guó zhǔ yì imperialism HSK 7
妒忌 妒忌 dù jì to be jealous of (sb's achievements etc); to be envious; envy HSK 7
焦急 焦急 jiāo jí anxiety; anxious HSK 7
声望 聲望 shēng wàng popularity; prestige HSK 7
懒惰 懶惰 lǎn duò idle; lazy HSK 7
混淆 混淆 hùn xiáo to obscure; to confuse; to mix up; to blur; to mislead HSK 7
宽恕 寬恕 kuān shù to forgive; forgiveness HSK 7
主权 主權 zhǔ quán sovereignty HSK 7
文凭 文憑 wén píng diploma HSK 7
蜜月 蜜月 mì yuè honeymoon HSK 7
追问 追問 zhuī wèn to question closely; to investigate in detail; to examine minutely; to get to the heart of the matter HSK 7
向来 向來 xiàng lái always (previously) HSK 7
无条件 無條件 wú tiáo jiàn unconditional HSK 7
容纳 容納 róng nà to hold; to contain; to accommodate; to tolerate (different opinions) HSK 7
口头 口頭 kǒu tóu oral; verbal HSK 7
诚恳 誠懇 chéng kěn sincere; honest; cordial HSK 7
烈士 烈士 liè shì martyr HSK 7
逃亡 逃亡 táo wáng to flee; flight (from danger); fugitive HSK 7
脉搏 脈搏 mài bó pulse (both medical and figurative) HSK 7
短缺 短缺 duǎn quē shortage HSK 7
照明 照明 zhào míng lighting; illumination; to light up; to illuminate HSK 7
紧迫 緊迫 jǐn pò pressing; urgent HSK 7
灭亡 滅亡 miè wáng to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate HSK 7
姨 姨 yí mother's sister; aunt HSK 7
遗嘱 遺囑 yí zhǔ testament; will HSK 7
振作 振作 zhèn zuò to bestir oneself; to pull oneself together; to cheer up; to uplift; to stimulate HSK 7
宣读 宣讀 xuān dú to read out loud to an audience; a prepared speech (e.g. to a party conference) HSK 7
拣 揀 jiǎn to choose; to pick; to sort out; to pick up HSK 7
太平 太平 tài píng peace and security HSK 7
订婚 訂婚 dìng hūn to get engaged HSK 7
跑道 跑道 pǎo dào athletic track; track; runway (i.e. airstrip) HSK 7
荒谬 荒謬 huāng miù absurd; ridiculous HSK 7
墓地 墓地 mù dì cemetery; graveyard HSK 7
换取 換取 huàn qǔ to obtain (sth) in exchange; to exchange (sth) for (sth else) HSK 7
幸亏 幸虧 xìng kuī fortunately; luckily HSK 7
追赶 追趕 zhuī gǎn to pursue; to chase after; to accelerate; to catch up with; to overtake HSK 7
筑 筑 zhù five-string lute; Taiwan pr. [zhú] HSK 7
棺材 棺材 guān cai coffin HSK 7