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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倭寇 倭寇 Wō kòu Japanese pirates (in 16th and 17th century) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
满州 滿州 Mǎn zhōu Manchou township in Pingtung County, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清朝 清朝 Qīng cháo Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
南岳 南嶽 Nán yuè Nanyue district of Hengyang city, Hunan; Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西安事变 西安事變 Xī ān Shì biàn Xi'an Incident of 12th December 1936 (kidnap of Chiang Kai-shek) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
国共合作 國共合作 Guó Gòng Hé zuò United Front (either of the two alliances between the Guomindang and the Communist Party, 1923-1927 and 1937-1945) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
龄 齡 líng age; years ∼HSK 4
庆 慶 qìng congratulate, celebrate ∼HSK 4
宋 宋 Sòng Song dynasty; surname ∼HSK 4
蒋 蔣 Jiǎng surname; hydropyrum latifalium ∼HSK 4
党内 黨內 dǎng nèi within the party (esp. Chinese communist party) ∼HSK 4
什么事 什麼事 shén me shì what matter ∼HSK 4
军阀 軍閥 jūn fá military clique; junta; warlord ∼HSK 4
共产主义 共產主義 gòng chǎn zhǔ yì communism ∼HSK 4
心底 心底 xīn dǐ bottom of one's heart ∼HSK 4
伯 伯 bà variant of ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
肤 膚 fū skin; superficial, shallow ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
怎么会 怎麼會 zěn yāo huì how could it ∼HSK 4
联俄 聯俄 lián É alliance with Russia (e.g. of early Chinese communists) ∼HSK 4
知 知 zhī know ∼HSK 4
劳 勞 láo labor, toil, do manual work ∼HSK 4
相聚 相聚 xiāng jù to meet together; to assemble ∼HSK 4
电报局 電報局 diàn bào jú telegraph office ∼HSK 4
航 航 háng sail; navigate; ship, boat ∼HSK 4
暑 暑 shǔ hot ∼HSK 4
富户 富戶 fù hù rich family; large landlord ∼HSK 4
圣人 聖人 shèng rén sage; the Sage (i.e. Confucius); (old) (respectful way of addressing a monarch) your sagacious majesty; (religion) saint ∼HSK 4
徐 徐 Xú slowly, quietly, calmly; composed, dignified ∼HSK 4
安安 安安 ān ān (Tw) (Internet slang) Greetings! ∼HSK 4
威 威 wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
自家 自家 zì jiā oneself; one's own family ∼HSK 4
盘点 盤點 pán diǎn to make an inventory; to take stock ∼HSK 4
当兵 當兵 dāng bīng to serve in the army; to be a soldier ∼HSK 4
自视 自視 zì shì to view oneself ∼HSK 4
密件 密件 mì jiàn secret documents; abbr. for 機密文件|机密文件 ∼HSK 4
密报 密報 mì bào secret report ∼HSK 4
侍卫 侍衛 shì wèi Imperial bodyguard ∼HSK 4
自家人 自家人 zì jiā rén sb with whom one is on familiar terms; sb from the same place (same house, same town etc); one of us ∼HSK 4
武 武 Wǔ military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
唯有 唯有 wéi yǒu only ∼HSK 4
不简单 不簡單 bù jiǎn dān not simple; rather complicated; remarkable; marvelous ∼HSK 4
既定 既定 jì dìng already fixed; set; established ∼HSK 4
致力 致力 zhì lì to work for; to devote one's efforts to ∼HSK 4
私 私 sī private, personal; secret ∼HSK 4
窗 牎 chuāng window ∼HSK 4
执行人 執行人 zhí xíng rén executioner (hangman); business executor ∼HSK 4
人无完人 人無完人 rén wú wán rén nobody is perfect; everyone has their defect ∼HSK 4