The Soong Sisters 1997
宋家皇朝
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.
Vocabulary
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| 合 合 | 100 ml; one-tenth of a peck; measure for dry grain equal to one-tenth of sheng 升 or liter, or one-hundredth dou 斗 | |
| 停止 停止 | to stop; to halt; to cease | |
| 共同 共同 | common; joint; jointly; together; collaborative | |
| 演 演 | to develop; to evolve; to practice; to perform; to play; to act | |
| 大概 大概 | roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea | |
| 制造 製造 | to manufacture; to make | |
| 设备 設備 | equipment; facilities; installations | |
| 乐 樂 | happy; cheerful; to laugh | |
| 配 配 | to join; to fit; to mate; to mix; to match; to deserve; to make up (a prescription); to allocate | |
| 害怕 害怕 | to be afraid; to be scared | |
| 破坏 破壞 | destruction; damage; to wreck; to break; to destroy | |
| 思想 思想 | thought; thinking; idea; ideology | |
| 麻烦 麻煩 | trouble; inconvenience; inconvenient; troublesome; annoying; to bother sb; to put sb to trouble | |
| 调 調 | to transfer; to move (troops or cadres); to investigate; to enquire into; accent; view; argument; key (in music); mode (music); tune; tone; melody | |
| 创造 創造 | to create; to bring about; to produce; to set (a record) | |
| 宣布 宣佈 | to declare; to announce; to proclaim | |
| 下面 下面 | below; under; next; the following; also pr. [xià mian] | |
| 受伤 受傷 | to sustain injuries; wounded (in an accident etc); harmed | |
| 胜利 勝利 | victory | |
| 年代 年代 | a decade of a century (e.g. the Sixties); age; era; period | |
| 直 直 | straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characters | |
| 增加 增加 | to raise; to increase | |
| 充满 充滿 | full of; brimming with; very full; permeated | |
| 准 准 | to allow; to grant; in accordance with; in the light of | |
| 哈哈 哈哈 | (onom.) laughing out loud | |
| 伟大 偉大 | huge; great; grand; worthy of the greatest admiration; important (contribution etc) | |
| 时代 時代 | Time, US weekly news magazine | |
| 反对 反對 | to oppose; to be against; to object to | |
| 架 架 | to support; frame; rack; framework; classifier for planes, large vehicles, radios etc | |
| 外面 外面 | outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense); surface; exterior; external appearance | |
| 空 空 | empty; air; sky; in vain | |
| 事业 事業 | undertaking; project; activity; (charitable, political or revolutionary) cause; publicly funded institution, enterprise or foundation; career; occupation | |
| 变化 變化 | (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation | |
| 感情 感情 | emotion; sentiment; affection; feelings between two persons | |
| 不断 不斷 | unceasing; uninterrupted; continuous; constant | |
| 达到 達到 | to reach; to achieve; to attain | |
| 救 捄 | to save; to assist; to rescue | |
| 正式 正式 | formal; official | |
| 适合 適合 | to fit; to suit | |
| 乱 亂 | in confusion or disorder; in a confused state of mind; disorder; upheaval; riot; illicit sexual relations; to throw into disorder; to mix up; indiscriminate; random; arbitrary | |
| 危险 危險 | danger; dangerous | |
| 祝 祝 | to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies | |
| 建立 建立 | to establish; to set up; to found | |
| 群 羣 | group; crowd; flock, herd, pack etc | |
| 难道 難道 | don't tell me ...; could it be that...? | |
| 警察 警察 | police; police officer | |
| 表演 表演 | play; show; performance; exhibition; to perform; to act; to demonstrate | |
| 久 久 | (long) time; (long) duration of time | |
| 跳 跳 | to jump; to hop; to skip over; to bounce; to palpitate | |
| 事实 事實 | fact |