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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被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
出人头地 出人頭地 chū rén tóu dì to stand out among one's peers (idiom); to excel Idiom ∼HSK 2
千千万万 千千萬萬 qiān qiān wàn wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands Idiom ∼HSK 2
三长两短 三長兩短 sān cháng liǎng duǎn unexpected misfortune; unexpected accident; sudden death Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
没完没了 沒完沒了 méi wán méi liǎo without end; incessantly; on and on Xiehouyu ∼HSK 2
难过 難過 nán guò to feel sad; to feel unwell; (of life) to be difficult Xiehouyu HSK 2
开心 開心 kāi xīn to feel happy; to rejoice; to have a great time; to make fun of sb Xiehouyu HSK 2
姐夫 姐夫 jiě fu (coll.) older sister's husband Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
狗崽子 狗崽子 gǒu zǎi zi (coll.) puppy; (derog.) son of a bitch Colloquialism ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
西安 西安 Xī ān Xi'an, sub-provincial city and capital of Shaanxi Province; Xi'an District of Liaoyuan City, Jilin; Xi'an District of Mudanjiang city, Heilongjiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
国民党 國民黨 Guó mín dǎng Guomindang or Kuomintang (KMT); Nationalist Party Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
重庆 重慶 Chóng qìng Chongqing municipality Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
万里 萬里 Wàn Lǐ Wan Li (1916-2015), PRC politician Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
黑水 黑水 Hēi shuǐ Heishui County (Tibetan: khro chu rdzong) in Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, northwest Sichuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
北平 北平 Běi píng Peiping or Beiping (name of Beijing at different periods, esp. 1928-1949) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
见过 見過 jiànguò seen HSK 2
挺好 挺好 tǐng hǎo very good HSK 2
介 介 jiè forerunner, herald, harbinger; to lie between; sea shell; to wear armor ∼HSK 2
华 華 Huá flowery; illustrious; Chinese ∼HSK 2
鞋子 鞋子 xié zi shoe ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
第一夫人 第一夫人 dì yī fū rén First Lady (wife of US president) ∼HSK 2
巴 巴 Bā greatly desire, anxiously hope ∼HSK 2
女孩子 女孩子 nǚ hái zi girl ∼HSK 2
什么地方 什麼地方 shén me dì fang somewhere; someplace; where ∼HSK 2
不该 不該 bù gāi should not; to owe nothing ∼HSK 2
份子 份子 fèn zǐ Taiwan variant of ∼HSK 2
停机 停機 tíng jī (of a machine) to stop; to shut down; to park a plane; to finish shooting (a TV program etc); to suspend a phone line; (of a prepaid mobile phone) to be out of credit ∼HSK 2
又来了 又來了 yòu lái le Here we go again. ∼HSK 2
不怕 不怕 bù pà fearless; not worried (by setbacks or difficulties); even if; even though ∼HSK 2
联 聯 lián connect, join; associate, ally ∼HSK 2
万岁 萬歲 wàn suì Long live (the king, the revolution etc)!; Your Majesty; His Majesty ∼HSK 2
什么时候 什麼時候 shén me shí hou when?; at what time? ∼HSK 2
一遍 一遍 yī biàn one time (all the way through); once through ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
杀人 殺人 shā rén homicide; to murder; to kill (a person) ∼HSK 2
妹夫 妹夫 mèi fu younger sister's husband ∼HSK 2
实 實 shí real, true; honest, sincere ∼HSK 2
应该的 應該的 yīng gāi de (polite response) you're welcome; just doing my duty; no problem ∼HSK 2
离场 離場 lí chǎng to leave the venue; (of an athlete) to leave the field; (of an investor) to exit the market; (of an aircraft) to depart ∼HSK 2
发急 發急 fā jí to fret; to get impatient; to become anxious ∼HSK 2
个位 個位 gè wèi the units place (or column) in the decimal system ∼HSK 2
玩意 玩意 wán yì toy; plaything; thing; act; trick (in a performance, stage show, acrobatics etc) ∼HSK 2
长得 長得 zhǎng de to look (pretty, the same etc) ∼HSK 2
小猫 小貓 xiǎo māo kitten ∼HSK 2
当上 當上 dāng shang to take up duty as; to assume a position; to assume; to take on (an office) ∼HSK 2
夫婿 夫婿 fū xù (literary) husband ∼HSK 2
一个接一个 一個接一個 yī ge jiē yī ge one by one; one after another ∼HSK 2