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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| 化妆 化妝 | to put on makeup | |
| 抛弃 拋棄 | to abandon; to discard; to renounce; to dump (sb) | |
| 民众 民眾 | the populace; the masses; the common people | |
| 清晰 清晰 | clear; distinct | |
| 嫉妒 嫉妒 | to be jealous of; to envy | |
| 绑架 綁架 | to kidnap; to abduct; to hijack; a kidnapping; abduction; staking | |
| 宗 宗 | school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs | |
| 不准 不准 | not to allow; to forbid; to prohibit | |
| 要不 要不 | otherwise; or else; how about...?; either... (or...) | |
| 尚 尚 | still; yet; to value; to esteem | |
| 注定 註定 | to foreordain; to be bound to; to be destined to; to be doomed to; inevitably | |
| 持 持 | to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control | |
| 孤单 孤單 | lone; lonely; loneliness | |
| 革命 革命 | to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) | |
| 真心 真心 | sincere; heartfelt | |
| 释放 釋放 | to release; to set free; to liberate (a prisoner); to discharge | |
| 他人 他人 | another person; sb else; other people | |
| 粉 粉 | powder; cosmetic face powder; food prepared from starch; noodles or pasta made from any kind of flour; to turn to powder; (dialect) to whitewash; white; pink; (suffix) fan (abbr. for 粉丝); to be a fan of | |
| 狼 狼 | wolf | |
| 嫁 嫁 | (of a woman) to marry; to marry off a daughter; to shift (blame etc) | |
| 哎 哎 | hey!; (interjection used to attract attention or to express surprise or disapprobation) | |
| 许 許 | to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps | |
| 一一 一一 | one by one; one after another | |
| 袭击 襲擊 | attack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack | |
| 所谓 所謂 | so-called; what is called | |
| 即 即 | namely; that is; i.e.; prompt; at once; at present; even if; prompted (by the occasion); to approach; to come into contact; to assume (office); to draw near | |
| 不知 不知 | not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) | |
| 经 經 | classics; sacred book; scripture; to pass through; to undergo; to bear; to endure; warp (textile); longitude; menstruation; channel (TCM); abbr. for economics 经济 | |
| 文 文 | language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 | |
| 而已 而已 | that's all; nothing more | |
| 同志 同志 | comrade; (slang) homosexual | |
| 主 主 | owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) | |
| 及 及 | and; to reach; up to; in time for | |
| 以 㕥 | abbr. for Israel 列 | |
| 之 之 | (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it | |
| 鹅毛大雪 鵝毛大雪 | goose feather snow (idiom); big heavy snow fall | Idiom |
| 金枝玉叶 金枝玉葉 | golden branch, jade leaves (idiom); fig. blue-blooded nobility, esp. imperial kinsmen or peerless beauty | Idiom |
| 百媚千娇 百媚千嬌 | (idiom) (of a woman) bewitching; charming | Idiom |
| 畏首畏尾 畏首畏尾 | afraid of the head, terrified of the tail (idiom); ever fearful and nervous; afraid of the slightest thing | Idiom |
| 恭敬不如从命 恭敬不如從命 | deference is no substitute for obedience (idiom); (said to accept sb's request, invitation etc) | Idiom |
| 引狼入室 引狼入室 | lit. to show the wolf into the house (idiom); fig. to introduce a potential source of trouble | Idiom |
| 名存实亡 名存實亡 | the name remains, but the reality is gone (idiom) | Idiom |
| 有目共睹 有目共睹 | anyone with eyes can see it (idiom); obvious to all; sth speaks for itself; is there for all to see | Idiom |
| 心腹之患 心腹之患 | lit. calamity within one's bosom (idiom); major trouble hidden within | Idiom |
| 危机四伏 危機四伏 | danger lurks on every side (idiom) | Idiom |
| 断子绝孙 斷子絕孫 | to die without progeny; (offensive) may you die childless; may you be the last of your family line | Xiehouyu |
| 心狠手辣 心狠手辣 | (idiom) vicious; merciless | Xiehouyu |
| 饭桶 飯桶 | rice tub (from which cooked rice or other food is served); (fig.) fathead; a good-for-nothing | Xiehouyu |
| 不通 不通 | to be obstructed; to be blocked up; to be impassable; to make no sense; to be illogical | Xiehouyu |
| 就算 就算 | (coll.) even if | Colloquialism |