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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| 强壮 強壯 | strong; sturdy; robust | |
| 罢工 罷工 | a strike; to go on strike | |
| 处处 處處 | everywhere; in all respects | |
| 往后 往後 | from now on; in the future; time to come | |
| 再生 再生 | to be reborn; to regenerate; to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person); recycling; regeneration | |
| 臂 臂 | arm | |
| 烟花 煙花 | fireworks; prostitute (esp. in Yuan theater) | |
| 墓 墓 | grave; tomb; mausoleum | |
| 捉 捉 | to clutch; to grab; to capture | |
| 对外 對外 | external; foreign; pertaining to external or foreign (affairs) | |
| 传出 傳出 | to transmit outwards; to disseminate; efferent (nerve) | |
| 家园 家園 | home; homeland | |
| 决策 決策 | strategic decision; decision-making; policy decision; to determine policy | |
| 同胞 同胞 | born of the same parents; sibling; fellow citizen; compatriot | |
| 游行 遊行 | to march; to parade; to demonstrate; procession; march; demonstration; to travel around; to roam | |
| 一同 一同 | together | |
| 用心 用心 | motive; intention; to be diligent or attentive; careful | |
| 驻 駐 | to halt; to stay; to be stationed (of troops, diplomats etc) | |
| 想不到 想不到 | unexpected; hard to imagine; it had not occurred to me; who could have thought that | |
| 崇拜 崇拜 | to worship; adoration | |
| 皇帝 皇帝 | emperor | |
| 赌博 賭博 | to gamble | |
| 阴谋 陰謀 | to conspire; to plot; a conspiracy; a plot | |
| 诞生 誕生 | to be born | |
| 抗议 抗議 | to protest; protest | |
| 孤儿 孤兒 | orphan | |
| 捐 捐 | to relinquish; to abandon; to contribute; to donate; (bound form) tax; levy | |
| 战场 戰場 | battlefield | |
| 侵犯 侵犯 | to infringe on; to encroach on; to violate; to assault | |
| 援助 援助 | to help; to support; to aid; aid; assistance | |
| 跌 跌 | to fall; to tumble; to trip; (of prices etc) to drop; Taiwan pr. [dié] | |
| 从没 從沒 | never (in the past); never did | |
| 同一 同一 | identical; the same | |
| 消灭 消滅 | to put an end to; to annihilate; to cause to perish; to perish; annihilation (in quantum field theory) | |
| 血管 血管 | vein; artery | |
| 领袖 領袖 | leader | |
| 信仰 信仰 | to believe in (a religion); firm belief; conviction | |
| 天下 天下 | land under heaven; the whole world; the whole of China; realm; rule | |
| 算了 算了 | let it be; let it pass; forget about it | |
| 罢了 罷了 | a modal particle indicating (that's all, only, nothing much) | |
| 赚钱 賺錢 | to earn money; moneymaking | |
| 宗教 宗教 | religion | |
| 厕所 廁所 | toilet; lavatory | |
| 牺牲 犧牲 | to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice | |
| 炸 炸 | to deep fry; Taiwan pr. [zhà] | |
| 危机 危機 | crisis | |
| 妇女 婦女 | woman | |
| 原谅 原諒 | to excuse; to forgive; to pardon | |
| 绝 絕 | to cut short; extinct; to disappear; to vanish; absolutely; by no means | |
| 军事 軍事 | military affairs; (attributive) military |