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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| 托 託 | prop; support (for weight); rest (e.g. arm rest); thanks to; to hold in one's hand; to support in one's palm; to give; to base; to commit; to set; torr (unit of pressure) | |
| 闭 閉 | to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct | |
| 将军 將軍 | general; high-ranking military officer; to check or checkmate; fig. to embarrass; to challenge; to put sb on the spot | |
| 本身 本身 | itself; in itself; per se | |
| 负 負 | to bear; to carry (on one's back); to turn one's back on; to be defeated; negative (math. etc) | |
| 再说 再說 | to say again; to put off a discussion until later; moreover; what's more; besides | |
| 聊 聊 | to chat; to depend upon (literary); temporarily; just; slightly | |
| 疾病 疾病 | disease; sickness; ailment | |
| 泡 泡 | bubble; foam; blister; to soak; to steep; to infuse; to dawdle; to loiter; to pick up (a girl); to get off with (a sexual partner); classifier for occurrences of an action; classifier for number of infusions | |
| 权力 權力 | power; authority | |
| 印 印 | to print; to mark; to engrave; a seal; a print; a stamp; a mark; a trace; image | |
| 党 黨 | party; association; club; society | |
| 算是 算是 | considered to be; at last | |
| 罪 罪 | guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin | |
| 部队 部隊 | army; armed forces; troops; force; unit | |
| 军队 軍隊 | armed forces; troops | |
| 混 混 | to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless | |
| 理 理 | texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up | |
| 犯 犯 | to violate; to offend; to assault; criminal; crime; to make a mistake; recurrence (of mistake or sth bad) | |
| 英雄 英雄 | hero | |
| 招 招 | to recruit; to provoke; to beckon; to incur; to infect; contagious; a move (chess); a maneuver; device; trick; to confess | |
| 命 命 | life; fate; order or command; to assign a name, title etc | |
| 权 權 | authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary | |
| 逼 偪 | variant of 逼; to compel; to pressure | |
| 清 清 | (of water etc) clear; clean; quiet; still; pure; uncorrupted; clear; distinct; to clear; to settle (accounts) | |
| 不再 不再 | no more; no longer | |
| 作 作 | worker; workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person) | |
| 如 如 | as; as if; such as | |
| 啦 啦 | (onom.) sound of singing, cheering etc; (phonetic); (dialect) to chat | |
| 于 于 | to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle; variant of 于 | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 疯疯癫癫 瘋瘋癲癲 | deranged; erratic | Xiehouyu |
| 为难 為難 | to feel embarrassed or awkward; to make things difficult (for someone); to find things difficult (to do or manage) | Xiehouyu |
| 臭 臭 | stench; smelly; to smell (bad); repulsive; loathsome; terrible; bad; severely; ruthlessly; dud (ammunition) | Xiehouyu |
| 有戏 有戲 | (coll.) promising; likely to turn out well | Colloquialism |
| 收拾 收拾 | to put in order; to tidy up; to pack; to repair; (coll.) to sort sb out; to fix sb | Colloquialism |
| 逸 逸 | flee, escape, break loose | |
| 委员长 委員長 | head of a committee | |
| 霭 靄 | cloudy sky, haze; calm, peaceful | |
| 忠 忠 | loyalty, devotion, fidelity | |
| 哩 哩 | mile | |
| 祥 祥 | good luck, good omen; happiness | |
| 熙 熈 | bright, splendid, glorious | |
| 闭嘴 閉嘴 | Shut up!; same as 閉上嘴巴|闭上嘴巴 | |
| 马匹 馬匹 | horse | |
| 如画 如畫 | picturesque | |
| 企鹅 企鵝 | penguin | |
| 老爷 老爺 | master, sir | |
| 大总统 大總統 | president (primarily used during the early years of the Republic of China, 1912-1928) | |
| 军校 軍校 | military school; military academy |