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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4.35 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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何 何 hé what (literary) ∼HSK 5
大炮 大砲 dà pào big gun; cannon; artillery; one who talks big ∼HSK 5
杀头 殺頭 shā tóu to behead ∼HSK 5
诚 誠 chéng (bound form) sincere; authentic; (literary) really; truly ∼HSK 5
年青 年青 nián qīng youthful ∼HSK 5
什么话 什麼話 shén yāo huà what kind of talk ∼HSK 5
猎物 獵物 liè wù prey; quarry ∼HSK 5
清党 清黨 qīng dǎng to purge a political party of undesirable elements ∼HSK 5
赔本 賠本 péi běn loss; to sustain losses ∼HSK 5
桂 桂 Guì cassia or cinnamon ∼HSK 5
珍 珍 zhēn precious, valuable, rare ∼HSK 5
兔崽子 兔崽子 tù zǎi zi brat; bastard ∼HSK 5
骗走 騙走 piàn zǒu to cheat (sb out of sth); to swindle (sb out of sth) ∼HSK 5
叛军 叛軍 pàn jūn rebel army ∼HSK 5
糟了 糟了 zāo le gosh!; oh no!; darn! ∼HSK 5
风铃 風鈴 fēng líng wind chimes ∼HSK 5
口说无凭 口說無憑 kǒu shuō - wú píng (idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement; just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true ∼HSK 5
瞄 瞄 miáo take aim at; look at ∼HSK 5
总司令 總司令 zǒng sī lìng commander-in-chief; top military commander for a country or theater of operations ∼HSK 5
撞死 撞死 zhuàng sǐ to knock down and kill (with a car, train etc) ∼HSK 5
撞伤 撞傷 zhuàng shāng bruise; bump ∼HSK 5
战乱 戰亂 zhàn luàn chaos of war ∼HSK 5
钧 鈞 jūn unit of measure equivalent to thirty catties ∼HSK 5
鉴 鑑 jiàn mirror, looking glass; reflect ∼HSK 5
君 君 jūn lord, sir ∼HSK 5
小公主 小公主 xiǎo gōng zhǔ lit. little princess; fig. spoiled girl; female version of ∼HSK 5
傻子 傻子 shǎ zi idiot; fool ∼HSK 5
偷听 偷聽 tōu tīng to eavesdrop; to monitor (secretly) ∼HSK 5
乱党 亂黨 luàn dǎng the rebel party ∼HSK 5
咪 咪 mī sound for calling a cat ∼HSK 5
剪掉 剪掉 jiǎn diào to cut off; to cut away; to trim ∼HSK 5
渭 渭 Wèi name of a river in Shanxi ∼HSK 5
偷吃 偷吃 tōu chī to eat on the sly; to pilfer food; to be unfaithful ∼HSK 5
重拾 重拾 chóng shí to pick up (a theme etc); to regain (confidence); to revive (a custom, friendship etc) ∼HSK 5
杀戮 殺戮 shā lù to massacre; to slaughter ∼HSK 5
舍弃 捨棄 shě qì to give up; to abandon; to abort ∼HSK 5
争战 爭戰 zhēng zhàn fight ∼HSK 5
革 革 gé leather, animal hides; rad. 177 ∼HSK 5
抢走 搶走 qiǎng zǒu to snatch (esp related to a robbery) ∼HSK 5
壁 壁 bì partition wall; walls of a house ∼HSK 5
叛变 叛變 pàn biàn to defect; to betray; to mutiny ∼HSK 5
出品 出品 chū pǐn to produce an item; output; items that are produced ∼HSK 5
溶 溶 róng to melt, dissolve; overflowing with ∼HSK 5
率性 率性 shuài xìng to act naturally, authentically and spontaneously ∼HSK 5
纵 縱 zòng even if ∼HSK 5
胯 胯 kuà pelvis; groin; thighs ∼HSK 5
在逃 在逃 zài táo to be at large (of a criminal) ∼HSK 5
从头到尾 從頭到尾 cóng tóu dào wěi from start to finish; from head to tail; the whole (thing) ∼HSK 5
扶助 扶助 fú zhù to assist ∼HSK 5
工农兵 工農兵 gōng nóng bīng workers, peasants, and soldiers; the proletariat ∼HSK 5