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The Corridor

S1E2 · 通道 tōngdào

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司马迁 司馬遷 Sī mǎ Qiān Sima Qian (145-86 BC), Han Dynasty historian, author of Records of the Grand Historian, known as the father of Chinese historiography Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
漠北 漠北 Mò běi Outer Mongolia (lit. north of the Gobi Desert) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圣地 聖地 shèng dì holy land (of a religion); sacred place; shrine; holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc); center of historic interest Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
乌孙国 烏孫國 Wū sūn guó Wusun kingdom of central Asia (c. 300 BC-300 AD) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
兰州市 蘭州市 Lán zhōu Shì Lanzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Gansu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
兰州 蘭州 Lán zhōu Lanzhou, prefecture-level city and capital of Gansu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
玉门关 玉門關 Yù mén Guān Yumen Pass, or Jade Gate, western frontier post on the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, west of Dunhuang, in Gansu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
金昌 金昌 Jīn chāng Jinchang, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
帕米尔高原 帕米爾高原 Pà mǐ ěr Gāo yuán the Pamirs, highland region of Central Asia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
塞北 塞北 Sài běi (old) territories north of the Great Wall Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
春秋战国时代 春秋戰國時代 Chūn qiū Zhàn guó Shí dài the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods; Eastern Zhou (770-221 BC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
秦始皇 秦始皇 Qín Shǐ huáng Qin Shihuang (259-210 BC), the first emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
秦军 秦軍 Qín jūn the Qin army (model for the terracotta warriors) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
辽东 遼東 Liáo dōng Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 and Yellow sea; east and south of Liaoning province; east of Liao river 遼河|辽河 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
永登 永登 Yǒng dēng Yongdeng county in Lanzhou, Gansu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
玉门 玉門 Yù mén Yumen, county-level city in Jiuquan 酒泉, Gansu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
罗布泊 羅布泊 Luó bù pō Lop Nor, former salt lake in Xinjiang, now a salt-encrusted lake bed Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李希霍芬 李希霍芬 Lǐ xī huò fēn Ferdinand von Richthofen (1833-1905), German geologist and explorer who published a major foundational study of the geology of China in 1887 and first introduced the term Silk Road 絲綢之路|丝绸之路 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
亚欧大陆 亞歐大陸 Yà ōu dà lù Eurasian continent Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
没想到 沒想到 méi xiǎng dào didn't expect HSK 4
霍 霍 Huò quickly, suddenly; surname ∼HSK 4
公元前 公元前 gōng yuán qián BCE (before the Common Era); BC (before Christ) ∼HSK 4
骑兵 騎兵 qí bīng cavalry ∼HSK 4
魏 魏 Wèi kingdom of Wei; surname ∼HSK 4
威 威 wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
乌 烏 Wū crow, rook, raven; black, dark ∼HSK 4
秦 秦 Qín surname Qin; Qin dynasty (221-207 BC) of the first emperor; short name for ∼HSK 4
兄 兄 xiōng elder brother ∼HSK 4
后方 後方 hòu fāng the rear; far behind the front line ∼HSK 4
泽 澤 zé marsh, swamp; grace, brilliance ∼HSK 4
脉 脈 mài blood vessels, veins, arteries ∼HSK 4
受降 受降 shòu xiáng to accept surrender ∼HSK 4
兵法 兵法 bīng fǎ art of war; military strategy and tactics ∼HSK 4
相 相 Xiāng mutually ∼HSK 4
毫无疑问 毫無疑問 háo wú yí wèn certainty; without a doubt ∼HSK 4
军马 軍馬 jūn mǎ warhorse; cavalry horse; troops ∼HSK 4
兵力 兵力 bīng lì military strength; armed forces; troops ∼HSK 4
击 擊 jī strike, hit, beat; attack, fight ∼HSK 4
寒 寒 hán cold, wintry, chilly ∼HSK 4
急速 急速 jí sù hurried; at a great speed; rapid (development) ∼HSK 4
巨 巨 jù large, great, enormous; chief ∼HSK 4
伯 伯 bà variant of ∼HSK 4
战后 戰後 zhàn hòu after the war; postwar ∼HSK 4
掌控 掌控 zhǎng kòng to control; in control of ∼HSK 4
安息 安息 Ān xī Parthia (ancient country in central Asia) ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
孱弱 孱弱 chán ruò delicate; frail; impotent; weak ∼HSK 4
胜败 勝敗 shèng bài victory or defeat; result ∼HSK 4
雨林 雨林 yǔ lín rainforest ∼HSK 4
结成 結成 jié chéng to form; to forge (alliances etc) ∼HSK 4