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The People

S1E9 · 苍生 cāngshēng

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沙特阿拉伯 沙特阿拉伯 Shā tè Ā lā bó Saudi Arabia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
麦加 麥加 Mài jiā Mecca, Saudi Arabia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
利玛窦 利瑪竇 Lì Mǎ dòu Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), Jesuit missionary and translator in Ming China Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
明太祖 明太祖 Míng Tài zǔ Ming Taizu, temple name of first Ming emperor Hongwu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
鸦片战争 鴉片戰爭 Yā piàn Zhàn zhēng the Opium Wars of 1840-1842 and 1860-1861 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
江山 江山 Jiāng shān Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
和政 和政 Hé zhèng Hezheng County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
陕甘 陝甘 Shǎn Gān Shaanxi and Gansu provinces Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
北疆 北疆 Běi jiāng northern Xinjiang (north of the Tian Shan mountains) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李鸿章 李鴻章 Lǐ Hóng zhāng Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
慈禧 慈禧 Cí Xǐ Empress Dowager Cixi or Ts'u Hsi (reigned 1861-1908) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中方 中方 Zhōng fāng the Chinese side (in an international venture) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
战争与和平 戰爭與和平 Zhàn zhēng yǔ Hé píng War and Peace by Tolstoy 托爾斯泰|托尔斯泰 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清朝 清朝 Qīng cháo Qing dynasty (1644-1911) 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
芬兰 芬蘭 Fēn lán Finland Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
敦煌 敦煌 Dūn huáng Dunhuang, county-level city in Jiuquan, Gansu Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
泰晤士 泰晤士 Tài wù shì the Times (newspaper); River Thames, through London Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
辛亥革命 辛亥革命 Xīn hài Gé mìng Xinhai Revolution (1911), which ended the Qing Dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
嘉 嘉 Jiā excellent; joyful; auspicious ∼HSK 4
雄 雄 xióng male of species; hero; manly ∼HSK 4
意识到 意識到 yì shí dào to be aware of; to realize ∼HSK 4
冥王 冥王 míng wáng the king of hell ∼HSK 4
脉 脈 mài blood vessels, veins, arteries ∼HSK 4
严苛 嚴苛 yán kē severe; harsh ∼HSK 4
出兵 出兵 chū bīng to send troops ∼HSK 4
此时此刻 此時此刻 cǐ shí cǐ kè at this very moment ∼HSK 4
御 御 yù drive, ride; chariot; manage ∼HSK 4
传教士 傳教士 chuán jiào shì missionary ∼HSK 4
修士 修士 xiū shì member of religious order; frater ∼HSK 4
东西方 東西方 dōng xī fāng east and west; east to west ∼HSK 4
航 航 háng sail; navigate; ship, boat ∼HSK 4
进驻 進駐 jìn zhù to enter and garrison; (fig.) to establish a presence in ∼HSK 4
堡 堡 bǎo fort, fortress; town, village ∼HSK 4
丽 麗 Lí beautiful, magnificent, elegant ∼HSK 4
玛 瑪 mǎ agate; cornelian ∼HSK 4
弃 棄 qì reject, abandon, discard ∼HSK 4
蒂 蒂 dì peduncle or stem of plants ∼HSK 4
尾 尾 wěi tail, extremity; end, stern ∼HSK 4
水兵 水兵 shuǐ bīng enlisted sailor in navy ∼HSK 4
天资 天資 tiān zī innate talent; gift; flair; native resource; dowry ∼HSK 4
航海家 航海家 háng hǎi jiā mariner; seafarer ∼HSK 4
翻越 翻越 fān yuè to cross; to surmount; to transcend ∼HSK 4
落脚 落腳 luò jiǎo to stay for a time; to stop over; to lodge; to sink down (into soft ground); leftovers ∼HSK 4
神父 神父 shén fu father (Catholic or Orthodox priest) ∼HSK 4
惜 惜 xī pity, regret, rue, begrudge ∼HSK 4
侠 俠 xiá chivalrous person; knight-errant ∼HSK 4
宣 宣 Xuān declare, announce, proclaim ∼HSK 4
庆 慶 qìng congratulate, celebrate ∼HSK 4
峰 峯 fēng peak, summit; hump of camel ∼HSK 4