The Rise of the Great Powers

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大国崛起 dàguó juéqǐ

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威灵顿 威靈頓 Wēi líng dùn Wellington, capital of New Zealand (Tw); Wellington (name); Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington (1769-1851) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
滑铁卢 滑鐵盧 Huá tiě lú Waterloo (Belgium); Battle of Waterloo (1815); (fig.) a defeat Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
不列颠 不列顛 Bù liè diān Britain; British; Great Britain Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
德意志联邦共和国 德意志聯邦共和國 Dé yì zhì Lián bāng Gòng hé guó Federal Republic of Germany; former West Germany 1945-1990, now simply Germany Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
法兰克福 法蘭克福 Fǎ lán kè fú Frankfurt, Germany Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
卢森堡 盧森堡 Lú sēn bǎo Luxembourg Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
凡尔赛宫 凡爾賽宮 Fán ěr sài Gōng the Palace of Versailles, France Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
德语 德語 Dé yǔ German (language) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
东京湾 東京灣 Dōng jīng Wān Tokyo Bay; former name of, Gulf of Tonkin Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
横滨 橫濱 Héng bīn Yokohama, Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
奈良 奈良 Nài liáng Nara, an old capital of Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
甲午战争 甲午戰爭 Jiǎ wǔ Zhàn zhēng First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
涅瓦 涅瓦 Niè wǎ the Nyeva or Neva river (through St Petersburg) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
法国革命 法國革命 Fǎ guó Gé mìng French Revolution (1789) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
苏维埃俄国 蘇維埃俄國 Sū wéi āi É guó Soviet Russia (1917-1991) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
张伯伦 張伯倫 Zhāng bó lún Chamberlain (name); Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999), US basketball player Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
共产国际 共產國際 Gòng chǎn Guó jì Communist International or Comintern (1919-1943), also known as the Third International Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
真理报 真理報 Zhēn lǐ Bào Pravda (newspaper) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
青年节 青年節 Qīng nián jié Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
弗吉尼亚州 弗吉尼亞州 Fú jí ní yà zhōu Virginia, US state Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中印 中印 Zhōng Yìn China-India Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
列克星顿 列克星頓 Liè kè xīng dùn Lexington, Massachusetts Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
美国独立战争 美國獨立戰爭 Měi guó Dú lì Zhàn zhēng American War of Independence (1775-1783) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
塞缪尔 塞繆爾 Sāi miù ěr Samuel (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
世界博览会 世界博覽會 Shì jiè Bó lǎn huì World Expo; abbr. to Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
南达科他州 南達科他州 Nán Dá kē tā zhōu South Dakota, US state Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
铁幕 鐵幕 Tiě mù Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
波德 波德 Bō dé Johann Elert Bode (1747-1826), German astronomer Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
击 擊 jī strike, hit, beat; attack, fight ∼HSK 4
适 適 kuò go, reach; appropriate, suitable ∼HSK 4
逛逛 逛逛 guàng guang to roam around; to have a stroll ∼HSK 4
工业化 工業化 gōng yè huà to industrialize; industrialization ∼HSK 4
娜 娜 nà elegant, graceful, delicate ∼HSK 4
君主 君主 jūn zhǔ monarch; sovereign ∼HSK 4
伦 倫 lún normal human relationships ∼HSK 4
域 域 yù district, region, boundary; land ∼HSK 4
二十世纪 二十世紀 èr shí shì jì 20th century ∼HSK 4
堡 堡 bǎo fort, fortress; town, village ∼HSK 4
大王 大王 dà wáng king; magnate; person having expert skill in something ∼HSK 4
曼 曼 màn long, extended, vast; beautiful ∼HSK 4
伯 伯 bà variant of ∼HSK 4
列强 列強 liè qiáng the Great Powers (history) ∼HSK 4
世界第一 世界第一 shì jiè dì yī ranked number one in the world; the world's first ∼HSK 4
世纪末 世紀末 shì jì mò end of the century ∼HSK 4
岛国 島國 dǎo guó island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan) ∼HSK 4
俄罗斯人 俄羅斯人 É luó sī rén Russian (person) ∼HSK 4
战后 戰後 zhàn hòu after the war; postwar ∼HSK 4
航线 航線 háng xiàn air or shipping route ∼HSK 4
经济学家 經濟學家 jīng jì xué jiā economist ∼HSK 4