The Rise of the Great Powers

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Season 1 — The Rise of the Great Powers

大国崛起 dàguó juéqǐ

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Vocabulary

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制胜 制勝 zhì shèng to win; to prevail; to come out on top ∼HSK 6
谋划 謀劃 móu huà to scheme; to plot; conspiracy ∼HSK 6
平素 平素 píng sù usually; habitually; ordinarily; normally ∼HSK 6
侥幸 僥倖 jiǎo xìng luckily; by a fluke ∼HSK 6
打探 打探 dǎ tàn to make discreet inquiries; to scout out ∼HSK 6
浸润 浸潤 jìn rùn to permeate; to percolate; fig. to saturate (with emotion) ∼HSK 6
斥责 斥責 chì zé to lash out; to reprimand ∼HSK 6
制衡 制衡 zhì héng to check and balance (power); checks and balances ∼HSK 6
棋局 棋局 qí jú state of play in a game of chess; (old) chessboard ∼HSK 6
利剑 利劍 lì jiàn sharp sword ∼HSK 6
黑幕 黑幕 hēi mù hidden details; dirty tricks; dark secrets ∼HSK 6
私利 私利 sī lì personal gain; (one's own) selfish interest ∼HSK 6
罪人 罪人 zuì rén sinner ∼HSK 6
独到 獨到 dú dào original ∼HSK 6
亡国 亡國 wáng guó (of a nation) to be destroyed; to be subjugated; a fallen nation ∼HSK 6
残存 殘存 cán cún to survive; remnant ∼HSK 6
战功 戰功 zhàn gōng outstanding military service ∼HSK 6
君王 君王 jūn wáng monarch ∼HSK 6
迎头 迎頭 yíng tóu to meet head-on; face-to-face; directly ∼HSK 6
灾荒 災荒 zāi huāng natural disaster; famine ∼HSK 6
津津乐道 津津樂道 jīn jīn lè dào to discuss sth enthusiastically ∼HSK 6
激愤 激憤 jī fèn to stir up emotions; furious; angry; anger ∼HSK 6
欺凌 欺凌 qī líng to bully and humiliate ∼HSK 6
打消 打消 dǎ xiāo to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc); to give up on ∼HSK 6
援军 援軍 yuán jūn (military) reinforcements ∼HSK 6
反叛 反叛 fǎn pàn to rebel; to revolt ∼HSK 6
谋反 謀反 móu fǎn to plot a rebellion; to conspire against the state ∼HSK 6
利器 利器 lì qì sharp weapon; effective implement; outstandingly able individual ∼HSK 6
鼎盛 鼎盛 dǐng shèng thriving; flourishing ∼HSK 6
险些 險些 xiǎn xiē narrowly; almost; nearly ∼HSK 6
国策 國策 guó cè a national policy ∼HSK 6
经痛 經痛 jīng tòng period pain; menstrual cramps; dysmenorrhea ∼HSK 6
把持 把持 bǎ chí to control; to dominate; to monopolize ∼HSK 6
搜罗 搜羅 sōu luó to gather; to collect; to bring together ∼HSK 6
轰然 轟然 hōng rán loudly; with a loud bang; a loud rumble ∼HSK 6
荒地 荒地 huāng dì wasteland; uncultivated land ∼HSK 6
凯旋 凱旋 kǎi xuán to return in triumph; to return victorious ∼HSK 6
依附 依附 yī fù to adhere; to attach oneself to; to append ∼HSK 6
原貌 原貌 yuán mào the original form ∼HSK 6
疆场 疆場 jiāng chǎng battlefield ∼HSK 6
房主 房主 fáng zhǔ landlord; house owner ∼HSK 6
割据 割據 gē jù to set up an independent regime; to secede; segmentation; division; fragmentation ∼HSK 6
天灵盖 天靈蓋 tiān líng gài crown of the head ∼HSK 6
民宅 民宅 mín zhái house; people's homes ∼HSK 6
福泽 福澤 fú zé good fortune ∼HSK 6
烛光 燭光 zhú guāng candle light; candle-lit (vigil etc); candela, unit of luminous intensity (cd) ∼HSK 6
独秀 獨秀 dú xiù to surpass; to stand above the crowd ∼HSK 6
鹦鹉 鸚鵡 yīng wǔ parrot ∼HSK 6
西征 西征 xī zhēng punitive expedition to the west ∼HSK 6
惊艳 驚艷 jīng yàn variant of ∼HSK 6