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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迟迟 遲遲 chí chí late (with a task etc); slow HSK 7
动工 動工 dòng gōng to start (a building project) HSK 7
纽扣 紐扣 niǔ kòu button HSK 7
盘算 盤算 pán suàn to plot; to scheme; to calculate HSK 7
矛头 矛頭 máo tóu spearhead; barb; an attack or criticism HSK 7
经商 經商 jīng shāng to trade; to carry out commercial activities; in business HSK 7
并购 併購 bìng gòu merger and acquisition (M and A); acquisition; to take over HSK 7
胸怀 胸懷 xiōng huái one's bosom (the seat of emotions); breast; broad-minded and open; to think about; to cherish HSK 7
学说 學說 xué shuō theory; doctrine HSK 7
港湾 港灣 gǎng wān bay serving as a harbor HSK 7
就任 就任 jiù rèn to take office; to assume a post HSK 7
征收 徵收 zhēng shōu to levy (a tax); to expropriate HSK 7
征集 徵集 zhēng jí to collect; to recruit HSK 7
凿 鑿 záo chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel or dig; (literary) (bound form) certain; authentic; irrefutable; also pr. [zuò] HSK 7
顺从 順從 shùn cóng obedient; to comply; to submit; to defer HSK 7
不解 不解 bù jiě to not understand; to be puzzled by; indissoluble HSK 7
序幕 序幕 xù mù prologue HSK 7
涌入 湧入 yǒng rù to come pouring in; influx HSK 7
坐落 坐落 zuò luò to be situated; to be located (of a building) HSK 7
沿岸 沿岸 yán àn coastal area; littoral or riparian HSK 7
攻克 攻克 gōng kè to capture; to take; to overcome; to solve HSK 7
晚年 晚年 wǎn nián one's later years HSK 7
殿堂 殿堂 diàn táng palace; hall; temple buildings HSK 7
低迷 低迷 dī mí blurred (landscape etc); low (spirits); in a slump (economy) HSK 7
幸免 倖免 xìng miǎn to avoid (an unpleasant fate) HSK 7
专制 專制 zhuān zhì autocracy; dictatorship HSK 7
涵盖 涵蓋 hán gài to cover; to comprise; to include HSK 7
墓碑 墓碑 mù bēi gravestone; tombstone HSK 7
杠杆 槓桿 gàng gǎn lever; pry bar; crowbar; financial leverage HSK 7
坛 壇 tán platform; rostrum; altar HSK 7
安详 安詳 ān xiáng serene HSK 7
次要 次要 cì yào secondary HSK 7
刊物 刊物 kān wù publication HSK 7
搭建 搭建 dā jiàn to build (esp. with simple materials); to knock together (a temporary shed); to rig up HSK 7
天平 天平 tiān píng scales (to weigh things) HSK 7
现成 現成 xiàn chéng ready-made; readily available HSK 7
解体 解體 jiě tǐ to break up into components; to disintegrate; to collapse; to crumble HSK 7
超前 超前 chāo qián to be ahead of one's time; to surpass or outdo one's predecessors; to be ahead of the pack; to take the lead; advanced HSK 7
锈 鏽 xiù to rust HSK 7
眼界 眼界 yǎn jiè ken; scope HSK 7
财力 財力 cái lì financial resources HSK 7
渔民 漁民 yú mín fisherman; fisher folk HSK 7
煤炭 煤炭 méi tàn coal HSK 7
血脉 血脈 xuè mài blood vessels HSK 7
爽快 爽快 shuǎng kuai refreshed; rejuvenated; frank and straightforward HSK 7
碑 碑 bēi a monument; an upright stone tablet; stele HSK 7
感叹 感嘆 gǎn tàn to sigh (with feeling); to lament HSK 7
汹涌 洶湧 xiōng yǒng to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc); turbulent HSK 7
取而代之 取而代之 qǔ ér dài zhī (idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place HSK 7
重创 重創 zhòng chuāng to inflict heavy losses; to inflict serious damage HSK 7