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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落空 落空 là kòng to omit; to neglect (to do sth); to miss a chance; to let an opportunity slip by Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
一无所获 一無所獲 yī wú suǒ huò to gain nothing; to end up empty-handed Xiehouyu ∼HSK 4
神话 神話 shén huà legend; fairy tale; myth; mythology Xiehouyu HSK 4
高潮 高潮 gāo cháo high tide; high water; upsurge; peak of activity; climax (of a story, a competition etc); to have an orgasm Xiehouyu HSK 4
苦 苦 kǔ bitter; hardship; pain; to suffer; to bring suffering to; painstakingly Xiehouyu HSK 4
轻松 輕鬆 qīng sōng light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously Xiehouyu HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
云彩 雲彩 yún cai (coll.) cloud Colloquialism ∼HSK 4
问候 問候 wèn hòu to give one's respects; to send a greeting; (fig.) (coll.) to make offensive reference to (somebody dear to the person to whom one is speaking) Colloquialism HSK 4
潮 潮 cháo tide; damp; moist; humid; fashionable; trendy; (coll.) inferior; substandard Colloquialism HSK 4
穷 窮 qióng poor; destitute; to use up; to exhaust; thoroughly; extremely; (coll.) persistently and pointlessly Colloquialism HSK 4
垃圾 垃圾 lā jī trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè] Colloquialism HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
抱 抱 bào to hold; to carry (in one's arms); to hug; to embrace; to surround; to cherish; (coll.) (of clothes) to fit nicely Colloquialism HSK 4
德意志 德意志 Dé yì zhì Deutschland; Germany Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
彼得 彼得 Bǐ dé Peter (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
工业革命 工業革命 Gōng yè Gé mìng Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
罗斯福 羅斯福 Luó sī fú Roosevelt (name); Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), US President 1901-1909; Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), US President 1933-1945 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
吉林 吉林 Jí lín Jilin Province, capital Changchun; Jilin, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
贝尔 貝爾 Bèi ěr Bell (person name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
天皇 天皇 Tiān huáng Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns; emperor; emperor of Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
明治 明治 Míng zhì Meiji, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1868-1912) of the Meiji emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
斯密 斯密 Sī mì Smith (name); also rendered as 史密斯 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
列宁 列寧 Liè níng Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
哥伦布 哥倫布 Gē lún bù Cristóbal Colón or Christopher Columbus (1451-1506); Columbus, capital of Ohio Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大西洋 大西洋 Dà xī yáng Atlantic Ocean Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
托尔斯泰 托爾斯泰 Tuō ěr sī tài Tolstoy (name); Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
威廉 威廉 Wēi lián William or Wilhelm (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
斯大林 斯大林 Sī dà lín Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
亚当 亞當 Yà dāng Adam Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西欧 西歐 Xī ōu Western Europe Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
博尔顿 博爾頓 Bó ěr dùn Bolton (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
普鲁士 普魯士 Pǔ lǔ shì Prussia (historical German state) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李斯特 李斯特 Lǐ sī tè Ferenc (Franz) Liszt (1811-1886), Hungarian composer; Joseph Lister (1883-1897), British surgeon and bacteriologist Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
福特 福特 Fú tè Ford (name); Ford, US car make Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
东印度公司 東印度公司 Dōng Yìn dù Gōng sī East India Company Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
法兰西 法蘭西 Fǎ lán xī France Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
富兰克林 富蘭克林 Fù lán kè lín (name) Franklin; Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), US Founding Father, scientist and author Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
伊藤博文 伊藤博文 Yī téng Bó wén Itō Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japan's first prime minister (served four terms), key figure in Japan's colonial expansion into Korea Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
英国人 英國人 Yīng guó rén British person; British people Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大英帝国 大英帝國 Dà yīng Dì guó British Empire Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
第二次世界大战 第二次世界大戰 Dì - èr Cì Shì jiè Dà zhàn World War II Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
林肯 林肯 Lín kěn Lincoln (name); Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), US president 1861-1865; Lincoln, US car make Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
洛克菲勒 洛克菲勒 Luò kè fēi lè Rockefeller Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
葡萄牙人 葡萄牙人 Pú táo yá rén Portuguese (person) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
苏俄 蘇俄 Sū é Soviet Russia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西洋 西洋 Xī yáng the West (Europe and North America); countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
德国人 德國人 Dé guó rén German person or people Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
罗兰 羅蘭 Luó lán Roland (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
明治维新 明治維新 Míng zhì Wéi xīn Meiji Restoration (Japan, 1868) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4