The Rise of the Great Powers

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A New Nation and a New Dream: United States

S1E10 · 新国新梦（美国·上） xīn guó xīn mèng （ měiguó · shǎng ）

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子民 子民 zǐ mín people ∼HSK 4
尤其是 尤其是 yóu qí shì especially; most of all; above all; in particular ∼HSK 4
何去何从 何去何從 hé qù hé cóng what course to follow; what path to take ∼HSK 4
世界各地 世界各地 shì jiè gè dì all over the world; everywhere; in all parts of the world ∼HSK 4
划破 劃破 huá pò to cut open; to rip; to streak across (lightning, meteor etc); to pierce (scream, searchlight etc) ∼HSK 4
航道 航道 háng dào waterway; ship channel ∼HSK 4
民兵 民兵 mín bīng people's militia; militia; militiaman ∼HSK 4
最高法院 最高法院 zuì gāo fǎ yuàn supreme court ∼HSK 4
松散 鬆散 sōng san to relax; loose; not consolidated; not rigorous ∼HSK 4
条文 條文 tiáo wén clause; explanatory section in a document ∼HSK 4
预留 預留 yù liú to set aside; to reserve ∼HSK 4
经济增长 經濟增長 jīng jì zēng zhǎng economic growth ∼HSK 4
基础设施 基礎設施 jī chǔ shè shī infrastructure ∼HSK 4
施 施 Shī grant, bestow; give; act; name ∼HSK 4
禁令 禁令 jìn lìng prohibition; ban ∼HSK 4
在此后 在此後 zài cǐ hòu after this; from then on ∼HSK 4
忘怀 忘懷 wàng huái to forget ∼HSK 4
总统选举 總統選舉 zǒng tǒng xuǎn jǔ presidential election ∼HSK 4
宪政 憲政 xiàn zhèng constitutional government ∼HSK 4
宅 宅 zhái residence, dwelling, home; grave ∼HSK 4
产权 產權 chǎn quán property right ∼HSK 4
毫无疑问 毫無疑問 háo wú yí wèn certainty; without a doubt ∼HSK 4
世纪末 世紀末 shì jì mò end of the century ∼HSK 4
赤 赤 chì red; scarlet; bare; naked ∼HSK 4
首任 首任 shǒu rèn first person to be appointed to a post ∼HSK 4
十倍 十倍 shí bèi tenfold; ten times (sth) ∼HSK 4
导 導 dǎo direct, guide, lead, conduct ∼HSK 4
危局 危局 wēi jú perilous situation ∼HSK 4
近代 近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades; (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919); capitalist times (pre-1949) HSK 4
陆续 陸續 lù xù in turn; successively; one after the other; bit by bit HSK 4
邮局 郵局 yóu jú post office HSK 4
陆地 陸地 lù dì dry land (as opposed to the sea) HSK 4
培育 培育 péi yù to train; to breed HSK 4
逐步 逐步 zhú bù progressively; step by step HSK 4
引进 引進 yǐn jìn to recommend; to introduce (from outside) HSK 4
实用 實用 shí yòng practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science) HSK 4
辩论 辯論 biàn lùn debate; argument; to argue over HSK 4
潮流 潮流 cháo liú tide; current; trend HSK 4
促进 促進 cù jìn to promote (an idea or cause); to advance; boost HSK 4
推迟 推遲 tuī chí to postpone; to put off; to defer HSK 4
延续 延續 yán xù to continue; to go on; to last HSK 4
燃料 燃料 rán liào fuel HSK 4
期限 期限 qī xiàn time limit; deadline; allotted time HSK 4
著作 著作 zhù zuò to write; literary work; book; article; writings HSK 4
复制 複製 fù zhì to duplicate; to make a copy of; to copy; to reproduce; to clone HSK 4
大规模 大規模 dà guī mó large scale; extensive; wide scale; broad scale HSK 4
拉开 拉開 lā kāi to pull open; to pull apart; to space out; to increase HSK 4
打败 打敗 dǎ bài to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated HSK 4
渐渐 漸漸 jiàn jiàn gradually HSK 4
奋斗 奮鬥 fèn dòu to strive; to struggle HSK 4