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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Vocabulary

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了解 了解 liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
痛苦 痛苦 tòng kǔ pain; suffering; painful Xiehouyu HSK 3
管 筦 guǎn to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards Colloquialism HSK 3
华盛顿 華盛頓 Huá shèng dùn Washington (name); George Washington (1732-1799), first US president; Washington, US State; Washington, D.C. (US federal capital) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
北美 北美 Běi měi North America Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
小镇 小鎮 xiǎo zhèn small town; village Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
乔治 喬治 Qiáo zhì George (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
商务部 商務部 Shāng wù bù Department of Trade; Department of Commerce Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
强国 強國 Qiáng guó (ironically) mainland China (Taiwan & Hong Kong usage) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
美洲 美洲 Měi zhōu America (including North, Central and South America); the Americas; abbr. for Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
费城 費城 Fèi chéng Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; abbr. for Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
美国国会 美國國會 Měi guó Guó huì US Congress Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
在世 在世 zài shì to be alive ∼HSK 3
总督 總督 zǒng dū governor-general; viceroy; governor ∼HSK 3
历史学家 歷史學家 lì shǐ xué jiā historian ∼HSK 3
登上 登上 dēng shàng to climb over; to ascend onto; to mount ∼HSK 3
银行家 銀行家 yín háng jiā banker ∼HSK 3
内战 內戰 nèi zhàn civil war ∼HSK 3
企业家 企業家 qǐ yè jiā entrepreneur ∼HSK 3
性地 性地 xìng dì innate quality; natural disposition ∼HSK 3
所在地 所在地 suǒ zài dì location; site ∼HSK 3
殖民 殖民 zhí mín colony; colonial ∼HSK 3
史学家 史學家 shǐ xué jiā historian ∼HSK 3
考证 考證 kǎo zhèng to do textual research; to make textual criticism; to verify by means of research (esp. historical details); to take an exam to get a certificate ∼HSK 3
木 木 Mù tree; wood, lumber; wooden ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
史称 史稱 shǐ chēng to be known to history as ∼HSK 3
陆 陸 Lù land, continental; army ∼HSK 3
展 展 Zhǎn open, unfold; stretch, extend ∼HSK 3
设有 設有 shè yǒu to have; to incorporate; to feature ∼HSK 3
心目中 心目中 xīn mù zhōng in one's eyes; in one's estimation ∼HSK 3
农 農 Nóng agriculture, farming; farmer ∼HSK 3
不愿 不願 bù yuàn unwilling ∼HSK 3
舰 艦 jiàn warship ∼HSK 3
到任 到任 dào rèn to take office; to assume a post ∼HSK 3
一方 一方 yī fāng a party (in a contract or legal case); one side; area; region ∼HSK 3
自由主义 自由主義 zì yóu zhǔ yì liberalism ∼HSK 3
全国性 全國性 quán guó xìng national ∼HSK 3
交易所 交易所 jiāo yì suǒ exchange; stock exchange ∼HSK 3
短时间 短時間 duǎn shí jiān short term; short time ∼HSK 3
失 失 shī lose; make mistake, neglect ∼HSK 3
强有力 強有力 qiáng yǒu lì strong; forceful ∼HSK 3
对美 對美 duì Měi (policy etc) towards America ∼HSK 3
择 擇 zé select, choose, pick out ∼HSK 3
人烟 人煙 rén yān sign of human habitation ∼HSK 3
历 歷 lì history; calendar ∼HSK 3
民 民 Mín people, subjects, citizens ∼HSK 3