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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4.84 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
黑白分明 黑白分明 hēi bái fēn míng lit. black and white clearly contrasted (idiom); fig. unambiguous; black-and-white; in sharp contrast; to distinguish clearly right from wrong Idiom ∼HSK 2
够 夠 gòu enough (sufficient); enough (too much); (coll.) (before adj.) really; (coll.) to reach by stretching out Colloquialism HSK 2
非洲 非洲 Fēi zhōu Africa; abbr. for Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
西班牙 西班牙 Xī bān yá Spain Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
如果说 如果說 rú guǒ shuō if; if one were to say ∼HSK 2
英 英 Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
历史上 歷史上 lì shǐ shàng historical; in history ∼HSK 2
爱迪生 愛迪生 Ài dí shēng Edison (name); Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American inventor and businessman ∼HSK 2
自治 自治 zì zhì autonomy ∼HSK 2
经济发展 經濟發展 jīng jì fā zhǎn economic development ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
黑人 黑人 hēi rén black person; an illegal ∼HSK 2
克西 克西 kè Xī xi or ksi (Greek letter Ξξ) ∼HSK 2
发明家 發明家 fā míng jiā inventor ∼HSK 2
战 戰 zhàn war, fighting, battle ∼HSK 2
万人 萬人 wàn rén ten thousand people; all the people; everyman ∼HSK 2
数百 數百 shù bǎi several hundred ∼HSK 2
酒馆 酒館 jiǔ guǎn tavern; pub; wine shop ∼HSK 2
一套 一套 yī tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
下发 下發 xià fā to issue (a memorandum etc) to lower levels; to distribute (e.g. disaster relief to victims) ∼HSK 2
平米 平米 píng mǐ square meter; short for 平方米 ∼HSK 2
论 論 Lún debate; discuss; discourse ∼HSK 2
不得 不得 bù dé must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot ∼HSK 2
名叫 名叫 míng jiào called; named ∼HSK 2
得不到 得不到 dé bù dào cannot get; cannot obtain ∼HSK 2
法案 法案 fǎ àn bill; proposed law ∼HSK 2
字画 字畫 zì huà the strokes of a character; calligraphy and painting ∼HSK 2
画画 畫畫 huà huà to draw; to paint ∼HSK 2
国务卿 國務卿 guó wù qīng Secretary of State ∼HSK 2
发明人 發明人 fā míng rén inventor ∼HSK 2
建国 建國 jiàn guó to found a country; nation-building; the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949 ∼HSK 2
职 職 zhí duty, profession; office, post ∼HSK 2
节点 節點 jié diǎn node ∼HSK 2
走进 走進 zǒu jìn to enter HSK 2
东北 東北 Dōng běi Northeast China; Manchuria HSK 2
难题 難題 nán tí difficult problem HSK 2
商人 商人 shāng rén merchant; businessman HSK 2
平等 平等 píng děng equal; equality HSK 2
北方 北方 běi fāng north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River HSK 2
一共 一共 yī gòng altogether HSK 2