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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呈现 呈現 chéng xiàn to appear; to emerge; to present (a certain appearance); to demonstrate HSK 7
相对 相對 xiāng duì relatively; opposite; to resist; to oppose; relative; vis-a-vis; counterpart HSK 7
荣誉 榮譽 róng yù honor; credit; glory; (honorable) reputation; honorary HSK 7
独 獨 dú alone; independent; single; sole; only HSK 7
联邦 聯邦 lián bāng federal; federation; commonwealth; federal union; federal state; union HSK 7
保障 保障 bǎo zhàng to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard HSK 7
能源 能源 néng yuán energy; power source HSK 7
引发 引發 yǐn fā to lead to; to trigger; to initiate; to cause; to evoke (emotions) HSK 7
奇迹 奇跡 qí jì miracle; miraculous; wonder; marvel HSK 7
一阵 一陣 yī zhèn a burst; a fit; a peal; a spell (period of time) HSK 7
创 創 chuāng a wound; cut; injury; trauma HSK 7
革命 革命 gé mìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) HSK 7
产 產 chǎn to give birth; to reproduce; to produce; product; resource; estate; property HSK 7
斗 斗 dòu to fight; to struggle; to condemn; to censure; to contend; to put together; coming together HSK 7
业 業 yè line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already HSK 7
剂 劑 jì dose (medicine) HSK 7
获胜 獲勝 huò shèng victorious; to win; to triumph HSK 7
艘 艘 sōu classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sāo] HSK 7
领域 領域 lǐng yù domain; sphere; field; territory; area HSK 7
制 製 zhì to manufacture; to make HSK 7
需 需 xū to require; to need; to want; necessity; need HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
天高皇帝远 天高皇帝遠 tiān gāo huáng dì yuǎn lit. the sky is high and the emperor is far away (idiom); fig. remote places are beyond the reach of the central government Idiom ∼HSK 6
四分五裂 四分五裂 sì fēn - wǔ liè (idiom) fragmented; scattered; in disarray; at sixes and sevens Idiom ∼HSK 6
破天荒 破天荒 pò tiān huāng unprecedented; for the first time; never before; first ever Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
越野 越野 yuè yě cross country ∼HSK 6
清教徒 清教徒 qīng jiào tú Puritan ∼HSK 6
独立宣言 獨立宣言 dú lì xuān yán Declaration of Independence ∼HSK 6
征税 徵稅 zhēng shuì to levy taxes ∼HSK 6
印花税 印花稅 yìn huā shuì stamp duty ∼HSK 6
种植业 種植業 zhòng zhí yè plantation ∼HSK 6
股份公司 股份公司 gǔ fèn gōng sī joint-stock company ∼HSK 6
纪念堂 紀念堂 jì niàn táng memorial hall; mausoleum ∼HSK 6
遥遥 遙遙 yáo yáo distant; remote ∼HSK 6
相望 相望 xiāng wàng to look at one another; to face each other ∼HSK 6
耕种 耕種 gēng zhòng to till; to cultivate ∼HSK 6
荒漠 荒漠 huāng mò desert; desolate wilderness; barren wasteland; vast and desolate ∼HSK 6
专利权 專利權 zhuān lì quán patent right ∼HSK 6
星条旗 星條旗 xīng tiáo qí Stars and Stripes, the flag of the United States ∼HSK 6
挥洒 揮灑 huī sǎ to sprinkle; to shed (tears, blood etc); fig. free, unconstrained; to write in a free style ∼HSK 6
与生俱来 與生俱來 yǔ shēng jù lái inherent; innate ∼HSK 6
商议 商議 shāng yì to negotiate; discussion; proposal ∼HSK 6
飘洋过海 飄洋過海 piāo yáng guò hǎi 飘: whirlwind, cyclone; floating · 洋: ocean, sea; foreign; western · 过: pass, pass through, go across · 海: sea, ocean; maritime ∼HSK 6
漂泊 漂泊 piāo bó (of a boat) to float; to drift; to lie at anchor; (fig.) to roam; to lead a wandering existence ∼HSK 6
和服 和服 hé fú kimono ∼HSK 6
冒险者 冒險者 mào xiǎn zhě adventurer ∼HSK 6