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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田园 田園 tián yuán fields; countryside; rural; bucolic ∼HSK 6
入不敷出 入不敷出 rù bù fū chū income does not cover expenditure; unable to make ends meet ∼HSK 6
抗税 抗稅 kàng shuì to refuse to pay taxes; to boycott taxes ∼HSK 6
民宅 民宅 mín zhái house; people's homes ∼HSK 6
距今 距今 jù jīn before the present; (a long period) ago ∼HSK 6
宗主国 宗主國 zōng zhǔ guó suzerain state; mother country (of a colony) ∼HSK 6
霸主 霸主 bà zhǔ a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); overlord; hegemon ∼HSK 6
沙皇 沙皇 shā huáng czar (loanword) ∼HSK 6
康乾盛世 康乾盛世 kāng qián shèng shì booming and golden age of Qing dynasty (from Kang Xi to Qian Long emperors) ∼HSK 6
依附 依附 yī fù to adhere; to attach oneself to; to append ∼HSK 6
主权国家 主權國家 zhǔ quán guó jiā sovereign country ∼HSK 6
开播 開播 kāi bō (agriculture) to begin sowing; (of a radio or TV station) to start broadcasting; (of a radio or TV station) to start to air (a program) ∼HSK 6
援军 援軍 yuán jūn (military) reinforcements ∼HSK 6
独立战争 獨立戰爭 dú lì zhàn zhēng war of independence ∼HSK 6
打理 打理 dǎ lǐ to take care of; to sort out; to manage; to put in order ∼HSK 6
农庄 農莊 nóng zhuāng farm; ranch ∼HSK 6
不经意间 不經意間 bù jīng yì jiān without paying attention; without noticing; unconsciously; inadvertently ∼HSK 6
有权威 有權威 yǒu quán wēi authoritative ∼HSK 6
成文 成文 chéng wén written; statutory ∼HSK 6
证券市场 證券市場 zhèng quàn shì chǎng financial market ∼HSK 6
筹资 籌資 chóu zī to raise resources ∼HSK 6
偷渡 偷渡 tōu dù illegal immigration; to stowaway (on a ship); to steal across the international border; to run a blockade ∼HSK 6
荒地 荒地 huāng dì wasteland; uncultivated land ∼HSK 6
跨越式 跨越式 kuà yuè shì breakthrough; going beyond; leap-forward; unusual new development ∼HSK 6
悬而未决 懸而未決 xuán ér wèi jué (idiom) pending a decision; hanging in the balance ∼HSK 6
险些 險些 xiǎn xiē narrowly; almost; nearly ∼HSK 6
肢解 肢解 zhī jiě to dismember; (fig.) to break into parts ∼HSK 6
物产 物產 wù chǎn products; produce; natural resources ∼HSK 6
劳作 勞作 láo zuò work; manual labor ∼HSK 6
奴隶制度 奴隸制度 nú lì zhì dù slavery ∼HSK 6
州立 州立 zhōu lì state-run ∼HSK 6
英亩 英畝 yīng mǔ acre ∼HSK 6
狭长 狹長 xiá cháng long and narrow ∼HSK 6
腹地 腹地 fù dì hinterland; interior; outback ∼HSK 6
荒芜 荒蕪 huāng wú left to return to unchecked growth; overgrown; grown wild ∼HSK 6
革命性 革命性 gé mìng xìng revolutionary ∼HSK 6
专利局 專利局 zhuān lì jú patent office ∼HSK 6
发明创造 發明創造 fā míng chuàng zào to invent and innovate; inventions and innovations ∼HSK 6
吞并 吞併 tūn bìng to annex ∼HSK 6
沿海 沿海 yán hǎi coastal HSK 6
首次 首次 shǒu cì first; first time; for the first time HSK 6
殖民地 殖民地 zhí mín dì colony HSK 6
分工 分工 fēn gōng to divide up the work; division of labor HSK 6
化解 化解 huà jiě to dissolve; to resolve (contradictions); to dispel (doubts); to iron out (difficulties); to defuse (conflicts); to neutralize (fears) HSK 6
变换 變換 biàn huàn to transform; to convert; to vary; to alternate; a transformation HSK 6
船只 船隻 chuán zhī ship; boat; vessel HSK 6
创办 創辦 chuàng bàn to establish; to found; to launch HSK 6
广阔 廣闊 guǎng kuò wide; vast HSK 6
开创 開創 kāi chuàng to initiate; to start; to found HSK 6
桥梁 橋梁 qiáo liáng bridge (lit. and fig.) HSK 6