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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拥有 擁有 yōng yǒu to have; to possess HSK 5
组织 組織 zǔ zhī to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave HSK 5
控制 控制 kòng zhì to control HSK 5
其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
高潮 高潮 gāo cháo high tide; high water; upsurge; peak of activity; climax (of a story, a competition etc); to have an orgasm Xiehouyu HSK 4
烧 燒 shāo to burn; to cook; to stew; to bake; to roast; to heat; to boil (tea, water etc); fever; to run a temperature; (coll.) to let things go to one's head Colloquialism HSK 4
大英帝国 大英帝國 Dà yīng Dì guó British Empire Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
林肯 林肯 Lín kěn Lincoln (name); Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), US president 1861-1865; Lincoln, US car make Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
工业革命 工業革命 Gōng yè Gé mìng Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
威廉斯堡 威廉斯堡 Wēi lián sī bǎo Williamsburg, Virginia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
美利坚 美利堅 Měi lì jiān America Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
普利茅斯 普利茅斯 Pǔ lì máo sī Plymouth Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大西洋 大西洋 Dà xī yáng Atlantic Ocean Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
马萨诸塞州 馬薩諸塞州 Mǎ sà zhū sài zhōu Massachusetts, US state Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
法兰西 法蘭西 Fǎ lán xī France Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
美利坚合众国 美利堅合眾國 Měi lì jiān Hé zhòng guó United States of America Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
美洲大陆 美洲大陸 Měi zhōu dà lù the Americas; North and South American continents Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
印第安人 印第安人 Yìn dì ān rén American Indians Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
弗吉尼亚州 弗吉尼亞州 Fú jí ní yà zhōu Virginia, US state Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
弗吉尼亚 弗吉尼亞 Fú jí ní yà variant of 弗吉尼亞州|弗吉尼亚州; Virginia, US state Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
南美洲 南美洲 Nán měi zhōu South America Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圣地 聖地 shèng dì holy land (of a religion); sacred place; shrine; holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc); center of historic interest Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中印 中印 Zhōng Yìn China-India Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
英军 英軍 Yīng jūn British army Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
列克星顿 列克星頓 Liè kè xīng dùn Lexington, Massachusetts Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
美国独立战争 美國獨立戰爭 Měi guó Dú lì Zhàn zhēng American War of Independence (1775-1783) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
造物主 造物主 Zào wù zhǔ the Creator (in religion or mythology); God Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
塞缪尔 塞繆爾 Sāi miù ěr Samuel (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
莱特 萊特 Lái tè Wright (surname) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
亚伯拉罕 亞伯拉罕 Yà bó lā hǎn (name) Abraham; Abraham, Biblical patriarch regarded as the founder of monotheism Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
托马斯 托馬斯 Tuō mǎ sī Thomas (male name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
杰弗逊 傑弗遜 Jié fú xùn Jefferson; capital of Missouri Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
第二次世界大战 第二次世界大戰 Dì - èr Cì Shì jiè Dà zhàn World War II Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
工业化 工業化 gōng yè huà to industrialize; industrialization ∼HSK 4
世界第一 世界第一 shì jiè dì yī ranked number one in the world; the world's first ∼HSK 4
君主 君主 jūn zhǔ monarch; sovereign ∼HSK 4
奴 奴 nú slave, servant ∼HSK 4
牛仔 牛仔 niú zǎi cowboy ∼HSK 4
二十世纪 二十世紀 èr shí shì jì 20th century ∼HSK 4
远道而来 遠道而來 yuǎn dào ér lái to come from far away ∼HSK 4
航程 航程 háng chéng flight; voyage; distance traveled; range (of an airplane or ship) ∼HSK 4
未知 未知 wèi zhī unknown ∼HSK 4
宪章 憲章 xiàn zhāng charter ∼HSK 4
个例 個例 gè lì specific example; rare instance ∼HSK 4
字样 字樣 zì yàng model or template character; written slogan or phrase; mention (e.g. "air mail" 航空 on a letter, "first draft" 初稿 on a document etc) ∼HSK 4
怀 懷 Huái bosom, breast; carry in bosom ∼HSK 4
东侧 東側 dōng cè east side; east face ∼HSK 4