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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连绵不断 連綿不斷 lián mián bù duàn 连: join, connect; continuous; even · 绵: cotton wad; wool; soft, downy · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 断: sever, cut off; interrupt Idiom ∼HSK 7
得天独厚 得天獨厚 dé tiān dú hòu blessed by heaven (idiom); enjoying exceptional advantages; favored by nature Idiom HSK 7
格格不入 格格不入 gé gé bù rù (idiom) inharmonious; incompatible Idiom HSK 7
一言不发 一言不發 yī yán bù fā to not say a word (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
名副其实 名副其實 míng fù qí shí not just in name only, but also in reality (idiom); aptly named; worthy of the name Idiom HSK 7
一无所有 一無所有 yī wú suǒ yǒu not having anything at all (idiom); utterly lacking; without two sticks to rub together Idiom HSK 7
成千上万 成千上萬 chéng qiān shàng wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands Idiom HSK 7
微不足道 微不足道 wēi bù zú dào negligible; insignificant Xiehouyu HSK 7
罕见 罕見 hǎn jiàn rare; rarely seen Xiehouyu HSK 7
冒险 冒險 mào xiǎn to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure Xiehouyu HSK 7
损 損 sǔn to decrease; to lose; to damage; to harm; (coll.) to ridicule; to deride; (coll.) caustic; sarcastic; nasty; mean; one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes: ䷨ Colloquialism HSK 7
受过 受過 shòu guò to take the blame (for sb else) HSK 7
开垦 開墾 kāi kěn to clear a wild area for cultivation; to put under the plow HSK 7
艰险 艱險 jiān xiǎn difficult and dangerous; hardships and perils HSK 7
肥沃 肥沃 féi wò fertile HSK 7
盛产 盛產 shèng chǎn to produce in abundance; to be rich in HSK 7
辽阔 遼闊 liáo kuò vast; extensive HSK 7
一系列 一系列 yī xì liè a series of; a string of HSK 7
谢绝 謝絕 xiè jué to refuse politely HSK 7
威望 威望 wēi wàng prestige HSK 7
交纳 交納 jiāo nà to pay (taxes or dues) HSK 7
飘扬 飄揚 piāo yáng to wave; to flutter; to fly HSK 7
停泊 停泊 tíng bó to anchor; anchorage; mooring (of a ship) HSK 7
折射 折射 zhé shè to refract; refraction; to reflect (in the figurative sense: to show the nature of) HSK 7
历时 歷時 lì shí to last; to take (time); period; diachronic HSK 7
世代 世代 shì dài for many generations; generation; era; age HSK 7
歌颂 歌頌 gē sòng to sing the praises of; to extol; to eulogize HSK 7
渊源 淵源 yuān yuán origin; source; relationship HSK 7
山脉 山脈 shān mài mountain range HSK 7
港湾 港灣 gǎng wān bay serving as a harbor HSK 7
就任 就任 jiù rèn to take office; to assume a post HSK 7
征收 徵收 zhēng shōu to levy (a tax); to expropriate HSK 7
沿岸 沿岸 yán àn coastal area; littoral or riparian HSK 7
涵盖 涵蓋 hán gài to cover; to comprise; to include HSK 7
安详 安詳 ān xiáng serene HSK 7
界定 界定 jiè dìng definition; to delimit HSK 7
用人 用人 yòng rén servant; to employ sb for a job; to manage people; to be in need of staff HSK 7
丛 叢 cóng cluster; collection; collection of books; thicket HSK 7
乃至 乃至 nǎi zhì and even; to go so far as to HSK 7
承载 承載 chéng zài to bear the weight; to sustain HSK 7
辞去 辭去 cí qù to resign; to quit HSK 7
揣 揣 chuāi to put into (one's pockets, clothes); Taiwan pr. [chuǎi] HSK 7
上头 上頭 shàng tóu (of alcohol) to go to one's head; (old) (of a bride-to-be) to bind one's hair into a bun; (of a prostitute) to receive a patron for the first time HSK 7
纪念碑 紀念碑 jì niàn bēi monument HSK 7
公约 公約 gōng yuē convention (i.e. international agreement) HSK 7
相继 相繼 xiāng jì in succession; following closely HSK 7
技艺 技藝 jì yì skill; art HSK 7
源泉 源泉 yuán quán fountainhead; well-spring; water source; fig. origin HSK 7
泛滥 泛濫 fàn làn to be in flood; to overflow (the banks); to inundate; to spread unchecked HSK 7
运河 運河 yùn hé canal HSK 7