The Rise of the Great Powers

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Crisis and the New Deal: United States

S1E11 · 危局新政（美国·下） wēijú xīnzhèng （ měiguó · xià ）

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倾家荡产 傾家蕩產 qīng jiā dàng chǎn to lose a family fortune (idiom) Idiom HSK 7
自由自在 自由自在 zì yóu zì zài free and easy (idiom); carefree; leisurely Idiom HSK 7
举足轻重 舉足輕重 jǔ zú qīng zhòng to play a critical role (idiom); influential Idiom HSK 7
里程碑 里程碑 lǐ chéng bēi milestone 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
尖锐 尖銳 jiān ruì sharp; intense; penetrating; pointed; acute (illness) Xiehouyu HSK 7
独一无二 獨一無二 dú yī wú èr unique and unmatched (idiom); unrivalled; nothing compares with it Xiehouyu HSK 7
弊病 弊病 bì bìng malady; evil; malpractice; drawback; disadvantage HSK 7
优胜劣汰 優勝劣汰 yōu shèng liè tài survival of the fittest (idiom) HSK 7
艳丽 艷麗 yàn lì gorgeous; garish and beautiful HSK 7
一系列 一系列 yī xì liè a series of; a string of HSK 7
弊端 弊端 bì duān systemic problem (sometimes refers specifically to corrupt practices) HSK 7
私有 私有 sī yǒu private; privately-owned HSK 7
电讯 電訊 diàn xùn telecommunications; telecom HSK 7
矛头 矛頭 máo tóu spearhead; barb; an attack or criticism HSK 7
并购 併購 bìng gòu merger and acquisition (M and A); acquisition; to take over HSK 7
就任 就任 jiù rèn to take office; to assume a post HSK 7
幸免 倖免 xìng miǎn to avoid (an unpleasant fate) HSK 7
锈 鏽 xiù to rust HSK 7
爽快 爽快 shuǎng kuai refreshed; rejuvenated; frank and straightforward HSK 7
重创 重創 zhòng chuāng to inflict heavy losses; to inflict serious damage HSK 7
提炼 提煉 tí liàn to extract (ore, minerals etc); to refine; to purify; to process HSK 7
连任 連任 lián rèn to continue in (a political) office; to serve for another term of office HSK 7
旨在 旨在 zhǐ zài to have as its purpose; to be intended to; to aim to (do sth) HSK 7
力求 力求 lì qiú to make every effort to; striving to do one's best HSK 7
平日 平日 píng rì ordinary day; everyday; ordinarily; usually HSK 7
格局 格局 gé jú structure; pattern; layout HSK 7
动荡 動蕩 dòng dàng unrest (social or political); turmoil; upheaval; commotion HSK 7
传承 傳承 chuán chéng to pass on (to future generations); passed on (from former times); a continued tradition; an inheritance HSK 7
转折 轉折 zhuǎn zhé shift in the trend of events; turnaround; plot shift in a book; turn in the conversation HSK 7
揣 揣 chuāi to put into (one's pockets, clothes); Taiwan pr. [chuǎi] HSK 7
高额 高額 gāo é high quota; large amount HSK 7
后人 後人 hòu rén later generation HSK 7
飞速 飛速 fēi sù swift; rapidly HSK 7
就职 就職 jiù zhí to take office; to assume a post HSK 7
屏障 屏障 píng zhàng barrier HSK 7
落下 落下 luò xià to fall; to drop; to land (of projectile) HSK 7
相继 相繼 xiāng jì in succession; following closely HSK 7
复兴 復興 Fù xīng Fuxing district of Handan city 邯郸市, Hebei; Fuxing or Fuhsing township in Taoyuan county 桃园县, north Taiwan HSK 7
晒太阳 曬太陽 shài tài yáng to be in the sun (getting warm or sunbathing etc); to put sth in the sun (e.g. to dry it) HSK 7
衰退 衰退 shuāi tuì to decline; to fall; to drop; to falter; a decline; recession (in economics) HSK 7
日后 日後 rì hòu sometime; someday (in the future) HSK 7
中立 中立 zhōng lì neutral; neutrality HSK 7
绽放 綻放 zhàn fàng to blossom HSK 7
兴起 興起 xīng qǐ to rise; to spring up; to burgeon; to be aroused; to come into vogue HSK 7
颁布 頒布 bān bù to issue; to proclaim; to enact (laws, decrees etc) HSK 7
逃生 逃生 táo shēng to flee for one's life HSK 7
主宰 主宰 zhǔ zǎi to dominate; to rule; to dictate; master HSK 7
缸 缸 gāng jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry HSK 7
现行 現行 xiàn xíng to be in effect; in force; current HSK 7