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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消息 消息 xiāo xi news; information HSK 3
部 部 bù ministry; department; section; part; division; troops; board; classifier for works of literature, films, machines etc HSK 3
连 連 lián to link; to join; to connect; continuously; in succession; including; (used with 也, 都 etc) even; company (military) HSK 3
使 使 shǐ to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger HSK 3
如何 如何 rú hé how; what way; what HSK 3
只有 只有 zhǐ yǒu only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才) it is only if one ... (that one can ...) (Example: 只有通过治疗才能痊愈 "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only ... (who ...) (Example: 要 "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to indicate that one has no alternative) one can only (do a certain thing) (Example: 服 "the only thing you can do is give in") HSK 3
任何 任何 rèn hé any; whatever; whichever; whatsoever HSK 3
由 由 yóu to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ... HSK 3
一切 一切 yī qiè everything; every; all HSK 3
美 美 Měi (bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 洲); (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美国) HSK 3
每 每 měi each; every HSK 3
总 總 zǒng general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 总经理 or 总编 etc HSK 3
内 內 nèi inside; inner; internal; within; interior HSK 3
关系 關係 guān xi relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi HSK 3
已 已 yǐ already; to stop; then; afterwards HSK 3
心 心 xīn heart; mind; intention; center; core HSK 3
世界 世界 shì jiè world HSK 3
只是 只是 zhǐ shì merely; only; just; nothing but; simply; but; however HSK 3
为了 為了 wèi le for; for the purpose of; in order to HSK 3
发生 發生 fā shēng to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out HSK 3
希望 希望 xī wàng to hope; a hope; a wish HSK 3
所 所 suǒ actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive HSK 3
并 並 bìng and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to merge HSK 3
开始 開始 kāi shǐ to begin; beginning; to start; initial HSK 3
需要 需要 xū yào to need; to want; to demand; to require; needs HSK 3
时 時 shí o'clock; time; when; hour; season; period HSK 3
就是 就是 jiù shì exactly; precisely; only; simply; just; (used correlatively with 也) even; even if HSK 3
被 被 bèi quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅游 to "go on a trip", for example) HSK 3
把 把 bǎ to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把 + {noun} + {verb}) HSK 3
巴黎 巴黎 Bā lí Paris, capital of France Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
大萧条 大蕭條 Dà Xiāo tiáo the Great Depression (1929-c. 1939) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
纽约 紐約 Niǔ yuē New York Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
约翰 約翰 Yuē hàn John (name); Johan (name); Johann (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
美国人民 美國人民 Měi guó rén mín the American people Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
波兰 波蘭 Bō lán Poland Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
奥 奧 Ào mysterious, obscure, profound ∼HSK 2
斯 斯 Sī this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle ∼HSK 2
历史上 歷史上 lì shǐ shàng historical; in history ∼HSK 2
始 始 shǐ begin, start; then, only then ∼HSK 2
汽 汽 qì steam, vapor, gas ∼HSK 2
百万 百萬 bǎi wàn million ∼HSK 2
走向 走向 zǒu xiàng direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for ∼HSK 2
经济发展 經濟發展 jīng jì fā zhǎn economic development ∼HSK 2
世 世 Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
爱迪生 愛迪生 Ài dí shēng Edison (name); Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American inventor and businessman ∼HSK 2
通明 通明 tōng míng brightly lit ∼HSK 2
电气 電氣 diàn qì electricity; electric; electrical ∼HSK 2
发展中 發展中 fā zhǎn zhōng developing; under development; in the pipeline ∼HSK 2
点亮 點亮 diǎn liàng to illuminate; to turn on the lights; to light (a blaze) ∼HSK 2