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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Vocabulary

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自己 自己 zì jǐ oneself; one's own HSK 2
但 但 dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just HSK 2
让 讓 ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
干 乹 gān dry; dried food; empty; hollow; taken in to nominal kinship; adoptive; foster; futile; in vain; (dialect) rude; blunt; (dialect) to cold-shoulder Xiehouyu HSK 1
小的 小的 xiǎo de (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
看看 看看 kàn kan to take a look at; to examine; to survey; (coll.) pretty soon Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
山 山 shān mountain; hill; (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on Colloquialism HSK 1
那 那 nà (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
美国 美國 Měi guó United States; USA; US Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
英国 英國 Yīng guó United Kingdom (UK); Britain Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
美国人 美國人 Měi guó rén American; American person; American people Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
苏联 蘇聯 Sū lián Soviet Union, 1922-1991; abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
法国 法國 Fǎ guó France Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
德国 德國 Dé guó Germany Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
日本 日本 Rì běn Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
明和 明和 Míng hé Minghe, rail station in South Taiwan; Meiwa (Japanese reign name 1764-1772); Meiwa (common name for Japanese companies or schools) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
一个 一個 yīge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
大国 大國 dà guó a power (i.e. a dominant country) ∼HSK 1
著 著 zhù manifest; (Cant.) to wear ∼HSK 1
这个 這個 zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
工 工 gōng labor, work; worker, laborer ∼HSK 1
第一次 第一次 dì yī cì the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
二十 二十 èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
这是 這是 zhè shì this is; this is the ... ∼HSK 1
那个 那個 nàge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
商 商 Shāng commerce, business, trade ∼HSK 1
明 明 Míng bright, light, brilliant; clear ∼HSK 1
候 候 hòu wait; expect; visit; greet ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
影 影 yǐng shadow; image, reflection; photograph ∼HSK 1
十六 十六 shí liù sixteen; 16 ∼HSK 1
一家 一家 yī jiā the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group ∼HSK 1
这位 這位 zhè wèi this (person) ∼HSK 1
也就是 也就是 yě jiù shì in other words; i.e. ∼HSK 1
看不见 看不見 kàn bu jiàn cannot see; cannot be seen; invisible ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
每天 每天 měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
不可 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
什 什 shén file of ten soldiers; mixed, miscellaneous ∼HSK 1
於 於 Yū in, at, on; interjection alas! ∼HSK 1
中的 中的 zhòng dì to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 1
聆听 聆聽 líng tīng to listen (respectfully) ∼HSK 1
不在 不在 bù zài not to be present; to be out; (euphemism) to pass away; to be deceased ∼HSK 1
不是 不是 bù shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
俄国 俄國 É guó Russia ∼HSK 1
有一次 有一次 yǒu yī cì once; once upon a time ∼HSK 1