The Rise of the Great Powers

Episode review

Thoughts on the Great Path: Conclusion

S1E12 · 大道行思（结篇） dàdào háng sī （ jiē piān ）

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Vocabulary

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变局 變局 biàn jú changing circumstances; turbulent situation ∼HSK 4
航线 航線 háng xiàn air or shipping route ∼HSK 4
划破 劃破 huá pò to cut open; to rip; to streak across (lightning, meteor etc); to pierce (scream, searchlight etc) ∼HSK 4
幽 幽 yōu quiet, secluded, tranquil; dark ∼HSK 4
荡 蕩 dàng pond, pool; wash away, cleanse ∼HSK 4
中世纪 中世紀 zhōng shì jì medieval; Middle Ages ∼HSK 4
未知 未知 wèi zhī unknown ∼HSK 4
怀 懷 Huái bosom, breast; carry in bosom ∼HSK 4
王室 王室 wáng shì royal family; royal household ∼HSK 4
远航 遠航 yuǎn háng to travel a great distance by sea or air; voyage; long-haul flight ∼HSK 4
决定性 決定性 jué dìng xìng decisive; conclusive ∼HSK 4
揭开 揭開 jiē kāi to uncover; to open ∼HSK 4
定律 定律 dìng lǜ scientific law (e.g. law of conservation of energy); (in human affairs) a generalization based on observation (e.g. "power corrupts") ∼HSK 4
经济学家 經濟學家 jīng jì xué jiā economist ∼HSK 4
政治家 政治家 zhèng zhì jiā statesman; politician ∼HSK 4
资本市场 資本市場 zī běn shì chǎng capital market ∼HSK 4
自由市场 自由市場 zì yóu shì chǎng free market ∼HSK 4
工业化 工業化 gōng yè huà to industrialize; industrialization ∼HSK 4
尤其是 尤其是 yóu qí shì especially; most of all; above all; in particular ∼HSK 4
亚热带 亞熱帶 yà rè dài subtropical (zone or climate) ∼HSK 4
列强 列強 liè qiáng the Great Powers (history) ∼HSK 4
奋发图强 奮發圖強 fèn fā tú qiáng to work energetically for prosperity (of the country) ∼HSK 4
地盘 地盤 dì pán domain; territory under one's control; foundation of a building; base of operations; crust of earth ∼HSK 4
战车 戰車 zhàn chē war chariot; tank ∼HSK 4
雄 雄 xióng male of species; hero; manly ∼HSK 4
法则 法則 fǎ zé law; rule; code ∼HSK 4
可不 可不 kě bu that's just the way it is; exactly! ∼HSK 4
杜 杜 Dù stop, prevent; restrict; surname ∼HSK 4
科学技术 科學技術 kē xué jì shù science and technology ∼HSK 4
例证 例證 lì zhèng example; case in point ∼HSK 4
发展中国家 發展中國家 fā zhǎn zhōng guó jiā developing country ∼HSK 4
既有 既有 jì yǒu existing ∼HSK 4
开战 開戰 kāi zhàn to start a war; to make war; to battle against ∼HSK 4
意识到 意識到 yì shí dào to be aware of; to realize ∼HSK 4
不切实际 不切實際 bù qiè shí jì unrealistic; impractical ∼HSK 4
共存 共存 gòng cún to coexist ∼HSK 4
意味 意味 yì wèi meaning; implication; flavor; overtone; to mean; to imply; (Tw) to get a sense of ∼HSK 4
强弱 強弱 qiáng ruò strong or weak; intensity; amount of force or pressure ∼HSK 4
谢 謝 Xiè thank ∼HSK 4
温床 溫床 wēn chuáng hotbed; breeding ground; fig. breeding ground for crimes or sedition ∼HSK 4
永久和平 永久和平 yǒng jiǔ hé píng lasting peace; enduring peace ∼HSK 4
近代 近代 jìn dài the not-very-distant past; modern times, excluding recent decades; (in the context of Chinese history) the period from the Opium Wars until the May 4th Movement (mid-19th century to 1919); capitalist times (pre-1949) HSK 4
深厚 深厚 shēn hòu deep; profound HSK 4
率先 率先 shuài xiān to take the lead; to show initiative HSK 4
一再 一再 yī zài repeatedly HSK 4
构造 構造 gòu zào structure; composition; tectonic (geology) HSK 4
缩短 縮短 suō duǎn to curtail; to cut down HSK 4
西瓜 西瓜 xī guā watermelon HSK 4
逐步 逐步 zhú bù progressively; step by step HSK 4
征服 征服 zhēng fú to conquer; to subdue; to vanquish HSK 4