The Rise of the Great Powers

Episode review

The Pioneer of Industrialisation: Britain

S1E4 · 工业先声（英国·下） gōngyè xiānshēng （ yīngguó · xià ）

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4.84 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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细密 細密 xì mì fine (texture); meticulous; careful; detailed ∼HSK 4
高效能 高效能 gāo xiào néng highly efficient; effectivity ∼HSK 4
位列 位列 wèi liè to rank ∼HSK 4
知识产权 知識產權 zhī shi chǎn quán intellectual property rights (law) ∼HSK 4
君主 君主 jūn zhǔ monarch; sovereign ∼HSK 4
粗大 粗大 cū dà thick; bulky; loud ∼HSK 4
效能 效能 xiào néng efficacy; effectiveness ∼HSK 4
从何 從何 cóng hé whence?; where from? ∼HSK 4
万有引力 萬有引力 wàn yǒu yǐn lì gravity ∼HSK 4
永 永 yǒng long, perpetual, eternal, forever ∼HSK 4
哲学家 哲學家 zhé xué jiā philosopher ∼HSK 4
真切 真切 zhēn qiè vivid; distinct; clear; sincere; honest ∼HSK 4
烦人 煩人 fán rén to annoy; annoying; irritating; troublesome ∼HSK 4
绚丽 絢麗 xuàn lì gorgeous; magnificent ∼HSK 4
研究人员 研究人員 yán jiū rén yuán research worker; research personnel ∼HSK 4
威 威 wēi pomp, power; powerful; dominate ∼HSK 4
安息 安息 Ān xī Parthia (ancient country in central Asia) ∼HSK 4
伯爵 伯爵 bó jué earl; count; earldom or countship (old) ∼HSK 4
大法官 大法官 dà fǎ guān grand justice; high court justice; supreme court justice ∼HSK 4
泰 泰 Tài great, exalted, superior; big ∼HSK 4
受制 受制 shòu zhì to be controlled (by sb); to suffer under a yoke ∼HSK 4
世纪末 世紀末 shì jì mò end of the century ∼HSK 4
虑 慮 lǜ be concerned, worry about ∼HSK 4
律 律 Lǜ statute, principle, regulation ∼HSK 4
中世纪 中世紀 zhōng shì jì medieval; Middle Ages ∼HSK 4
阵雨 陣雨 zhèn yǔ shower (rain) ∼HSK 4
巨 巨 jù large, great, enormous; chief ∼HSK 4
散座 散座 sǎn zuò single seat (in theater); irregular passenger (in rickshaw) ∼HSK 4
一轮 一輪 yī lún first round or stage (of a match, election, talks, planned policy etc) ∼HSK 4
经济体系 經濟體系 jīng jì tǐ xì economic system ∼HSK 4
杰 傑 jié hero; heroic, outstanding ∼HSK 4
追忆 追憶 zhuī yì to recollect; to recall (past times); to look back ∼HSK 4
中叶 中葉 zhōng yè mid- (e.g. mid-century); middle period ∼HSK 4
想象力 想象力 xiǎng xiàng lì imagination ∼HSK 4
穹顶 穹頂 qióng dǐng dome; vault; domed roof ∼HSK 4
相聚 相聚 xiāng jù to meet together; to assemble ∼HSK 4
人潮 人潮 rén cháo a tide of people ∼HSK 4
动植物 動植物 dòng zhí wù plants and animals; flora and fauna ∼HSK 4
登基 登基 dēng jī to ascend the throne ∼HSK 4
腰身 腰身 yāo shēn waist; waistline ∼HSK 4
役 役 yì service; a servant, laborer; to serve ∼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
轮船 輪船 lún chuán steamship; steamer; steamboat HSK 4
率先 率先 shuài xiān to take the lead; to show initiative HSK 4
茶叶 茶葉 chá yè tea; tea leaves HSK 4
扩展 擴展 kuò zhǎn to extend; to expand; extension; expansion HSK 4
研制 研製 yán zhì to research and manufacture; to research and to develop HSK 4
逐步 逐步 zhú bù progressively; step by step HSK 4
迫切 迫切 pò qiè urgent; pressing HSK 4
实用 實用 shí yòng practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science) HSK 4