The Rise of the Great Powers

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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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于是 於是 yú shì thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence HSK 4
投 投 tóu to cast; to send; to throw oneself (into the river etc); to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of HSK 4
无论 無論 wú lùn no matter what or how; regardless of whether... HSK 4
而是 而是 ér shì rather HSK 4
位置 位置 wèi zhi position; place; seat HSK 4
几乎 幾乎 jī hū almost; nearly; practically HSK 4
似乎 似乎 sì hū it seems; seemingly; as if HSK 4
梦 夢 mèng dream; (bound form) to dream HSK 4
历史 歷史 lì shǐ history HSK 4
法律 法律 fǎ lǜ law HSK 4
包括 包括 bāo kuò to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of HSK 4
严重 嚴重 yán zhòng grave; serious; severe; critical HSK 4
看来 看來 kàn lai apparently; it seems that HSK 4
局 侷 jú narrow HSK 4
获得 獲得 huò dé to obtain; to receive; to get HSK 4
根据 根據 gēn jù according to; based on; basis; foundation HSK 4
提供 提供 tí gōng to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish HSK 4
自 自 zì self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely HSK 4
系统 系統 xì tǒng system HSK 4
曾 曾 céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
政府 政府 zhèng fǔ government HSK 4
处 處 chǔ to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish HSK 4
对于 對於 duì yú regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to HSK 4
之前 之前 zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
甚至 甚至 shèn zhì even; so much so that HSK 4
之间 之間 zhī jiān (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) HSK 4
作为 作為 zuò wéi one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be HSK 4
选择 選擇 xuǎn zé to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative HSK 4
无 無 wú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
深刻 深刻 shēn kè profound; deep; deep-going Xiehouyu HSK 3
血 血 xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
牛顿 牛頓 Niú dùn Newton (name); Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727), British mathematician and physicist Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
拿破仑 拿破侖 Ná pò lún variant of Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
詹姆斯 詹姆斯 Zhān mǔ sī James (name); LeBron James (1984-), NBA player Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
马克思 馬克思 Mǎ kè sī Marx (name); Karl Marx (1818-1883), German revolutionary, economist and historian Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
康熙 康熙 Kāng xī Kangxi, title of the reign (1661-1722) of the Kangxi Emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
西北部 西北部 Xī běi bù northwest part Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
美洲 美洲 Měi zhōu America (including North, Central and South America); the Americas; abbr. for Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
强国 強國 Qiáng guó (ironically) mainland China (Taiwan & Hong Kong usage) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
星期五 星期五 Xīng qī wǔ Friday Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
北美 北美 Běi měi North America Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
白银 白銀 Bái yín Baiyin, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
南非 南非 Nán fēi South Africa; Southern Africa Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
朝阳 朝陽 Cháo yáng Chaoyang, prefecture-level city in Liaoning Province; Chaoyang, a county in Chaoyang City, Liaoning; Chaoyang, an inner district of Beijing; Chaoyang, a district of Changchun City, Jilin; Chaoyang, a district of Shantou City, Guangdong Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
和美 和美 Hé měi Hemei or Homei Town in Changhua County, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
女王 女王 nǚ wáng queen ∼HSK 3
诺 諾 nuò promise; assent, approve ∼HSK 3