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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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
星星 星星 xīng xing (coll.) a star; the stars in the sky Colloquialism HSK 2
伦敦 倫敦 Lún dūn London, capital of United Kingdom Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
上汽 上汽 Shàng Qì abbr. for 上海汽車工業集團|上海汽车工业集团, Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. (SAIC) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
西班牙 西班牙 Xī bān yá Spain Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
波兰 波蘭 Bō lán Poland Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
如果说 如果說 rú guǒ shuō if; if one were to say ∼HSK 2
发动机 發動機 fā dòng jī engine; motor ∼HSK 2
历史上 歷史上 lì shǐ shàng historical; in history ∼HSK 2
将会 將會 jiāng huì auxiliary verb introducing future action: may (be able to); will (cause); should (enable); going to ∼HSK 2
最为 最為 zuì wéi the most ∼HSK 2
一只 一隻 yī zhǐ one (measure word for animals, boats, certain objects); a single ... ∼HSK 2
斯 斯 Sī this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle ∼HSK 2
波 波 Bō waves, breakers; undulations ∼HSK 2
几千 幾千 jǐ qiān several thousand ∼HSK 2
艾萨克 艾薩克 Ài sà kè Isaac (name) ∼HSK 2
了当 了當 liǎo dàng frank; outspoken; ready; settled; in order; (old) to deal with; to handle ∼HSK 2
尼 尼 ní Buddhist nun; transliteration ∼HSK 2
小店 小店 xiǎo diàn small store ∼HSK 2
英 英 Yīng petal, flower, leaf; brave, a hero; England, English ∼HSK 2
澳大利亚 澳大利亞 Ào dà lì yà Australia ∼HSK 2
万国 萬國 wàn guó all nations ∼HSK 2
出海 出海 chū hǎi to go out to sea; (neologism) to expand into overseas markets ∼HSK 2
酒馆 酒館 jiǔ guǎn tavern; pub; wine shop ∼HSK 2
变卖 變賣 biàn mài to sell off (one's property) ∼HSK 2
发明家 發明家 fā míng jiā inventor ∼HSK 2
全民 全民 quán mín entire population (of a country) ∼HSK 2
用得上 用得上 yòng de shàng needed; to come in useful ∼HSK 2
过气 過氣 guò qì past one's prime; has-been ∼HSK 2
难懂 難懂 nán dǒng difficult to understand ∼HSK 2
具 具 jù tool, implement; draw up, write ∼HSK 2
脚下 腳下 jiǎo xià under the foot ∼HSK 2
亿万 億萬 yì wàn millions and millions ∼HSK 2
头上 頭上 tóu shàng overhead; above ∼HSK 2
在此 在此 zài cǐ hereto; here ∼HSK 2
观 觀 Guàn see, observe, view; appearance ∼HSK 2
思想家 思想家 sī xiǎng jiā thinker ∼HSK 2
备 備 bèi prepare, ready, perfect ∼HSK 2
屠夫 屠夫 tú fū butcher; fig. murderous dictator ∼HSK 2
熟知 熟知 shú zhī to be well acquainted with ∼HSK 2
让坐 讓坐 ràng zuò variant of ∼HSK 2
助教 助教 zhù jiào teaching assistant ∼HSK 2
国外市场 國外市場 guó wài shì chǎng foreign market ∼HSK 2
那种 那種 nà zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
汽船 汽船 qì chuán steamboat; steamship ∼HSK 2
令人 令人 lìng rén to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) ∼HSK 2