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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每日 每日 měi rì daily; (soup etc) of the day ∼HSK 2
在位 在位 zài wèi to be on the throne; to reign; to hold a particular leadership position ∼HSK 2
写道 寫道 xiě dào to write (used before or after a quoted passage) ∼HSK 2
更为 更為 gèng wéi even more ∼HSK 2
又一次 又一次 yòu yī cì yet again; once again; once more ∼HSK 2
词语 詞語 cí yǔ word (general term including monosyllables through to short phrases); term (e.g. technical term); expression HSK 2
走进 走進 zǒu jìn to enter HSK 2
大自然 大自然 dà zì rán nature (the natural world) HSK 2
秋天 秋天 qiū tiān autumn HSK 2
普通人 普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person; private citizen; people; the person in the street ∼HSK 2
名称 名稱 míng chēng name (of a thing); name (of an organization) HSK 2
这时候 這時候 zhè shíhòu At this moment HSK 2
走过 走過 zǒu guò to walk past; to pass by HSK 2
商人 商人 shāng rén merchant; businessman HSK 2
西方 西方 Xī fāng the West; the Occident; Western countries HSK 2
多数 多數 duō shù majority; most HSK 2
参观 參觀 cān guān to look around; to tour; to visit HSK 2
刻 刻 kè quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals HSK 2
大门 大門 Dà mén the Doors, US rock band HSK 2
科学家 科學家 kē xué jiā scientist HSK 2
大大 大大 dà dà greatly; enormously; (dialect) dad; uncle HSK 2
云 云 yún (classical) to say HSK 2
以外 以外 yǐ wài apart from; other than; except for; external; outside of; on the other side of; beyond HSK 2
准确 準確 zhǔn què accurate; exact; precise HSK 2
不好意思 不好意思 bù hǎo yì si to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb) HSK 2
人口 人口 rén kǒu population; people HSK 2
不久 不久 bù jiǔ not long (after); before too long; soon; soon after HSK 2
感动 感動 gǎn dòng to move (sb); to touch (sb emotionally); moving HSK 2
重复 重複 chóng fù to repeat; to duplicate HSK 2
好处 好處 hǎo chǔ easy to get along with HSK 2
公里 公里 gōng lǐ kilometer HSK 2
院 院 yuàn courtyard; institution HSK 2
单位 單位 dān wèi unit (of measure); unit (group of people as a whole); work unit (place of employment, esp. in the PRC prior to economic reform) HSK 2
河 河 hé river HSK 2
收入 收入 shōu rù to take in; income; revenue HSK 2
响 響 xiǎng echo; sound; noise; to make a sound; to sound; to ring; loud; classifier for noises HSK 2
的话 的話 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
以上 以上 yǐ shàng that level or higher; that amount or more; the above-mentioned; (used to indicate that one has completed one's remarks) That is all. HSK 2
出生 出生 chū shēng to be born HSK 2
空气 空氣 kōng qì air; atmosphere HSK 2
太阳 太陽 tài yang sun; abbr. for 太阳穴 HSK 2
地球 地球 dì qiú the earth HSK 2
什么样 什麼樣 shén me yàng what kind?; what sort? HSK 2
多么 多麼 duō me how (wonderful etc); what (a great idea etc); however (difficult it may be etc); (in interrogative sentences) how (much etc); to what extent HSK 2
角度 角度 jiǎo dù angle; point of view HSK 2
经理 經理 jīng lǐ manager; director HSK 2
大量 大量 dà liàng great amount; large quantity; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous HSK 2
食物 食物 shí wù food HSK 2
千 千 qiān thousand HSK 2
提高 提高 tí gāo to raise; to increase; to improve HSK 2