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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专利法 專利法 zhuān lì fǎ patent law ∼HSK 6
忙于 忙於 máng yú busy with ∼HSK 6
苦闷 苦悶 kǔ mèn depressed; dejected; feeling low ∼HSK 6
助产士 助產士 zhù chǎn shì midwife ∼HSK 6
产儿 產兒 chǎn ér newborn baby; fig. brand-new object ∼HSK 6
发明创造 發明創造 fā míng chuàng zào to invent and innovate; inventions and innovations ∼HSK 6
鼎盛 鼎盛 dǐng shèng thriving; flourishing ∼HSK 6
匍匐 匍匐 pú fú to crawl; to creep; to lie prostrate ∼HSK 6
打探 打探 dǎ tàn to make discreet inquiries; to scout out ∼HSK 6
国葬 國葬 guó zàng state funeral ∼HSK 6
安葬 安葬 ān zàng to bury (the dead) ∼HSK 6
哀歌 哀歌 āi gē mournful song; dirge; elegy ∼HSK 6
文人学士 文人學士 wén rén xué shì men of letters and scholars (idiom); the literati ∼HSK 6
君王 君王 jūn wáng monarch ∼HSK 6
称霸 稱霸 chēng bà lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon; to take a leading role; to build a personal fiefdom ∼HSK 6
顶峰 頂峰 dǐng fēng peak; summit; fig. high point; masterpiece ∼HSK 6
革命性 革命性 gé mìng xìng revolutionary ∼HSK 6
相貌 相貌 xiàng mào appearance ∼HSK 6
私利 私利 sī lì personal gain; (one's own) selfish interest ∼HSK 6
酿酒 釀酒 niàng jiǔ to make a fermented drink (i.e. to brew beer, make wine etc) ∼HSK 6
挥动 揮動 huī dòng to wave sth; to brandish ∼HSK 6
缔造 締造 dì zào to found; to create ∼HSK 6
纺织工业 紡織工業 fǎng zhī gōng yè textile industry ∼HSK 6
徽章 徽章 huī zhāng badge; emblem; insignia; crest; logo; coat of arms ∼HSK 6
世界强国 世界強國 shì jiè qiáng guó world power ∼HSK 6
清爽 清爽 qīng shuǎng fresh and cool; relaxed ∼HSK 6
命脉 命脈 mìng mài lifeline ∼HSK 6
国策 國策 guó cè a national policy ∼HSK 6
牧羊 牧羊 mù yáng to raise sheep; shepherd ∼HSK 6
种植园 種植園 zhòng zhí yuán plantation ∼HSK 6
田园 田園 tián yuán fields; countryside; rural; bucolic ∼HSK 6
灰暗 灰暗 huī àn dull gray; drab; murky ∼HSK 6
竖起 豎起 shù qǐ to erect (a tent etc); to prick up (one's ears); to raise (one's eyebrows); to stick up (one's thumb); to turn up (one's collar); (of a bird) to puff up (one's feathers) ∼HSK 6
高耸 高聳 gāo sǒng erect; towering; to stand tall ∼HSK 6
回荡 迴盪 huí dàng to resound; to reverberate; to echo ∼HSK 6
高炉 高爐 gāo lú blast furnace ∼HSK 6
总产量 總產量 zǒng chǎn liàng total output ∼HSK 6
棉布 棉布 mián bù cotton cloth ∼HSK 6
蒸汽机车 蒸汽機車 zhēng qì jī chē steam locomotive ∼HSK 6
残存 殘存 cán cún to survive; remnant ∼HSK 6
政界 政界 zhèng jiè political and government circles ∼HSK 6
早逝 早逝 zǎo shì early demise; untimely death ∼HSK 6
津津乐道 津津樂道 jīn jīn lè dào to discuss sth enthusiastically ∼HSK 6
堂皇 堂皇 táng huáng imposing; grand ∼HSK 6
迎头 迎頭 yíng tóu to meet head-on; face-to-face; directly ∼HSK 6
与生俱来 與生俱來 yǔ shēng jù lái inherent; innate ∼HSK 6
端的 端的 duān dì really; after all; details; particulars ∼HSK 6
兴衰 興衰 xīng shuāi prosperity and decline (of a kingdom); rise and fall ∼HSK 6
送行 送行 sòng xíng to see someone off; to throw someone a send-off party HSK 6
国产 國產 guó chǎn domestically produced HSK 6