The Rise of the Great Powers

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History of an Empire: Germany

S1E6 · 帝国春秋（德国） dìguó chūnqiū （ déguó ）

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之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
担心 擔心 dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious 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
遍体鳞伤 遍體鱗傷 biàn tǐ - lín shāng (idiom) covered all over with cuts and bruises; beaten black and blue Idiom ∼HSK 3
血 血 xuè blood; colloquial pr. [xiě] Colloquialism HSK 3
拿破仑 拿破侖 Ná pò lún variant of Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
柏林 柏林 Bó lín Berlin, capital of Germany Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
强国 強國 Qiáng guó (ironically) mainland China (Taiwan & Hong Kong usage) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
丹麦 丹麥 Dān mài Denmark Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
犹太人 猶太人 Yóu tài rén Jew Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
瑞士 瑞士 Ruì shì Switzerland Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
东阳 東陽 Dōng yáng Dongyang, county-level city in Jinhua, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
小镇 小鎮 xiǎo zhèn small town; village Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
鲁 魯 Lǔ foolish, stupid, rash; vulgar ∼HSK 3
普 普 pǔ universal, general, widespread ∼HSK 3
兰 蘭 Lán orchid; elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3
女神 女神 nǚ shén goddess; nymph ∼HSK 3
二世 二世 èr shì the Second (of numbered kings); second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans) ∼HSK 3
二战 二戰 Èr zhàn World War II ∼HSK 3
奥地利 奧地利 Ào dì lì Austria ∼HSK 3
士 士 Shì scholar, gentleman; soldier ∼HSK 3
帝 帝 dì supreme ruler, emperor; god ∼HSK 3
历史性 歷史性 lì shǐ xìng historic ∼HSK 3
邦 邦 bāng nation, country, state ∼HSK 3
世人 世人 shì rén people (in general); people around the world; everyone ∼HSK 3
不愿 不願 bù yuàn unwilling ∼HSK 3
小城 小城 xiǎo chéng small town ∼HSK 3
近乎 近乎 jìn hu close to; intimate ∼HSK 3
财 財 cái wealth, valuables, riches ∼HSK 3
受教 受教 shòu jiào to receive instruction; to benefit from advice ∼HSK 3
育 育 yù produce, give birth to; educate ∼HSK 3
志 志 zhì purpose, will, determination; annals ∼HSK 3
饱受 飽受 bǎo shòu to endure; to suffer; to be subjected to ∼HSK 3
古典音乐 古典音樂 gǔ diǎn yīn yuè classical music ∼HSK 3
般 般 bān sort, manner, kind, category ∼HSK 3
人心 人心 rén xīn popular feeling; the will of the people ∼HSK 3
几乎不 幾乎不 jī hū bù hardly; seems not ∼HSK 3
不复 不復 bù fù no longer; not again ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
音乐家 音樂家 yīn yuè jiā musician ∼HSK 3
击败 擊敗 jī bài to defeat; to beat ∼HSK 3
荣耀 榮耀 róng yào honor; glory ∼HSK 3
经济学 經濟學 jīng jì xué economics (as a field of study) ∼HSK 3
币 幣 bì currency, coins, legal tender ∼HSK 3
人马 人馬 rén mǎ men and horses; troops; group of people; troop; staff; centaur ∼HSK 3
连通 連通 lián tōng to connect; to communicate; to relate; (math.) connected ∼HSK 3
短时间 短時間 duǎn shí jiān short term; short time ∼HSK 3
任内 任內 rèn nèi period in office ∼HSK 3
自比 自比 zì bǐ to liken oneself to (sb or sth) ∼HSK 3