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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帝国 帝國 dì guó empire; imperial HSK 7
理念 理念 lǐ niàn idea; concept; philosophy; theory HSK 7
与此同时 與此同時 yǔ cǐ tóng shí at the same time; meanwhile HSK 7
统治 統治 tǒng zhì to rule (a country); to govern; rule; regime HSK 7
天生 天生 tiān shēng nature; disposition; innate; natural HSK 7
弥补 彌補 mí bǔ to complement; to make up for a deficiency HSK 7
议员 議員 yì yuán member (of a legislative body); representative HSK 7
签署 簽署 qiān shǔ to sign (an agreement) HSK 7
秩序 秩序 zhì xù order (orderly); order (sequence); social order; the state (of society) HSK 7
折磨 折磨 zhé mó to torment; to torture HSK 7
相对 相對 xiāng duì relatively; opposite; to resist; to oppose; relative; vis-a-vis; counterpart HSK 7
独 獨 dú alone; independent; single; sole; only HSK 7
豪华 豪華 háo huá luxurious HSK 7
寻 尋 xún to search; to look for; to seek HSK 7
联邦 聯邦 lián bāng federal; federation; commonwealth; federal union; federal state; union HSK 7
保障 保障 bǎo zhàng to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard HSK 7
奇迹 奇跡 qí jì miracle; miraculous; wonder; marvel HSK 7
幕 幕 mù curtain or screen; canopy or tent; headquarters of a general; act (of a play) HSK 7
之所以 之所以 zhī suǒ yǐ (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)" HSK 7
革命 革命 gé mìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) HSK 7
业 業 yè line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already HSK 7
从未 從未 cóng wèi never HSK 7
勒 勒 lè to rein in; to compel; to force; to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead; bridle; (physics) abbr. for 斯, lux HSK 7
曲 曲 qū bent; crooked; wrong HSK 7
领域 領域 lǐng yù domain; sphere; field; territory; area HSK 7
灵 靈 líng quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin HSK 7
罗 羅 luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
自相残杀 自相殘殺 zì xiāng cán shā to massacre one another (idiom); internecine strife Idiom ∼HSK 6
贫病交加 貧病交加 pín bìng jiāo jiā poverty compounded by ill health (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
呼之欲出 呼之欲出 hū zhī yù chū lit. ready to appear at the call (idiom); fig. on the verge of coming out into the open; (of a person's choice etc) on the point of being disclosed; (of an artistic depiction) vividly portrayed Idiom ∼HSK 6
淋漓尽致 淋漓盡致 lín lí jìn zhì lit. extreme saturation (idiom); fig. vividly and thoroughly; in great detail; without restraint; (of a performance) brilliant Idiom ∼HSK 6
长驱直入 長驅直入 cháng qū zhí rù to march straight in unchallenged (military) (idiom); (fig.) to push deep into the heart of sth; to flood in Idiom ∼HSK 6
关税同盟 關稅同盟 guān shuì tóng méng customs union ∼HSK 6
世界大战 世界大戰 shì jiè dà zhàn world war ∼HSK 6
屈辱 屈辱 qū rǔ to humiliate; humiliating ∼HSK 6
总产量 總產量 zǒng chǎn liàng total output ∼HSK 6
军国主义 軍國主義 jūn guó zhǔ yì militarism ∼HSK 6
浸润 浸潤 jìn rùn to permeate; to percolate; fig. to saturate (with emotion) ∼HSK 6
滋养 滋養 zī yǎng to nourish ∼HSK 6
发祥地 發祥地 fā xiáng dì the birthplace (of sth good); the cradle (e.g. of art) ∼HSK 6
悲喜剧 悲喜劇 bēi xǐ jù tragicomedy ∼HSK 6
聚拢 聚攏 jù lǒng to gather together ∼HSK 6
跌宕 跌宕 diē dàng uninhibited; free and unconstrained; rhythmical ∼HSK 6
坎坷 坎坷 kǎn kě (of a road) bumpy; (of life) rough; to be down on one's luck; to be full of frustrations and dashed hopes ∼HSK 6