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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战利品 戰利品 zhàn lì pǐn spoils of war ∼HSK 6
深藏 深藏 shēn cáng to be deeply hidden; to lie deep (in some place) ∼HSK 6
割让 割讓 gē ràng to cede; cession ∼HSK 6
法郎 法郎 fǎ láng franc ∼HSK 6
轰然 轟然 hōng rán loudly; with a loud bang; a loud rumble ∼HSK 6
探寻 探尋 tàn xún to search; to seek; to explore ∼HSK 6
抒发 抒發 shū fā to express (an emotion); to give vent ∼HSK 6
扫荡 掃蕩 sǎo dàng (military) to mop up; to crack down on; to eradicate ∼HSK 6
所到之处 所到之處 suǒ dào zhī chù wherever one goes ∼HSK 6
独到 獨到 dú dào original ∼HSK 6
病故 病故 bìng gù to die of an illness ∼HSK 6
憧憬 憧憬 chōng jǐng to long for; to look forward to ∼HSK 6
君主立宪制 君主立憲制 jūn zhǔ lì xiàn zhì constitutional monarchy ∼HSK 6
休止 休止 xiū zhǐ to stop ∼HSK 6
民主革命 民主革命 mín zhǔ gé mìng democratic revolution; bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution) ∼HSK 6
奥托 奧托 Ào tuō Otto ∼HSK 6
重臣 重臣 zhòng chén important minister; major figure in government ∼HSK 6
跋涉 跋涉 bá shè to trudge; to trek ∼HSK 6
棋局 棋局 qí jú state of play in a game of chess; (old) chessboard ∼HSK 6
夹缝 夾縫 jiā fèng crack; crevice ∼HSK 6
隆隆 隆隆 lóng lóng rumble ∼HSK 6
王宫 王宮 wáng gōng imperial palace ∼HSK 6
国民生产总值 國民生產總值 guó mín shēng chǎn zǒng zhí gross national product (GNP) ∼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
绝境 絕境 jué jìng desperate straits ∼HSK 6
原貌 原貌 yuán mào the original form ∼HSK 6
兵役 兵役 bīng yì military service ∼HSK 6
入学率 入學率 rù xué lǜ percentage of children who enter school ∼HSK 6
亡国 亡國 wáng guó (of a nation) to be destroyed; to be subjugated; a fallen nation ∼HSK 6
主楼 主樓 zhǔ lóu main building ∼HSK 6
长廊 長廊 cháng láng promenade; long hallway; Long Corridor in the Summer Palace, Beijing ∼HSK 6
发明创造 發明創造 fā míng chuàng zào to invent and innovate; inventions and innovations ∼HSK 6
跨越式 跨越式 kuà yuè shì breakthrough; going beyond; leap-forward; unusual new development ∼HSK 6
赶超 趕超 gǎn chāo to overtake ∼HSK 6
惊现 驚現 jīng xiàn to appear unexpectedly ∼HSK 6
对外政策 對外政策 duì wài zhèng cè foreign policy ∼HSK 6
侵入性 侵入性 qīn rù xìng invasive (e.g. disease or procedure) ∼HSK 6
争霸 爭霸 zhēng bà to contend for hegemony; a power struggle ∼HSK 6
侧影 側影 cè yǐng profile; silhouette ∼HSK 6
劫难 劫難 jié nàn calamity ∼HSK 6
消亡 消亡 xiāo wáng to die out; to wither away ∼HSK 6
不堪回首 不堪回首 bù kān huí shǒu 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 堪: adequately capable of, worthy of · 回: return, turn around; a time · 首: head; first; leader, chief; a poem ∼HSK 6
冤魂 冤魂 yuān hún ghost of one who died unjustly; departed spirit demanding vengeance for grievances ∼HSK 6
经痛 經痛 jīng tòng period pain; menstrual cramps; dysmenorrhea ∼HSK 6
跪倒 跪倒 guì dǎo to kneel down; to sink to one's knees; to grovel ∼HSK 6
挤入 擠入 jǐ rù to squeeze in; to force oneself into; to cram into; to intrude ∼HSK 6
首次 首次 shǒu cì first; first time; for the first time HSK 6
总量 總量 zǒng liàng total; overall amount HSK 6
独裁 獨裁 dú cái dictatorship HSK 6
更是 更是 gèng shì even more (so) HSK 6