The Rise of the Great Powers

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A Century of Reform: Japan

S1E7 · 百年维新（日本） bǎinián wéixīn （ rìběn ）

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式 式 shì type; form; pattern; style HSK 5
人物 人物 rén wù person; personage; figure (esp. sb of importance); character (in a play, novel etc); figure painting (as a genre of traditional Chinese painting) HSK 5
一旦 一旦 yī dàn in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day HSK 5
恢复 恢復 huī fù to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate HSK 5
待 待 dāi to stay HSK 5
分析 分析 fēn xī to analyze; analysis HSK 5
尽管 儘管 jǐn guǎn despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating HSK 5
放弃 放棄 fàng qì to renounce; to abandon; to give up HSK 5
至 至 zhì to arrive; most; to; until HSK 5
令 令 lìng to order; to command; an order; warrant; writ; to cause; to make sth happen; virtuous; honorific title; season; government position (old); type of short song or poem HSK 5
拥有 擁有 yōng yǒu to have; to possess HSK 5
组织 組織 zǔ zhī to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
搞 搞 gǎo to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
大获全胜 大獲全勝 dà huò quán shèng to seize total victory (idiom); an overwhelming victory; to win by a landslide (in election) Idiom ∼HSK 4
富国强兵 富國強兵 fù guó qiáng bīng lit. rich country, strong army (idiom); slogan of legalist philosophers in pre-Han times; Make the country wealthy and the military powerful, slogan of modernizers in Qing China and Meiji Japan (Japanese pronunciation: Fukoku kyōhei) Idiom ∼HSK 4
神话 神話 shén huà legend; fairy tale; myth; mythology Xiehouyu HSK 4
轻松 輕鬆 qīng sōng light; gentle; relaxed; effortless; uncomplicated; to relax; to take things less seriously Xiehouyu HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
天皇 天皇 Tiān huáng Heavenly Sovereign, one of the three legendary sovereigns; emperor; emperor of Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
明治 明治 Míng zhì Meiji, Japanese era name, corresponding to the reign (1868-1912) of the Meiji emperor Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
伊藤博文 伊藤博文 Yī téng Bó wén Itō Hirobumi (1841-1909), Japan's first prime minister (served four terms), key figure in Japan's colonial expansion into Korea Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西洋 西洋 Xī yáng the West (Europe and North America); countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
明治维新 明治維新 Míng zhì Wéi xīn Meiji Restoration (Japan, 1868) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
比利时 比利時 Bǐ lì shí Belgium Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
民权 民權 Mín quán Minquan county in Shangqiu, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
清水 清水 Qīng shuǐ Qingshui (place name); Shimizu (Japanese surname and place name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
论语 論語 Lún yǔ The Analects of Confucius Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
东京湾 東京灣 Dōng jīng Wān Tokyo Bay; former name of, Gulf of Tonkin Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
鸦片战争 鴉片戰爭 Yā piàn Zhàn zhēng the Opium Wars of 1840-1842 and 1860-1861 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大清帝国 大清帝國 Dà Qīng Dì guó Great Qing Empire (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
工业革命 工業革命 Gōng yè Gé mìng Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
横滨 橫濱 Héng bīn Yokohama, Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
铁血宰相 鐵血宰相 Tiě xuè zǎi xiàng Iron Chancellor, refers to Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898), Prussian politician, minister-president of Prussia 1862-1873, Chancellor of Germany 1871-1890 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
唐朝 唐朝 Tángcháo Tang dynasty Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
长安 長安 Cháng ān Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an) capital of China during Tang Dynasty; now, a district of Xi'an Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
奈良 奈良 Nài liáng Nara, an old capital of Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
兴业 興業 Xīng yè Xingye county in Yulin, Guangxi Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
东晋 東晉 Dōng Jìn Eastern Jin dynasty 317-420 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
新界 新界 Xīn jiè New Territories (in Hong Kong) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
甲午战争 甲午戰爭 Jiǎ wǔ Zhàn zhēng First Sino-Japanese War (1894-95) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大东亚共荣圈 大東亞共榮圈 Dà Dōng yà Gòng róng quān Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere, Japanese wartime slogan for their short-lived Pacific Empire, first enunciated by Prime Minister Prince KONOE Fumimaro 近衛文麿|近卫文麿 in 1938 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
印度洋 印度洋 Yìn dù yáng Indian Ocean Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
英国人 英國人 Yīng guó rén British person; British people Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
亚欧大陆 亞歐大陸 Yà ōu dà lù Eurasian continent Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
岛国 島國 dǎo guó island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan) ∼HSK 4