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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Vocabulary

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工业化 工業化 gōng yè huà to industrialize; industrialization ∼HSK 4
高官 高官 gāo guān high official ∼HSK 4
航线 航線 háng xiàn air or shipping route ∼HSK 4
武 武 Wǔ military; martial, warlike ∼HSK 4
战后 戰後 zhàn hòu after the war; postwar ∼HSK 4
列强 列強 liè qiáng the Great Powers (history) ∼HSK 4
开战 開戰 kāi zhàn to start a war; to make war; to battle against ∼HSK 4
川 川 Chuān stream, river; flow; boil ∼HSK 4
仓 倉 cāng granary; berth; sea ∼HSK 4
赤 赤 chì red; scarlet; bare; naked ∼HSK 4
技 技 jì skill, ability, talent, ingenuity ∼HSK 4
三倍 三倍 sān bèi triple ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
促 促 cù urge, press, hurry; close ∼HSK 4
弃 棄 qì reject, abandon, discard ∼HSK 4
世界第一 世界第一 shì jiè dì yī ranked number one in the world; the world's first ∼HSK 4
平方公里 平方公里 píng fāng gōng lǐ square kilometer ∼HSK 4
海潮 海潮 hǎi cháo tide ∼HSK 4
起落 起落 qǐ luò to rise and fall; takeoff and landing; ups and downs ∼HSK 4
闯入 闖入 chuǎng rù to intrude; to charge in; to gate-crash ∼HSK 4
的士 的士 dī shì taxi (loanword) ∼HSK 4
统治者 統治者 tǒng zhì zhě ruler ∼HSK 4
围观 圍觀 wéi guān to stand in a circle and watch ∼HSK 4
真切 真切 zhēn qiè vivid; distinct; clear; sincere; honest ∼HSK 4
律 律 Lǜ statute, principle, regulation ∼HSK 4
武士 武士 wǔ shì warrior; samurai ∼HSK 4
登基 登基 dēng jī to ascend the throne ∼HSK 4
导 導 dǎo direct, guide, lead, conduct ∼HSK 4
肖 肖 Xiāo look like, resemble, be like ∼HSK 4
变法 變法 biàn fǎ to change the laws; political reform; unconventional method ∼HSK 4
政府官员 政府官員 zhèng fǔ guān yuán government employee ∼HSK 4
官办 官辦 guān bàn government-run; state-run ∼HSK 4
技师 技師 jì shī senior technician; technical expert ∼HSK 4
域 域 yù district, region, boundary; land ∼HSK 4
无名 無名 wú míng nameless; obscure ∼HSK 4
际 際 jì border, boundary, juncture ∼HSK 4
打油诗 打油詩 dǎ yóu shī humorous poem; limerick ∼HSK 4
幽静 幽靜 yōu jìng quiet; secluded; isolated; peaceful ∼HSK 4
遇刺 遇刺 yù cì to be attacked by an assassin ∼HSK 4
暴动 暴動 bào dòng insurrection; rebellion ∼HSK 4
一直以来 一直以來 yī zhí yǐ lái in the past always; for a long time now; until now ∼HSK 4
裸体 裸體 luǒ tǐ naked ∼HSK 4
禁令 禁令 jìn lìng prohibition; ban ∼HSK 4
意识到 意識到 yì shí dào to be aware of; to realize ∼HSK 4
实业 實業 shí yè industry; commercial enterprise ∼HSK 4
降下 降下 jiàng xià to fall; to drop ∼HSK 4
尤其是 尤其是 yóu qí shì especially; most of all; above all; in particular ∼HSK 4
随之 隨之 suí zhī thereupon; subsequently; accordingly ∼HSK 4
借此 藉此 jiè cǐ using this as a pretext; thereby ∼HSK 4
绚丽 絢麗 xuàn lì gorgeous; magnificent ∼HSK 4