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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无 無 wú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
了解 了解 liǎo jiě to understand; to realize; to find out HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then 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
面目一新 面目一新 miàn mù yī xīn complete change (idiom); facelift; We're in a wholly new situation. Idiom ∼HSK 3
高升 高升 gāo shēng to get a promotion Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
亲 親 qīn parent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative; related; marriage; bride; close; intimate; in person; first-hand; in favor of; pro-; to kiss; (Internet slang) dear Xiehouyu HSK 3
太平洋 太平洋 Tài píng Yáng Pacific Ocean Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
强国 強國 Qiáng guó (ironically) mainland China (Taiwan & Hong Kong usage) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
新干线 新幹線 Xīn gàn xiàn Shinkansen (Japanese high-speed train) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
和美 和美 Hé měi Hemei or Homei Town in Changhua County, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
东阳 東陽 Dōng yáng Dongyang, county-level city in Jinhua, Zhejiang Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
都城 都城 dū chéng capital city Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
银座 銀座 Yín zuò Ginza (district in Tokyo) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
东亚 東亞 Dōng yà East Asia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
欧美 歐美 Ōu - Měi Europe and America; the West ∼HSK 3
使节团 使節團 shǐ jié tuán a diplomatic group; a delegation ∼HSK 3
开化 開化 kāi huà to become civilized; to be open-minded; (of ice) to thaw ∼HSK 3
般 般 bān sort, manner, kind, category ∼HSK 3
境 境 jìng boundary, frontier; area, region ∼HSK 3
政 政 zhèng government, political affairs ∼HSK 3
萨 薩 Sà Buddhist gods or immortals ∼HSK 3
企业家 企業家 qǐ yè jiā entrepreneur ∼HSK 3
谷 穀 gǔ valley, gorge, ravine ∼HSK 3
沙 沙 Shā sand, gravel, pebbles; granulated ∼HSK 3
历史学家 歷史學家 lì shǐ xué jiā historian ∼HSK 3
进退 進退 jìn tuì to advance or retreat; knowing when to come and when to leave; a sense of propriety ∼HSK 3
近代史 近代史 jìn dài shǐ modern history (for China, from the Opium Wars until the fall of the Qing Dynasty, i.e. mid-19th to early 20th century) ∼HSK 3
衣衫 衣衫 yī shān clothing; unlined garment ∼HSK 3
小城 小城 xiǎo chéng small town ∼HSK 3
刚强 剛強 gāng qiáng firm; unyielding ∼HSK 3
舰队 艦隊 jiàn duì fleet ∼HSK 3
不久前 不久前 bù jiǔ qián not long ago ∼HSK 3
另一 另一 lìng yī another; the other ∼HSK 3
电报机 電報機 diàn bào jī telegraph ∼HSK 3
钟表 鐘錶 zhōng biǎo clock ∼HSK 3
飞转 飛轉 fēi zhuàn to spin rapidly; to whirl around; (of time) to fly by ∼HSK 3
二世 二世 èr shì the Second (of numbered kings); second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans) ∼HSK 3
嫡系 嫡系 dí xì direct line of descent; under one's personal command; school or faction passing on faithfully one's doctrine ∼HSK 3
统 統 tǒng govern, command, control; unite ∼HSK 3
突 突 tū suddenly, abruptly, unexpectedly ∼HSK 3
游历 遊歷 yóu lì to tour; to travel ∼HSK 3
诺 諾 nuò promise; assent, approve ∼HSK 3
相交 相交 xiāng jiāo to cross over (e.g. traffic); to intersect; to make friends ∼HSK 3
升任 升任 shēng rèn to be promoted to ∼HSK 3
内务 內務 nèi wù internal affairs; domestic affairs; family affairs; (trad.) affairs within the palace ∼HSK 3
铁腕 鐵腕 tiě wàn iron fist (of the state) ∼HSK 3
重金 重金 zhòng jīn large sum of money ∼HSK 3
全国各地 全國各地 quán guó gè dì every part of the country ∼HSK 3