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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扶持 扶持 fú chí to help; to assist HSK 7
废墟 廢墟 fèi xū ruins HSK 7
歌剧 歌劇 gē jù Western opera HSK 7
看似 看似 kàn sì to look as if; to seem HSK 7
进场 進場 jìn chǎng to enter the venue; to enter the arena; (aviation) to approach the airfield; (investing) to get into the market HSK 7
油画 油畫 yóu huà oil painting HSK 7
上任 上任 shàng rèn to take office; previous (incumbent); predecessor HSK 7
任职 任職 rèn zhí to hold a post; to take office HSK 7
丰满 豐滿 Fēng mǎn Fengman district of Jilin city 吉林市, Jilin province HSK 7
带头 帶頭 dài tóu to take the lead; to be the first; to set an example HSK 7
闻名 聞名 wén míng well-known; famous; renowned; eminent HSK 7
诸多 諸多 zhū duō (used for abstract things) a good deal, a lot of HSK 7
野心 野心 yě xīn ambition; wild schemes; careerism HSK 7
武力 武力 wǔ lì military force HSK 7
司令 司令 sī lìng commanding officer HSK 7
丑陋 醜陋 chǒu lòu ugly HSK 7
礼仪 禮儀 lǐ yí etiquette; ceremony HSK 7
高压 高壓 gāo yā high pressure; high-handed HSK 7
望远镜 望遠鏡 wàng yuǎn jìng binoculars; telescope HSK 7
数额 數額 shù é amount; sum of money; fixed number HSK 7
阶层 階層 jiē céng social class HSK 7
膨胀 膨脹 péng zhàng to expand; to inflate; to swell HSK 7
演变 演變 yǎn biàn to develop; to evolve; development; evolution HSK 7
起伏 起伏 qǐ fú to move up and down; to undulate; ups and downs HSK 7
起草 起草 qǐ cǎo to make a draft; to draw up (plans) HSK 7
深受 深受 shēn shòu to receive in no small measure HSK 7
时速 時速 shí sù speed per hour HSK 7
往常 往常 wǎng cháng usual; customary HSK 7
崛起 崛起 jué qǐ to rise abruptly (to a towering position); to tower over; to spring up; to emerge suddenly; the emergence (e.g. of a power) HSK 7
帆 㠶 fān sail; Taiwan pr. [fán], except 布 canvas HSK 7
变革 變革 biàn gé to transform; to change HSK 7
宣告 宣告 xuān gào to declare; to proclaim HSK 7
境地 境地 jìng dì circumstances HSK 7
资本主义 資本主義 zī běn zhǔ yì capitalism HSK 7
持久 持久 chí jiǔ lasting; enduring; persistent; permanent; protracted; endurance; persistence; to last long HSK 7
行列 行列 háng liè formation; array; (fig.) ranks (as in "join the ranks of ...") HSK 7
日益 日益 rì yì day by day; more and more; increasingly; more and more with each passing day HSK 7
推翻 推翻 tuī fān to overthrow HSK 7
不可避免 不可避免 bù kě bì miǎn unavoidably HSK 7
挫折 挫折 cuò zhé setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue HSK 7
中途 中途 zhōng tú midway HSK 7
招待 招待 zhāo dài to hold a reception; to offer hospitality; to entertain (guests); to serve (customers) HSK 7
迫使 迫使 pò shǐ to force; to compel HSK 7
良 良 liáng good; very; very much HSK 7
软弱 軟弱 ruǎn ruò weak; feeble; flabby HSK 7
余 餘 yú extra; surplus; remaining; remainder after division; (following numerical value) or more; in excess of (some number); residue (math.); after; I; me HSK 7
使者 使者 shǐ zhě emissary; envoy HSK 7
塌 塌 tā to collapse; to droop; to settle down HSK 7
借助 借助 jiè zhù to draw support from; with the help of HSK 7
前所未有 前所未有 qián suǒ wèi yǒu unprecedented HSK 7