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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好时 好時 Hǎo shí Hershey's (brand) Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
街市 街市 jiē shì downtown area; commercial district; (chiefly Cantonese) wet market, i.e. a marketplace selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables etc Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
北海道 北海道 Běi hǎi dào Hokkaidō, Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
大雪 大雪 Dà xuě Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December Proper Noun ∼HSK 2
历史上 歷史上 lì shǐ shàng historical; in history ∼HSK 2
府 府 fǔ prefecture; prefect; government ∼HSK 2
斯 斯 Sī this, thus, such; to lop off; emphatic particle ∼HSK 2
伊 伊 Yī third person pronoun; he, she, this, that ∼HSK 2
通商 通商 tōng shāng (of nations) to have trade relations; to engage in trade ∼HSK 2
爬上 爬上 pá shàng to climb up ∼HSK 2
名叫 名叫 míng jiào called; named ∼HSK 2
那种 那種 nà zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
司 司 Sī take charge of, control, manage; officer ∼HSK 2
执政 執政 zhí zhèng to hold power; in office ∼HSK 2
对内 對內 duì nèi internal; national; domestic (policy) ∼HSK 2
走向 走向 zǒu xiàng direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for ∼HSK 2
起眼 起眼 qǐ yǎn to catch one's eye (usu. used in the negative) ∼HSK 2
宜人 宜人 yí rén nice; pleasant; charming; hospitable to people ∼HSK 2
跻身 躋身 jī shēn to rise into the ranks of; to be among (the best); to get into (an industry, trade etc) ∼HSK 2
面的 麵的 miàn dī abbr. of; minivan taxi ∼HSK 2
手笔 手筆 shǒu bǐ sth written or painted in one's own hand; (of a writer, calligrapher or painter) skill; style; hand; (fig.) style shown in spending money, handling business etc; scale ∼HSK 2
写道 寫道 xiě dào to write (used before or after a quoted passage) ∼HSK 2
年轻人 年輕人 nián qīng rén young people; youngster ∼HSK 2
熟读 熟讀 shú dú to read and reread sth until one is familiar with it ∼HSK 2
衣带 衣帶 yī dài belt; sash; attire (clothes and belt) ∼HSK 2
复 復 fù return; repeat; repeatedly ∼HSK 2
外流 外流 wài liú outflow; to flow out; to drain ∼HSK 2
百万 百萬 bǎi wàn million ∼HSK 2
世 世 Shì generation; world; era ∼HSK 2
了当 了當 liǎo dàng frank; outspoken; ready; settled; in order; (old) to deal with; to handle ∼HSK 2
史 史 Shǐ history, chronicle, annals ∼HSK 2
称得上 稱得上 chēng de shàng can be counted as ∼HSK 2
背地里 背地裡 bèi dì li behind sb's back; secretly ∼HSK 2
带回 帶回 dài huí to bring back ∼HSK 2
物 物 wù thing, substance, creature ∼HSK 2
百姓 百姓 bǎi xìng common people ∼HSK 2
星夜 星夜 xīng yè starlit night; by night; under the night sky; through the night ∼HSK 2
数百 數百 shù bǎi several hundred ∼HSK 2
小船 小船 xiǎo chuán boat ∼HSK 2
海上 海上 hǎi shàng maritime ∼HSK 2
层楼 層樓 céng lóu multistoried building; tower; pagoda ∼HSK 2
房 房 Fáng surname Fang ∼HSK 2
几度 幾度 jǐ dù how many times; several times; how many degrees (in terms of temperature or angle); several degrees; to what degree; to what extent ∼HSK 2
年头 年頭 nián tóu start of the year; whole year; a particular year; period; days; epoch; a year's harvest ∼HSK 2
职 職 zhí duty, profession; office, post ∼HSK 2
拿来主义 拿來主義 ná lái zhǔ yì the attitude of mechanically borrowing (ideas etc) ∼HSK 2
留给 留給 liú gěi to set aside for ∼HSK 2
令人 令人 lìng rén to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) ∼HSK 2
头一 頭一 tóu yī the first ∼HSK 2
思想家 思想家 sī xiǎng jiā thinker ∼HSK 2