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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不可思议 不可思議 bù kě sī yì inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable; unfathomable HSK 7
统治 統治 tǒng zhì to rule (a country); to govern; rule; regime HSK 7
须 須 xū must; to have to; to wait HSK 7
天生 天生 tiān shēng nature; disposition; innate; natural HSK 7
生涯 生涯 shēng yá career; life (way in which sb lives); period of one's life HSK 7
民众 民眾 mín zhòng the populace; the masses; the common people HSK 7
崩溃 崩潰 bēng kuì to collapse; to crumble; to fall apart HSK 7
兼 兼 jiān double; twice; simultaneous; holding two or more (official) posts at the same time HSK 7
财政 財政 cái zhèng finances (public); financial HSK 7
传奇 傳奇 chuán qí legendary; fantasy saga; romance; short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty HSK 7
预算 預算 yù suàn budget HSK 7
甩 甩 shuǎi to throw; to fling; to swing; to leave behind; to throw off; to dump (sb) HSK 7
独 獨 dú alone; independent; single; sole; only HSK 7
寻 尋 xún to search; to look for; to seek HSK 7
港 港 gǎng harbor; port HSK 7
恐惧 恐懼 kǒng jù to be frightened; fear; dread HSK 7
引发 引發 yǐn fā to lead to; to trigger; to initiate; to cause; to evoke (emotions) HSK 7
奇迹 奇跡 qí jì miracle; miraculous; wonder; marvel HSK 7
结局 結局 jié jú conclusion; ending HSK 7
核 核 hé pit; stone; nucleus; nuclear; to examine; to check; to verify HSK 7
官员 官員 guān yuán official (in an organization or government); administrator HSK 7
产 產 chǎn to give birth; to reproduce; to produce; product; resource; estate; property HSK 7
惊 驚 jīng to startle; to be frightened; to be scared; alarm HSK 7
主义 主義 zhǔ yì -ism; ideology HSK 7
家族 家族 jiā zú family; clan HSK 7
凌晨 凌晨 líng chén very early in the morning; in the wee hours HSK 7
枚 枚 méi classifier for coins, rings, badges, pearls, sporting medals, rockets, satellites etc; tree trunk; whip; wooden peg, used as a gag for marching soldiers (old) HSK 7
艘 艘 sōu classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sāo] HSK 7
拨 撥 bō to push aside with the hand, foot, a stick etc; to dial; to allocate; to set aside (money); to poke (the fire); to pluck (a string instrument); to turn round; classifier: group, batch HSK 7
并非 並非 bìng fēi really isn't HSK 7
制 製 zhì to manufacture; to make HSK 7
砸 砸 zá to smash; to pound; to fail; to muck up; to bungle HSK 7
所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
丝 絲 sī silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc HSK 7
唯 唯 wéi only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主义 or 论, e.g. 唯理论, rationalism) HSK 7
文 文 wén language; culture; writing; formal; literary; gentle; (old) classifier for coins; Kangxi radical 67 HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
内忧外患 內憂外患 nèi yōu wài huàn internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad Idiom ∼HSK 6
危机四伏 危機四伏 wēi jī sì fú danger lurks on every side (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
表面文章 表面文章 biǎo miàn wén zhāng superficial show; going through the motions Idiom ∼HSK 6
以强凌弱 以強凌弱 yǐ qiáng líng ruò to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
直截了当 直截了當 zhí jié liǎo dàng direct and plainspoken (idiom); blunt; straightforward Idiom ∼HSK 6
高手 高手 gāo shǒu expert; past master; dab hand Xiehouyu HSK 6
表面上 表面上 biǎo miàn shang outwardly; superficially; on the face of it HSK 6
色泽 色澤 sè zé color and luster ∼HSK 6
相扑 相撲 xiāng pū sumo wrestling; also pr. [xiang4 pu1] ∼HSK 6