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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军国主义 軍國主義 jūn guó zhǔ yì militarism ∼HSK 6
大权 大權 dà quán power; authority ∼HSK 6
幕府 幕府 mù fǔ (orig.) tents forming the offices of a commanding officer; administration of a military government; (medieval Japan) "bakufu", administration of the shogun ∼HSK 6
博文 博文 bó wén blog article; to write a blog article (netspeak) ∼HSK 6
蒸汽机车 蒸汽機車 zhēng qì jī chē steam locomotive ∼HSK 6
洋葱 洋蔥 yáng cōng onion (Allium cepa); bulb onion ∼HSK 6
腾飞 騰飛 téng fēi lit. to fly upwards swiftly; fig. rapid advance; rapidly developing (situation) ∼HSK 6
国民生产总值 國民生產總值 guó mín shēng chǎn zǒng zhí gross national product (GNP) ∼HSK 6
百分之 百分之 bǎi fēn zhī percent ∼HSK 6
殖民者 殖民者 zhí mín zhě colonizer; colonist; settler ∼HSK 6
迎头赶上 迎頭趕上 yíng tóu gǎn shàng to try hard to catch up ∼HSK 6
欺凌 欺凌 qī líng to bully and humiliate ∼HSK 6
挤入 擠入 jǐ rù to squeeze in; to force oneself into; to cram into; to intrude ∼HSK 6
激荡 激盪 jī dàng to rage; to dash; to surge ∼HSK 6
抹去 抹去 mǒ qù to erase ∼HSK 6
印记 印記 yìn jì imprint; trace ∼HSK 6
清秀 清秀 qīng xiù delicate and pretty ∼HSK 6
混杂 混雜 hùn zá to mix; to mingle ∼HSK 6
全副武装 全副武裝 quán fù wǔ zhuāng fully armed; armed to the teeth; fig. fully equipped ∼HSK 6
闭关锁国 閉關鎖國 bì guān suǒ guó to close the passes and seal off the country; to close a country to exclude foreign contact ∼HSK 6
霸主 霸主 bà zhǔ a powerful chief of the princes of the Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); overlord; hegemon ∼HSK 6
为师 為師 wéi shī as your teacher ∼HSK 6
作坊 作坊 zuō fang workshop (of artisan) ∼HSK 6
强盛 強盛 qiáng shèng rich and powerful ∼HSK 6
四书五经 四書五經 sì shū wǔ jīng the Four Books and Five Classics; the Confucian canon (idiom) ∼HSK 6
兵权 兵權 bīng quán military leadership; military power ∼HSK 6
经济萧条 經濟蕭條 jīng jì xiāo tiáo economic depression ∼HSK 6
公债 公債 gōng zhài government bond ∼HSK 6
精神文明 精神文明 jīng shén wén míng spiritual culture ∼HSK 6
感同身受 感同身受 gǎn tóng shēn shòu to feel as if it had happened to oneself; to sympathize; (polite expression of gratitude for a favor received by a friend etc) I take it as a personal favor ∼HSK 6
茶壶 茶壺 chá hú teapot ∼HSK 6
参议 參議 cān yì consultant; adviser ∼HSK 6
打消 打消 dǎ xiāo to dispel (doubts, misgivings etc); to give up on ∼HSK 6
士族 士族 shì zú land-owning class, esp. during Wei, Jin and North-South dynasties ∼HSK 6
五分之一 五分之一 wǔ fēn zhī yī one fifth ∼HSK 6
辞官 辭官 cí guān to resign a government post ∼HSK 6
股份制公司 股份制公司 gǔ fèn zhì gōng sī joint-stock company ∼HSK 6
集聚 集聚 jí jù to assemble; to gather ∼HSK 6
稀释 稀釋 xī shì to dilute ∼HSK 6
蓬松 蓬鬆 péng sōng fluffy ∼HSK 6
天灵盖 天靈蓋 tiān líng gài crown of the head ∼HSK 6
仿照 仿照 fǎng zhào to imitate ∼HSK 6
夜幕降临 夜幕降臨 yè mù jiàng lín nightfall ∼HSK 6
主导权 主導權 zhǔ dǎo quán leadership (role) ∼HSK 6
难以为继 難以為繼 nán yǐ wéi jì difficult to carry on; hard to sustain (idiom) ∼HSK 6
西洋人 西洋人 xī yáng rén Westerner ∼HSK 6
十分之一 十分之一 shí fēn zhī yī one tenth ∼HSK 6
酿成 釀成 niàng chéng to make (wine or spirits); (fig.) to lead to (a bad result) ∼HSK 6
继任者 繼任者 jì rèn zhě successor ∼HSK 6
凸现 凸現 tū xiàn to come to prominence; to appear clearly; to stick out ∼HSK 6