The Rise of the Great Powers

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Seeking the Way to Strengthen the Nation: Tsarist Russia

S1E8 · 寻道图强（沙俄） xún dào tú qiáng （ shā'é ）

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Vocabulary

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唯我独尊 唯我獨尊 wéi wǒ dú zūn lit. only I am exalted (idiom); fig. supremely arrogant; self-aggrandizing; regarding oneself as supreme Idiom ∼HSK 7
热泪盈眶 熱淚盈眶 rè lèi yíng kuàng eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom); extremely moved Idiom HSK 7
轻而易举 輕而易舉 qīng ér yì jǔ easy; with no difficulty Idiom HSK 7
出人意料 出人意料 chū rén yì liào unexpected (idiom); surprising Idiom HSK 7
无情 無情 wú qíng pitiless; ruthless; merciless; heartless Xiehouyu HSK 7
受过 受過 shòu guò to take the blame (for sb else) HSK 7
国徽 國徽 Guó huī the national emblem of the PRC (a red circle containing the five stars of the PRC flag over Tiananmen 天安门) HSK 7
长达 長達 cháng dá to extend as long as; to lengthen out to HSK 7
前无古人 前無古人 qián wú gǔ rén (idiom) unprecedented; unheard of HSK 7
贫乏 貧乏 pín fá impoverished; lacking; deficient; limited; meager; impoverishment; lack; deficiency HSK 7
瓜分 瓜分 guā fēn to partition; to divide up HSK 7
筹措 籌措 chóu cuò to raise (money) HSK 7
一系列 一系列 yī xì liè a series of; a string of HSK 7
标榜 標榜 biāo bǎng to flaunt; to advertise; to parade; boost; excessive praise HSK 7
贫富 貧富 pín fù poor and rich HSK 7
谈起 談起 tán qǐ to mention; to speak of; to talk about HSK 7
开明 開明 kāi míng enlightened; open-minded; enlightenment HSK 7
封建 封建 fēng jiàn system of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic HSK 7
启蒙 啟蒙 qǐ méng to instruct the young; to initiate; to awake sb from ignorance; to free sb from prejudice or superstition; primer; enlightened; the Enlightenment; Western learning from the late Qing dynasty HSK 7
默默无闻 默默無聞 mò mò wú wén obscure and unknown (idiom); an outsider without any reputation; a nobody; an unknown quantity HSK 7
四面八方 四面八方 sì miàn bā fāng in all directions; all around; far and near HSK 7
工商界 工商界 gōng shāng jiè industry; the world of business HSK 7
背诵 背誦 bèi sòng to recite; to repeat from memory HSK 7
回忆录 回憶錄 huí yì lù memoir HSK 7
呼啸 呼嘯 hū xiào to whistle; to scream; to whiz HSK 7
强加 強加 qiáng jiā to impose; to force upon HSK 7
蔑视 蔑視 miè shì to loathe; to despise; contempt HSK 7
瘟疫 瘟疫 wēn yì plague; pestilence HSK 7
凿 鑿 záo chisel; to bore a hole; to chisel or dig; (literary) (bound form) certain; authentic; irrefutable; also pr. [zuò] HSK 7
专制 專制 zhuān zhì autocracy; dictatorship HSK 7
坛 壇 tán platform; rostrum; altar HSK 7
次要 次要 cì yào secondary HSK 7
取而代之 取而代之 qǔ ér dài zhī (idiom) to replace; to supersede; to take its (or her etc) place HSK 7
俄语 俄語 É yǔ Russian (language) HSK 7
涌现 湧現 yǒng xiàn to emerge in large numbers; to spring up; to emerge prominently HSK 7
新式 新式 xīn shì new style; latest type HSK 7
照常 照常 zhào cháng as usual HSK 7
爱戴 愛戴 ài dài to love and respect; love and respect HSK 7
动荡 動蕩 dòng dàng unrest (social or political); turmoil; upheaval; commotion HSK 7
宫廷 宮廷 gōng tíng court (of king or emperor) HSK 7
交锋 交鋒 jiāo fēng to cross swords; to have a confrontation (with sb) HSK 7
肩负 肩負 jiān fù to shoulder (a burden); to bear; to suffer (a disadvantage) HSK 7
孕育 孕育 yùn yù to be pregnant; to produce offspring; to nurture (a development, school of thought, artwork etc); fig. replete with (culture etc) HSK 7
迄今 迄今 qì jīn so far; to date; until now HSK 7
深远 深遠 shēn yuǎn far-reaching; profound and long-lasting HSK 7
仲裁 仲裁 zhòng cái arbitration HSK 7
体面 體面 tǐ miàn dignity; prestige; face; honorable; creditable; (of sb's appearance) presentable; respectable HSK 7
接见 接見 jiē jiàn to receive sb; to grant an interview HSK 7
帆船 帆船 fān chuán sailboat HSK 7
自然而然 自然而然 zì rán ér rán involuntary; automatically HSK 7