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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4.95 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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思索 思索 sī suǒ to think deeply; to ponder HSK 7
急剧 急劇 jí jù rapid; sudden HSK 7
巅峰 巔峰 diān fēng summit; apex; pinnacle (of one's career etc); peak (of a civilization etc) HSK 7
后勤 後勤 hòu qín logistics HSK 7
不屑 不屑 bù xiè to disdain to do sth; to think sth not worth doing; to feel it beneath one's dignity HSK 7
蜡 蠟 là candle; wax HSK 7
掠夺 掠奪 lu:è duó to plunder; to rob HSK 7
悠久 悠久 yōu jiǔ long (tradition, history etc) HSK 7
优越 優越 yōu yuè superior; superiority HSK 7
手艺 手藝 shǒu yì craftmanship; workmanship; handicraft; trade HSK 7
劳动力 勞動力 láo dòng lì labor force; manpower HSK 7
迁 遷 qiān to move; to shift; to change (a position or location etc); to promote HSK 7
废除 廢除 fèi chú to abolish; to abrogate; to repeal HSK 7
匿名 匿名 nì míng anonymous HSK 7
主宰 主宰 zhǔ zǎi to dominate; to rule; to dictate; master HSK 7
皇室 皇室 huáng shì royal family; imperial household; member of the royal family HSK 7
无从 無從 wú cóng not to have access; beyond one's authority or capability; sth one has no way of doing HSK 7
逃亡 逃亡 táo wáng to flee; flight (from danger); fugitive HSK 7
寄托 寄託 jì tuō to entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in; a thing in which you invest (your hope, energy etc) HSK 7
浮现 浮現 fú xiàn to appear before one's eyes; to come into view; to float into appearance; to come back (of images from the past); to emerge; it emerges; it occurs (to me that..) HSK 7
弥漫 彌漫 mí màn to pervade; to fill the air; diffuse; everywhere present; about to inundate (water); permeated by (smoke); filled with (dust); to saturate (the air with fog, smoke etc) HSK 7
灭亡 滅亡 miè wáng to be destroyed; to become extinct; to perish; to die out; to destroy; to exterminate HSK 7
虔诚 虔誠 qián chéng pious; devout; sincere HSK 7
棘手 棘手 jí shǒu thorny (problem); intractable HSK 7
归属 歸屬 guī shǔ to belong to; to be affiliated to; to fall under the jurisdiction of; a place where one feels that one belongs; one's final destination (where one need look no further) HSK 7
晕倒 暈倒 yūn dǎo to faint; to swoon; to black out; to become unconscious HSK 7
垄断 壟斷 lǒng duàn to monopolize HSK 7
开办 開辦 kāi bàn to open; to start (a business etc); to set up HSK 7
空前 空前 kōng qián unprecedented HSK 7
忧虑 憂慮 yōu lǜ to worry; anxiety (about) HSK 7
激起 激起 jī qǐ to arouse; to evoke; to cause; to stir up HSK 7
武力 武力 wǔ lì military force HSK 7
追赶 追趕 zhuī gǎn to pursue; to chase after; to accelerate; to catch up with; to overtake HSK 7
礼仪 禮儀 lǐ yí etiquette; ceremony HSK 7
俘虏 俘虜 fú lǔ captive HSK 7
同盟 同盟 tóng méng alliance HSK 7
引入 引入 yǐn rù to draw into; to pull into; to introduce HSK 7
起伏 起伏 qǐ fú to move up and down; to undulate; ups and downs HSK 7
启示 啟示 qǐ shì to reveal; to enlighten; enlightenment; revelation; illumination; moral (of a story etc); lesson HSK 7
野兽 野獸 yě shòu beast; wild animal HSK 7
后期 後期 hòu qī late stage; later period HSK 7
起草 起草 qǐ cǎo to make a draft; to draw up (plans) HSK 7
航行 航行 háng xíng to sail; to fly; to navigate HSK 7
协作 協作 xié zuò cooperation; coordination HSK 7
深受 深受 shēn shòu to receive in no small measure 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
耀眼 耀眼 yào yǎn to dazzle; dazzling HSK 7
实质 實質 shí zhì substance; essence HSK 7
变革 變革 biàn gé to transform; to change HSK 7
一心 一心 yī xīn wholeheartedly; heart and soul HSK 7