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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控制 控制 kòng zhì to control HSK 5
杀 殺 shā to kill; to murder; to attack; to weaken or reduce; to smart (dialect); (used after a verb) extremely HSK 5
肯定 肯定 kěn dìng to be certain; to be positive; assuredly; definitely; to give recognition; to affirm; affirmative (answer) HSK 5
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
粗茶淡饭 粗茶淡飯 cū chá dàn fàn plain tea and simple food; (fig.) bread and water Idiom ∼HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
彼得 彼得 Bǐ dé Peter (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
吉林 吉林 Jí lín Jilin Province, capital Changchun; Jilin, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
托尔斯泰 托爾斯泰 Tuō ěr sī tài Tolstoy (name); Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910), great Russian novelist, author of War and Peace 戰爭與和平|战争与和平 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西欧 西歐 Xī ōu Western Europe Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
克里米亚 克里米亞 Kè lǐ mǐ yà Crimea Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
赞丹 贊丹 Zàn dān Zaandam (town in Netherlands) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
沙皇俄国 沙皇俄國 Shā huáng É guó Tsarist Russia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
乌拉尔山 烏拉爾山 Wū lā ěr shān the Ural mountains in Russia, dividing Europe from Asia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
工业革命 工業革命 Gōng yè Gé mìng Industrial Revolution, c. 1750-1830 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
圣彼得堡 聖彼得堡 Shèng bǐ dé bǎo Saint Petersburg (city in Russia) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
德意志 德意志 Dé yì zhì Deutschland; Germany Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
福尔 福爾 Fú ěr Félix Faure (1841-1899), president of France 1895-1899 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
十月革命 十月革命 Shí yuè Gé mìng October Revolution Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
斯拉夫 斯拉夫 Sī lā fū Slavic Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
杜马 杜馬 Dù mǎ Duma, lower chamber of Russian parliament Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
池上 池上 Chí shàng Chihshang or Chihshang township in Taitung County, southeast Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
罗马帝国 羅馬帝國 Luó mǎ Dì guó Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
克里姆林宫 克里姆林宮 Kè lǐ mǔ lín Gōng the Kremlin Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
凯撒 凱撒 Kǎi sā Caesar or Kaiser (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西伯利亚 西伯利亞 Xī bó lì yà Siberia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
波罗的海 波羅的海 Bō luó dì Hǎi Baltic Sea Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
涅瓦 涅瓦 Niè wǎ the Nyeva or Neva river (through St Petersburg) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
赫尔 赫爾 Hè ěr Hull (name); Kingston upon Hull Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
德国人 德國人 Dé guó rén German person or people Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
法国人 法國人 Fǎ guó rén Frenchman; French person Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
博爱 博愛 Bó ài Bo'ai county in Jiaozuo, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
法国革命 法國革命 Fǎ guó Gé mìng French Revolution (1789) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
法兰西 法蘭西 Fǎ lán xī France Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
北美洲 北美洲 Běi měi zhōu North America Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
亚历山大 亞歷山大 Yà lì shān dà Alexander (name); Alexandria (town name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
乌尔 烏爾 Wū ěr Ur (Sumerian city c. 4500 BC in modern Iraq) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
第一次世界大战 第一次世界大戰 Dì yī cì Shì jiè Dà zhàn World War One Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
意 意 Yì meaning, intent ∼HSK 4
娜 娜 nà elegant, graceful, delicate ∼HSK 4
君主 君主 jūn zhǔ monarch; sovereign ∼HSK 4
俄罗斯人 俄羅斯人 É luó sī rén Russian (person) ∼HSK 4
工业化 工業化 gōng yè huà to industrialize; industrialization ∼HSK 4
统治者 統治者 tǒng zhì zhě ruler ∼HSK 4
登基 登基 dēng jī to ascend the throne ∼HSK 4
泰 泰 Tài great, exalted, superior; big ∼HSK 4
法典 法典 fǎ diǎn legal code; statute ∼HSK 4
氏 氏 shì clan, family; mister ∼HSK 4
中叶 中葉 zhōng yè mid- (e.g. mid-century); middle period ∼HSK 4