The Rise of the Great Powers

Episode review

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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兵 兵 bīng soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike HSK 4
大会 大會 dà huì general assembly; general meeting; convention HSK 4
面临 面臨 miàn lín to face sth; to be confronted with HSK 4
士兵 士兵 shì bīng soldier HSK 4
追求 追求 zhuī qiú to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo HSK 4
思考 思考 sī kǎo to reflect on; to ponder over HSK 4
列 列 liè to arrange; to line up; file; series; (in data tables) column; (Tw) row HSK 4
失望 失望 shī wàng disappointed; to lose hope; to despair HSK 4
措施 措施 cuò shī measure; step HSK 4
出色 出色 chū sè remarkable; outstanding HSK 4
尽快 儘快 jǐn kuài as quickly as possible; as soon as possible HSK 4
阶段 階段 jiē duàn stage; section; phase; period HSK 4
答案 答案 dá àn answer; solution HSK 4
兴趣 興趣 xìng qù interest (desire to know about sth); interest (thing in which one is interested); hobby HSK 4
官 官 guān government official; governmental; official; public; organ of the body HSK 4
赢得 贏得 yíng dé to win; to gain HSK 4
然而 然而 rán ér however; yet; but HSK 4
怀疑 懷疑 huái yí to doubt (sth); to be skeptical of; to have one's doubts; to harbor suspicions; to suspect that HSK 4
优秀 優秀 yōu xiù outstanding; excellent HSK 4
角色 角色 jué sè role; character in a novel; persona; also pr. [jiǎo sè] HSK 4
特殊 特殊 tè shū special; particular; unusual; extraordinary HSK 4
教授 教授 jiào shòu professor; to instruct; to lecture on HSK 4
失败 失敗 shī bài to be defeated; to lose; to fail (e.g. experiments); failure; defeat HSK 4
秘密 秘密 mì mì secret; private; confidential; clandestine; a secret HSK 4
土地 土地 tǔ dì land; soil; territory HSK 4
巨大 巨大 jù dà huge; immense; very large; tremendous; gigantic; enormous HSK 4
寻找 尋找 xún zhǎo to seek; to look for HSK 4
著名 著名 zhù míng famous; noted; well-known; celebrated HSK 4
极 極 jí extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top HSK 4
身份 身份 shēn fèn identity; aspect of one's identity (i.e. sth that one is – mayor, father, permanent resident etc); role; capacity (as in "in his capacity as a ..." 以…份); status (social, legal etc); position; rank HSK 4
翻 翻 fān to turn over; to flip over; to overturn; to rummage through; to translate; to decode; to double; to climb over or into; to cross HSK 4
丈夫 丈夫 zhàng fu husband HSK 4
传统 傳統 chuán tǒng tradition; traditional; convention; conventional HSK 4
承认 承認 chéng rèn to admit; to concede; to recognize; recognition (diplomatic, artistic etc); to acknowledge HSK 4
政治 政治 zhèng zhì politics; political HSK 4
战争 戰爭 zhàn zhēng war; conflict HSK 4
心理 心理 xīn lǐ psychology; mentality HSK 4
无论 無論 wú lùn no matter what or how; regardless of whether... HSK 4
而是 而是 ér shì rather HSK 4
参与 參與 cān yù to participate (in sth) HSK 4
几乎 幾乎 jī hū almost; nearly; practically HSK 4
似乎 似乎 sì hū it seems; seemingly; as if HSK 4
之一 之一 zhī yī one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc) HSK 4
历史 歷史 lì shǐ history HSK 4
表示 表示 biǎo shì to express; to show; to say; to state; to indicate; to mean HSK 4
项 項 xiàng back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc HSK 4
法律 法律 fǎ lǜ law HSK 4
包括 包括 bāo kuò to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of HSK 4
严重 嚴重 yán zhòng grave; serious; severe; critical HSK 4
看来 看來 kàn lai apparently; it seems that HSK 4