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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未来 未來 wèi lái future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending HSK 4
获得 獲得 huò dé to obtain; to receive; to get HSK 4
首 首 shǒu head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc HSK 4
提供 提供 tí gōng to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish HSK 4
自 自 zì self; oneself; from; since; naturally; surely HSK 4
以及 以及 yǐ jí as well as; too; and HSK 4
曾 曾 céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
政府 政府 zhèng fǔ government HSK 4
处 處 chù place; location; spot; point; office; department; bureau; respect; classifier for locations or items of damage: spot, point HSK 4
对于 對於 duì yú regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to HSK 4
之前 之前 zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
甚至 甚至 shèn zhì even; so much so that HSK 4
之间 之間 zhī jiān (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) HSK 4
作为 作為 zuò wéi one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be HSK 4
此 此 cǐ this; these HSK 4
选择 選擇 xuǎn zé to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative HSK 4
无 無 wú not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
不由自主 不由自主 bù yóu zì zhǔ can't help; involuntarily (idiom) Xiehouyu ∼HSK 3
深刻 深刻 shēn kè profound; deep; deep-going Xiehouyu HSK 3
痛苦 痛苦 tòng kǔ pain; suffering; painful Xiehouyu HSK 3
要是 要是 yào shi (coll.) if Colloquialism HSK 3
瑞典 瑞典 Ruì diǎn Sweden Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
强国 強國 Qiáng guó (ironically) mainland China (Taiwan & Hong Kong usage) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
莫斯科 莫斯科 Mò sī kē Moscow, capital of Russia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
重阳 重陽 Chóng yáng Double Ninth or Yang Festival; 9th day of 9th lunar month Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
小镇 小鎮 xiǎo zhèn small town; village Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
路易 路易 Lù yì (name) Louis Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
古城 古城 gǔ chéng ancient city Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
市政府 市政府 shì zhèng fǔ city hall; city government Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
太平洋 太平洋 Tài píng Yáng Pacific Ocean Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
拿破仑 拿破侖 Ná pò lún variant of Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
一世 一世 yī shì generation; period of 30 years; one's whole lifetime; lifelong; age; era; times; the whole world; the First (of numbered European kings) ∼HSK 3
叶 葉 xié to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf ∼HSK 3
二世 二世 èr shì the Second (of numbered kings); second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans) ∼HSK 3
在世 在世 zài shì to be alive ∼HSK 3
造船 造船 zào chuán shipbuilding ∼HSK 3
士 士 Shì scholar, gentleman; soldier ∼HSK 3
陆 陸 Lù land, continental; army ∼HSK 3
史上 史上 shǐ shàng in history ∼HSK 3
法治 法治 fǎ zhì rule of law; to rule by law ∼HSK 3
连长 連長 lián zhǎng company commander ∼HSK 3
兽 獸 shòu beast, animal; bestial ∼HSK 3
奥地利 奧地利 Ào dì lì Austria ∼HSK 3
长存 長存 cháng cún to last for a long time; to endure; to exist forever ∼HSK 3
感觉到 感覺到 gǎn jué dào to feel; to sense; to detect; to perceive; to become aware ∼HSK 3
民 民 Mín people, subjects, citizens ∼HSK 3
马刀 馬刀 mǎ dāo saber; cavalry sword ∼HSK 3