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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身 身 shēn body; trunk, hull; rad. no. 158 ∼HSK 2
长篇小说 長篇小說 cháng piān xiǎo shuō novel ∼HSK 2
开篇 開篇 kāi piān start of literary work; opening song of ballad in Tanci style ∼HSK 2
几度 幾度 jǐ dù how many times; several times; how many degrees (in terms of temperature or angle); several degrees; to what degree; to what extent ∼HSK 2
执政 執政 zhí zhèng to hold power; in office ∼HSK 2
走向 走向 zǒu xiàng direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for ∼HSK 2
平分 平分 píng fēn to divide evenly; to bisect (geometry); deuce (tennis); tied score ∼HSK 2
写信 寫信 xiě xìn to write a letter ∼HSK 2
那种 那種 nà zhǒng that kind of ∼HSK 2
离家出走 離家出走 lí jiā chū zǒu to leave home (to live somewhere else) ∼HSK 2
病倒 病倒 bìng dǎo to fall ill; to be stricken with an illness ∼HSK 2
令人 令人 lìng rén to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) ∼HSK 2
头等 頭等 tóu děng first class; prime; main ∼HSK 2
一定要 一定要 yī dìng yào must ∼HSK 2
留学生 留學生 liú xué shēng student studying abroad; (foreign) exchange student HSK 2
走进 走進 zǒu jìn to enter HSK 2
回国 回國 huí guó to return to one's home country HSK 2
课堂 課堂 kè táng classroom HSK 2
平等 平等 píng děng equal; equality HSK 2
从小 從小 cóng xiǎo from childhood; from a young age HSK 2
西方 西方 Xī fāng the West; the Occident; Western countries HSK 2
一部分 一部分 yī bù fen portion; part of; subset HSK 2
刻 刻 kè quarter (hour); moment; to carve; to engrave; to cut; oppressive; classifier for short time intervals HSK 2
姓 姓 xìng family name; surname; to be surnamed HSK 2
这时 這時 zhè shí at this time; at this moment HSK 2
大声 大聲 dà shēng loud voice; in a loud voice; loudly HSK 2
南方 南方 nán fāng south; the southern part of the country; the South HSK 2
作家 作家 zuò jiā author HSK 2
接下来 接下來 jiē xià lái to accept; to take; next; following HSK 2
人口 人口 rén kǒu population; people HSK 2
理想 理想 lǐ xiǎng an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect HSK 2
闻 聞 wén to hear; news; well-known; famous; reputation; fame; to smell; to sniff at HSK 2
信心 信心 xìn xīn confidence; faith (in sb or sth) HSK 2
道路 道路 dào lù road; path; way HSK 2
骑 騎 jì (Tw) saddle horse; mounted soldier HSK 2
的话 的話 de huà if (coming after a conditional clause) HSK 2
公平 公平 gōng píng fair; impartial HSK 2
观点 觀點 guān diǎn point of view; viewpoint; standpoint HSK 2
大多数 大多數 dà duō shù (great) majority HSK 2
以下 以下 yǐ xià that level or lower; that amount or less; the following HSK 2
心中 心中 xīn zhōng central point; in one's thoughts; in one's heart HSK 2
雪 雪 xuě snow; (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) HSK 2
语言 語言 yǔ yán language HSK 2
什么样 什麼樣 shén me yàng what kind?; what sort? HSK 2
黄 黃 huáng yellow; pornographic; to fall through HSK 2
大量 大量 dà liàng great amount; large quantity; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous HSK 2
千 千 qiān thousand HSK 2
平 平 píng flat; level; equal; to tie (make the same score); to draw (score); calm; peaceful; abbr. for 平声 HSK 2
篇 篇 piān sheet; piece of writing; bound set of bamboo slips used for record keeping (old); classifier for written items: chapter, article HSK 2
一生 一生 yī shēng all one's life; throughout one's life HSK 2