The Rise of the Great Powers
Episode review
Seeking the Way to Strengthen the Nation: Tsarist Russia
S1E8 · 寻道图强(沙俄)
Vocabulary
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| 苏联 蘇聯 | Soviet Union, 1922-1991; abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) | Proper Noun |
| 十月 十月 | October; tenth month (of the lunar year) | Proper Noun |
| 日本 日本 | Japan | Proper Noun |
| 天后 天后 | Tin Hau, Empress of Heaven, another name for the goddess Matsu; Tin Hau (Hong Kong area around the MTR station with same name) | Proper Noun |
| 俄国 俄國 | Russia | |
| 俄罗斯 俄羅斯 | Russia | |
| 一个 一個 | a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) | |
| 这个 這個 | (pronoun) this; (adjective) this | |
| 一种 一種 | one kind of; one type of | |
| 太子 太子 | crown prince | |
| 大国 大國 | a power (i.e. a dominant country) | |
| 到了 到了 | at last; finally; in the end | |
| 一次 一次 | first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) | |
| 不是 不是 | no; is not; not | |
| 从来没有 從來沒有 | there has never been; has never had; (before a verb) has never | |
| 第一次 第一次 | the first time; first; number one | |
| 俄国人 俄國人 | Russian (person) | |
| 去国外 去國外 | to go abroad | |
| 几个 幾個 | a few; several; how many | |
| 这位 這位 | this (person) | |
| 那个 那個 | that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler | |
| 变得 變得 | to become | |
| 不到 不到 | not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than | |
| 军 軍 | army, military; soldiers, troops | |
| 工匠 工匠 | artisan; smith | |
| 这种 這種 | this kind of | |
| 外国人 外國人 | foreigner | |
| 做出 做出 | to put out; to issue | |
| 一个人 一個人 | by oneself (without assistance); alone (without company) | |
| 叫做 叫做 | to be called; to be known as | |
| 师 師 | teacher, master, specialist | |
| 十八 十八 | eighteen; 18 | |
| 每年 每年 | every year; each year; yearly | |
| 在一起 在一起 | together | |
| 工友 工友 | odd-job worker (janitor, groundsman etc) at a school or government office; (old) worker; fellow worker | |
| 百年 百年 | hundred years; century; lifetime | |
| 十四 十四 | fourteen; 14 | |
| 在外 在外 | outer; excluded | |
| 国人 國人 | compatriots (literary); fellow countrymen | |
| 上行 上行 | (of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital); (of river boats) to go against the current; to submit (a document) to higher authorities | |
| 要有 要有 | to need; to require; must have | |
| 国门 國門 | (archaic) capital's gate; country's border | |
| 右手 右手 | right hand; right-hand side | |
| 老弟 老弟 | (affectionate form of address for a male who is not very much younger than oneself) my boy; old pal | |
| 习 習 | practice; flapping wings | |
| 第二天 第二天 | next day; the morrow | |
| 年间 年間 | in the years of; during those years; period (of dynasty or decade) | |
| 十五 十五 | fifteen; 15 | |
| 学好 學好 | to follow good examples | |
| 每天 每天 | every day |