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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革命 革命 gé mìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) HSK 7
产 產 chǎn to give birth; to reproduce; to produce; product; resource; estate; property HSK 7
计 計 jì to calculate; to compute; to count; to regard as important; to plan; ruse; meter; gauge HSK 7
从未 從未 cóng wèi never HSK 7
他人 他人 tā rén another person; sb else; other people HSK 7
勒 勒 lè to rein in; to compel; to force; to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead; bridle; (physics) abbr. for 斯, lux HSK 7
制 製 zhì to manufacture; to make HSK 7
推荐 推薦 tuī jiàn to recommend; recommendation HSK 7
婚姻 婚姻 hūn yīn matrimony; wedding; marriage HSK 7
委员会 委員會 wěi yuán huì committee HSK 7
罗 羅 luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
恐怖 恐怖 kǒng bù terrible; frightful; frightening; terror; terrorist HSK 7
所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
同志 同志 tóng zhì comrade; (slang) homosexual HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
情 情 qíng feeling; emotion; passion; situation HSK 7
感 感 gǎn to feel; to move; to touch; to affect; feeling; emotion; (suffix) sense of ~ HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
及 及 jí and; to reach; up to; in time for HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
轩然大波 軒然大波 xuān rán dà bō huge waves; (fig.) ruckus; controversy; sensation Idiom ∼HSK 6
离经叛道 離經叛道 lí jīng pàn dào to rebel against orthodoxy; to depart from established practices Idiom ∼HSK 6
直言不讳 直言不諱 zhí yán bù huì to speak bluntly (idiom); not to mince words Idiom ∼HSK 6
非同小可 非同小可 fēi tóng xiǎo kě extremely important; no small matter Xiehouyu ∼HSK 6
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
沙皇 沙皇 shā huáng czar (loanword) ∼HSK 6
女皇 女皇 nǚ huáng empress ∼HSK 6
农奴 農奴 nóng nú serf ∼HSK 6
强盛 強盛 qiáng shèng rich and powerful ∼HSK 6
皈依 皈依 guī yī to convert to (a religion) ∼HSK 6
臣民 臣民 chén mín subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc) ∼HSK 6
炮兵 炮兵 pào bīng artillery soldier; gunner ∼HSK 6
割断 割斷 gē duàn to cut off; to sever ∼HSK 6
继承者 繼承者 jì chéng zhě successor ∼HSK 6
谋反 謀反 móu fǎn to plot a rebellion; to conspire against the state ∼HSK 6
车裂 車裂 chē liè to tear off sb's four limbs and head using five horse-drawn carts (historical form of capital punishment) ∼HSK 6
绞刑 絞刑 jiǎo xíng to execute by hanging ∼HSK 6
反叛 反叛 fǎn pàn to rebel; to revolt ∼HSK 6
古鲁 古魯 gǔ lǔ guru (loanword) ∼HSK 6
大公 大公 dà gōng grand duke; impartial ∼HSK 6
迎娶 迎娶 yíng qǔ (of a groom) to fetch one's bride from her parents' home to escort her to the wedding ceremony; (fig.) to take as one's wife; to marry (a woman) ∼HSK 6
东罗马帝国 東羅馬帝國 dōng Luó mǎ Dì guó Eastern Roman empire or Byzantium (395-1453) ∼HSK 6
人烟稀少 人煙稀少 rén yān xī shǎo no sign of human habitation (idiom); desolate ∼HSK 6
奥斯曼 奧斯曼 Ào sī màn Ottoman (empire) ∼HSK 6
把持 把持 bǎ chí to control; to dominate; to monopolize ∼HSK 6
迈出 邁出 mài chū to step out; to take a (first) step ∼HSK 6
一夜之间 一夜之間 yī yè zhī jiān (lit. and fig.) overnight ∼HSK 6
日夜兼程 日夜兼程 rì yè jiān chéng to travel day and night ∼HSK 6