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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数以千计 數以千計 shù yǐ qiān jì thousands (of sth) ∼HSK 6
侥幸 僥倖 jiǎo xìng luckily; by a fluke ∼HSK 6
不顾一切 不顧一切 bù gù - yī qiè (idiom) to disregard all negative considerations; to cast aside all concerns ∼HSK 6
严酷 嚴酷 yán kù bitter; harsh; grim; ruthless; severe; cut-throat (competition) ∼HSK 6
感召 感召 gǎn zhào to move and appeal; to rally to a cause; to impel; to inspire ∼HSK 6
战功 戰功 zhàn gōng outstanding military service ∼HSK 6
有生之年 有生之年 yǒu shēng zhī nián (idiom) during one's lifetime; while one is on this earth; in one's remaining years ∼HSK 6
钢铁厂 鋼鐵廠 gāng tiě chǎng iron and steel works; steelworks ∼HSK 6
斥责 斥責 chì zé to lash out; to reprimand ∼HSK 6
口吻 口吻 kǒu wěn tone of voice; connotation in intonation; accent (regional etc); snout; muzzle; lips; protruding portion of an animal's face ∼HSK 6
远嫁 遠嫁 yuǎn jià to marry a man who lives in a distant place ∼HSK 6
略带 略帶 lüè dài to have (an attribute) to a small degree; to have a touch of ∼HSK 6
大主教 大主教 dà zhǔ jiào archbishop; primate (of a church); metropolitan ∼HSK 6
文学史 文學史 wén xué shǐ history of literature ∼HSK 6
无限期 無限期 wú xiàn qī indefinitely; of unlimited duration ∼HSK 6
公开指责 公開指責 gōng kāi zhǐ zé to denounce ∼HSK 6
阿拉斯加 阿拉斯加 Ā lā sī jiā Alaska, US state ∼HSK 6
阿留申群岛 阿留申群島 Ā liú shēn Qún dǎo Aleutian Islands (trailing 2250 km southwest of Alaska almost down to Kamtchatka) ∼HSK 6
寄予厚望 寄予厚望 jì yǔ hòu wàng to place high hopes ∼HSK 6
跌落 跌落 diē luò to fall; to drop ∼HSK 6
铁甲舰 鐵甲艦 tiě jiǎ jiàn ironclad; an armor-plated battleship ∼HSK 6
大口径 大口徑 dà kǒu jìng large caliber ∼HSK 6
知识界 知識界 zhī shi jiè intellectual circles; intelligentsia ∼HSK 6
文化史 文化史 wén huà shǐ cultural history ∼HSK 6
样板 樣板 yàng bǎn template; prototype; model; example ∼HSK 6
罪人 罪人 zuì rén sinner ∼HSK 6
羞涩 羞澀 xiū sè shy; bashful ∼HSK 6
立宪 立憲 lì xiàn to set up a constitution ∼HSK 6
付诸 付諸 fù zhū to apply to; to put into (practice etc); to put to (a test, a vote etc) ∼HSK 6
资产阶级革命 資產階級革命 zī chǎn jiē jí gé mìng bourgeois revolution (in Marx-Leninist theory, a prelude to the proletarian revolution) ∼HSK 6
由来已久 由來已久 yóu lái yǐ jiǔ to be of long standing; to have a long history (idiom); going back a long way ∼HSK 6
私有制 私有制 sī yǒu zhì private ownership of property ∼HSK 6
朝圣 朝聖 cháo shèng to make a pilgrimage ∼HSK 6
悲壮 悲壯 bēi zhuàng solemn and stirring; moving and tragic ∼HSK 6
同时代 同時代 tóng shí dài contemporary ∼HSK 6
以此为 以此為 yǐ cǐ wéi to regard as; to treat as ∼HSK 6
五分之一 五分之一 wǔ fēn zhī yī one fifth ∼HSK 6
严寒 嚴寒 yán hán bitter cold; severe winter HSK 6
军舰 軍艦 jūn jiàn warship; military naval vessel HSK 6
借鉴 借鑒 jiè jiàn to draw on (others' experience); to learn from (how others do things); lesson to be learned (by observing others) HSK 6
一行 一行 yī xíng party; delegation HSK 6
祖母 祖母 zǔ mǔ father's mother; paternal grandmother HSK 6
起义 起義 qǐ yì uprising; insurrection; revolt HSK 6
大批 大批 dà pī large quantities of HSK 6
镇压 鎮壓 zhèn yā suppression; repression; to suppress; to put down; to quell HSK 6
编制 編制 biān zhì to establish (a unit or department); staffing structure (excluding temporary and casual staff) HSK 6
基督教 基督教 Jī dū jiào Christianity; Christian HSK 6
船只 船隻 chuán zhī ship; boat; vessel HSK 6
广阔 廣闊 guǎng kuò wide; vast HSK 6
开创 開創 kāi chuàng to initiate; to start; to found HSK 6