The Rise of the Great Powers

Episode review

An Unstable Situation and a New Path: Soviet Union

S1E9 · 风云新途（苏联） fēngyún xīn tú （ sūlián ）

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4.59 Intermediate

Vocabulary

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灯火辉煌 燈火輝煌 dēng huǒ huī huáng 灯: lantern, lamp · 火: fire, flame; burn; anger, rage · 辉: brightness, luster, brilliance · 煌: bright, shining, luminous Idiom ∼HSK 7
翻天覆地 翻天覆地 fān tiān fù dì sky and the earth turning upside down (idiom); fig. complete confusion; everything turned on its head Idiom HSK 7
成千上万 成千上萬 chéng qiān shàng wàn lit. by the thousands and tens of thousands (idiom); untold numbers; innumerable; thousands upon thousands Idiom HSK 7
引人注目 引人注目 yǐn rén zhù mù to attract attention; eye-catching; conspicuous Xiehouyu HSK 7
舵手 舵手 duò shǒu helmsman HSK 7
取经 取經 qǔ jīng to journey to India on a quest for the Buddhist scriptures; to learn by studying another's experience HSK 7
产值 產值 chǎn zhí value of output; output value HSK 7
拄 拄 zhǔ to lean on; to prop on HSK 7
畅谈 暢談 chàng tán to talk freely; to discuss without inhibition HSK 7
壮丽 壯麗 zhuàng lì magnificence; magnificent; majestic; glorious HSK 7
孤零零 孤零零 gū líng líng lone; isolated and without help; all alone; solitary HSK 7
封建 封建 fēng jiàn system of enfeoffment; feudalism; feudal; feudalistic HSK 7
人均 人均 rén jūn per capita HSK 7
可想而知 可想而知 kě xiǎng ér zhī it is obvious that...; as one can well imagine... HSK 7
官僚主义 官僚主義 guān liáo zhǔ yì bureaucracy HSK 7
售价 售價 shòu jià selling price HSK 7
远见 遠見 yuǎn jiàn foresight; discernment; vision HSK 7
和蔼 和藹 hé ǎi kindly; nice; amiable HSK 7
昼夜 晝夜 zhòu yè day and night; period of 24 hours; continuously, without stop HSK 7
迟迟 遲遲 chí chí late (with a task etc); slow HSK 7
动工 動工 dòng gōng to start (a building project) HSK 7
纽扣 紐扣 niǔ kòu button HSK 7
征集 徵集 zhēng jí to collect; to recruit HSK 7
攻克 攻克 gōng kè to capture; to take; to overcome; to solve HSK 7
低迷 低迷 dī mí blurred (landscape etc); low (spirits); in a slump (economy) HSK 7
现成 現成 xiàn chéng ready-made; readily available HSK 7
英明 英明 yīng míng wise; brilliant HSK 7
力争 力爭 lì zhēng to work hard for; to do all one can; to contend strongly HSK 7
幻影 幻影 huàn yǐng phantom; mirage HSK 7
拐杖 拐杖 guǎi zhàng crutches; crutch; walking stick HSK 7
压倒 壓倒 yā dǎo to overwhelm; to overpower; overwhelming HSK 7
格局 格局 gé jú structure; pattern; layout HSK 7
摇篮 搖籃 yáo lán cradle HSK 7
延缓 延緩 yán huǎn to defer; to postpone; to put off; to retard; to slow sth down HSK 7
遏制 遏制 è zhì to check; to contain; to hold back; to keep within limits; to constrain; to restrain HSK 7
尺度 尺度 chǐ dù scale; yardstick HSK 7
官僚 官僚 guān liáo bureaucrat; bureaucracy; bureaucratic HSK 7
姓氏 姓氏 xìng shì family name HSK 7
崇尚 崇尚 chóng shàng to hold up (as an model); to hold in esteem; to revere; to advocate HSK 7
落下 落下 luò xià to fall; to drop; to land (of projectile) HSK 7
断绝 斷絕 duàn jué to sever; to break off HSK 7
无偿 無償 wú cháng free; no charge; at no cost HSK 7
会晤 會晤 huì wù to meet; meeting; conference HSK 7
刷新 刷新 shuā xīn to renovate; to refurbish; to refresh (computer window); to write a new page (in history); to break (a record) HSK 7
重任 重任 zhòng rèn heavy responsibility HSK 7
复兴 復興 Fù xīng Fuxing district of Handan city 邯郸市, Hebei; Fuxing or Fuhsing township in Taoyuan county 桃园县, north Taiwan HSK 7
执着 執著 zhí zhuó to be strongly attached to; to be dedicated; to cling to; (Buddhism) attachment HSK 7
历经 歷經 lì jīng to experience; to go through HSK 7
抽象 抽象 chōu xiàng abstract; abstraction HSK 7
反思 反思 fǎn sī to think back over sth; to review; to revisit; to rethink; reflection; reassessment HSK 7