The Rise of the Great Powers

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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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兴起 興起 xīng qǐ to rise; to spring up; to burgeon; to be aroused; to come into vogue HSK 7
抛开 拋開 pāo kāi to throw out; to get rid of HSK 7
开拓 開拓 kāi tuò to break new ground (for agriculture); to open up (a new seam); to develop (border regions); fig. to open up (new horizons) HSK 7
车轮 車輪 chē lún wheel HSK 7
紧迫 緊迫 jǐn pò pressing; urgent HSK 7
捍卫 捍衛 hàn wèi to defend; to uphold; to safeguard HSK 7
开采 開採 kāi cǎi to extract (ore or other resource from a mine); to exploit; to mine HSK 7
亮点 亮點 liàng diǎn highlight; bright spot HSK 7
平息 平息 píng xī to settle (a dispute); to quieten down; to suppress HSK 7
让步 讓步 ràng bù to concede; to give in; to yield; a concession; (linguistics) concessive HSK 7
空前 空前 kōng qián unprecedented HSK 7
下跌 下跌 xià diē to fall; to tumble HSK 7
创始人 創始人 chuàng shǐ rén creator; founder; initiator HSK 7
换取 換取 huàn qǔ to obtain (sth) in exchange; to exchange (sth) for (sth else) HSK 7
古人 古人 gǔ rén people of ancient times; the ancients; extinct human species such as Homo erectus or Homo neanderthalensis; (literary) deceased person HSK 7
演说 演說 yǎn shuō speech; to deliver a speech HSK 7
武力 武力 wǔ lì military force HSK 7
闪烁 閃爍 shǎn shuò flickering; twinkling; evasive; vague (of speech) HSK 7
人造 人造 rén zào man-made; artificial; synthetic HSK 7
路程 路程 lù chéng route; path traveled; distance traveled; course (of development) HSK 7
亩 畝 mǔ classifier for fields; unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare HSK 7
难以置信 難以置信 nán yǐ zhì xìn hard to believe; incredible HSK 7
崛起 崛起 jué qǐ to rise abruptly (to a towering position); to tower over; to spring up; to emerge suddenly; the emergence (e.g. of a power) HSK 7
变革 變革 biàn gé to transform; to change HSK 7
饥饿 飢餓 jī è hunger; starvation; famine HSK 7
一心 一心 yī xīn wholeheartedly; heart and soul HSK 7
资本主义 資本主義 zī běn zhǔ yì capitalism HSK 7
入手 入手 rù shǒu to begin (with ...) (typically used in a structure such as 从 + {noun} + 手: "to begin with {noun}; to take {noun} as one's starting point"); to receive; to obtain; to buy HSK 7
盏 盞 zhǎn a small cup; classifier for lamps HSK 7
引领 引領 yǐn lǐng to crane one's neck; to await eagerly; to lead; to show the way HSK 7
贫穷 貧窮 pín qióng poor; impoverished HSK 7
大局 大局 dà jú overall situation; the big picture HSK 7
造就 造就 zào jiù to bring up; to train; to contribute to; achievements (usually of young people) HSK 7
弹性 彈性 tán xìng flexibility; elasticity HSK 7
不可避免 不可避免 bù kě bì miǎn unavoidably HSK 7
挫折 挫折 cuò zhé setback; reverse; check; defeat; frustration; disappointment; to frustrate; to discourage; to set sb back; to blunt; to subdue HSK 7
时髦 時髦 shí máo in vogue; fashionable HSK 7
欣慰 欣慰 xīn wèi to be gratified HSK 7
行使 行使 xíng shǐ to exercise (a right etc) HSK 7
业绩 業績 yè jì achievement; accomplishment; (in more recent usage) performance (of a business, employee etc); results HSK 7
以至于 以至於 yǐ zhì yú down to; up to; to the extent that... HSK 7
风情 風情 fēng qíng mien; bearing; grace; amorous feelings; flirtatious expressions; local conditions and customs; wind force, direction etc HSK 7
股市 股市 gǔ shì stock market HSK 7
刊登 刊登 kān dēng to carry a story; to publish (in a newspaper or magazine) HSK 7
凭借 憑借 píng jiè to rely on; to depend on; by means of; thanks to; sth that one relies on HSK 7
急需 急需 jí xū to urgently need; urgent need HSK 7
失落 失落 shī luò to lose (sth); to drop (sth); to feel a sense of loss; frustrated; disappointment; loss HSK 7
强硬 強硬 qiáng yìng tough; unyielding; hard-line HSK 7
蔓延 蔓延 màn yán to extend; to spread HSK 7
旅途 旅途 lǚ tú journey; trip HSK 7