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 ）

HSK 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
4.59 Intermediate

Vocabulary

Filter the words you want to study before watching.

其 其 qí his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it) HSK 5
如此 如此 rú cǐ like this; so; such HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
五颜六色 五顏六色 wǔ yán liù sè multicolored; every color under the sun Idiom HSK 4
高潮 高潮 gāo cháo high tide; high water; upsurge; peak of activity; climax (of a story, a competition etc); to have an orgasm Xiehouyu HSK 4
垃圾 垃圾 lā jī trash; refuse; garbage; (coll.) of poor quality; Taiwan pr. [lè sè] Colloquialism HSK 4
列宁 列寧 Liè níng Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1870-1924), Russian revolutionary leader Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
斯大林 斯大林 Sī dà lín Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Soviet dictator Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
苏俄 蘇俄 Sū é Soviet Russia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
罗兰 羅蘭 Luó lán Roland (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
十月革命 十月革命 Shí yuè Gé mìng October Revolution Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
福特 福特 Fú tè Ford (name); Ford, US car make Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
第二次世界大战 第二次世界大戰 Dì - èr Cì Shì jiè Dà zhàn World War II Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
罗斯福 羅斯福 Luó sī fú Roosevelt (name); Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), US President 1901-1909; Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945), US President 1933-1945 Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
彼得 彼得 Bǐ dé Peter (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
西伯利亚 西伯利亞 Xī bó lì yà Siberia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
布尔什维克 布爾什維克 Bù ěr shí wéi kè Bolshevik Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
克里姆林宫 克里姆林宮 Kè lǐ mǔ lín Gōng the Kremlin Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
美苏 美蘇 Měi Sū American-Soviet (tension, rapprochement etc) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
高尔基 高爾基 Gāo ěr jī Gorkii (name); Maxim Gorkii (1868-1936), Russian proletarian writer and propagandist Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
第一次世界大战 第一次世界大戰 Dì yī cì Shì jiè Dà zhàn World War One Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
斯大林格勒 斯大林格勒 Sī dà lín gé lè Stalingrad, former name of Volvograd 伏爾加格勒|伏尔加格勒 (1925-1961) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
红旗 紅旗 Hóng qí Hongqi district of Xinxiang city, Henan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
吉林 吉林 Jí lín Jilin Province, capital Changchun; Jilin, prefecture-level city in Jilin Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
维拉 維拉 Wéi lā Vala (Middle-earth) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
苏维埃俄国 蘇維埃俄國 Sū wéi āi É guó Soviet Russia (1917-1991) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
石棉 石棉 Shí mián Shimian County in Ya'an, Sichuan Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
马克思主义 馬克思主義 Mǎ kè sī zhǔ yì Marxism Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
一战 一戰 Yī zhàn World War I (1914-1918) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
张伯伦 張伯倫 Zhāng bó lún Chamberlain (name); Wilt Chamberlain (1936-1999), US basketball player Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
共产国际 共產國際 Gòng chǎn Guó jì Communist International or Comintern (1919-1943), also known as the Third International Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
列宁格勒 列寧格勒 Liè níng gé lè Leningrad, former name (1923-1991) of Russian city Saint Petersburg Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
德国人 德國人 Dé guó rén German person or people Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
真理报 真理報 Zhēn lǐ Bào Pravda (newspaper) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
青年节 青年節 Qīng nián jié Youth Day (May 4th), PRC national holiday for young people aged 14 to 28, who get half a day off Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
抗日战争 抗日戰爭 Kàng Rì Zhàn zhēng (China's) War of Resistance against Japan (1937-1945) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
越战 越戰 Yuè zhàn Vietnam War (1955-1975) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
纳粹德国 納粹德國 Nà cuì Dé guó Nazi Germany (1933-1945) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
丘吉尔 丘吉爾 Qiū jí ěr variant of Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
雅尔塔 雅爾塔 Yǎ ěr tǎ Yalta Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
加加林 加加林 Jiā jiā lín Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), Russian cosmonaut, first human in space Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
美利坚合众国 美利堅合眾國 Měi lì jiān Hé zhòng guó United States of America Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
工业化 工業化 gōng yè huà to industrialize; industrialization ∼HSK 4
曼 曼 màn long, extended, vast; beautiful ∼HSK 4
共产主义 共產主義 gòng chǎn zhǔ yì communism ∼HSK 4
发达国家 發達國家 fā dá guó jiā developed nation ∼HSK 4
自下而上 自下而上 zì xià ér shàng bottom-up ∼HSK 4
自由市场 自由市場 zì yóu shì chǎng free market ∼HSK 4
法西斯 法西斯 fǎ xī sī fascist (loanword) ∼HSK 4
兵力 兵力 bīng lì military strength; armed forces; troops ∼HSK 4