The Rise of the Great Powers
Episode review
An Unstable Situation and a New Path: Soviet Union
S1E9 · 风云新途（苏联）
Vocabulary
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| 引起 引起 | to give rise to; to lead to; to cause; to arouse | |
| 于是 於是 | thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence | |
| 轮 輪 | wheel; disk; ring; steamship; to take turns; to rotate; classifier for big round objects: disk, or recurring events: round, turn | |
| 加入 加入 | to become a member; to join; to mix into; to participate in; to add in | |
| 几乎 幾乎 | almost; nearly; practically | |
| 应 應 | to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shall | |
| 似乎 似乎 | it seems; seemingly; as if | |
| 总统 總統 | president (of a country) | |
| 梦 夢 | dream; (bound form) to dream | |
| 项目 項目 | item; project; (sports) event | |
| 之一 之一 | one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc) | |
| 历史 歷史 | history | |
| 项 項 | back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc | |
| 包括 包括 | to comprise; to include; to involve; to incorporate; to consist of | |
| 严重 嚴重 | grave; serious; severe; critical | |
| 看来 看來 | apparently; it seems that | |
| 未来 未來 | future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending | |
| 获得 獲得 | to obtain; to receive; to get | |
| 根据 根據 | according to; based on; basis; foundation | |
| 提供 提供 | to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish | |
| 定 定 | to set; to fix; to determine; to decide; to order | |
| 是否 是否 | whether (or not); if; is or isn't | |
| 系统 系統 | system | |
| 曾 曾 | once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) | |
| 政府 政府 | government | |
| 处 處 | to reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish | |
| 对于 對於 | regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to | |
| 之前 之前 | before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand | |
| 甚至 甚至 | even; so much so that | |
| 之间 之間 | (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) | |
| 作为 作為 | one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be | |
| 此 此 | this; these | |
| 无 無 | not to have; no; none; not; to lack; un-; -less | |
| 了解 了解 | to understand; to realize; to find out | |
| 之后 之後 | after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then | |
| 却 卻 | but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though | |
| 而 而 | and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) | |
| 深刻 深刻 | profound; deep; deep-going | Xiehouyu |
| 要是 要是 | (coll.) if | Colloquialism |
| 管 筦 | to take care (of); to control; to manage; to be in charge of; to look after; to run; to care about; tube; pipe; woodwind; classifier for tube-shaped objects; particle similar to 把 in 管...叫 constructions; writing brush; (coll.) to; towards | Colloquialism |
| 苏维埃 蘇維埃 | Soviet (council) | Proper Noun |
| 莫斯科 莫斯科 | Moscow, capital of Russia | Proper Noun |
| 马克思 馬克思 | Marx (name); Karl Marx (1818-1883), German revolutionary, economist and historian | Proper Noun |
| 强国 強國 | (ironically) mainland China (Taiwan & Hong Kong usage) | Proper Noun |
| 红军 紅軍 | Red Army (1928-1937), predecessor of the PLA; (Soviet) Red Army (1917-1946) | Proper Noun |
| 华盛顿 華盛頓 | Washington (name); George Washington (1732-1799), first US president; Washington, US State; Washington, D.C. (US federal capital) | Proper Noun |
| 亨利 亨利 | Henry (name); henry (unit of inductance) | Proper Noun |
| 海参崴 海參崴 | Haishenwai, traditional Chinese name for Vladivostok | Proper Noun |
| 欧美 歐美 | Europe and America; the West | |
| 诺 諾 | promise; assent, approve |