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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极大 極大 jí dà maximum; enormous ∼HSK 3
般 般 bān sort, manner, kind, category ∼HSK 3
资本家 資本家 zī běn jiā capitalist ∼HSK 3
一声 一聲 yī shēng first tone in Mandarin (high, level tone) ∼HSK 3
国力 國力 guó lì a nation's power ∼HSK 3
随风 隨風 suí fēng wind-borne; tossed about by the wind ∼HSK 3
性地 性地 xìng dì innate quality; natural disposition ∼HSK 3
叶 葉 xié to harmonize, to rhyme; to unite; (borrowed for) leaf ∼HSK 3
二世 二世 èr shì the Second (of numbered kings); second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans) ∼HSK 3
登上 登上 dēng shàng to climb over; to ascend onto; to mount ∼HSK 3
奇 奇 jī strange, unusual, uncanny, occult ∼HSK 3
洛 洛 Luò river in Shanxi province; city ∼HSK 3
耳 耳 ěr ear; merely, only; handle ∼HSK 3
民 民 Mín people, subjects, citizens ∼HSK 3
不愿 不願 bù yuàn unwilling ∼HSK 3
物物交换 物物交換 wù wù jiāo huàn barter ∼HSK 3
国营 國營 guó yíng state-run (company etc); nationalized ∼HSK 3
敌 敵 dí enemy, foe, rival; resist ∼HSK 3
阿曼 阿曼 Ā màn Oman ∼HSK 3
打退 打退 dǎ tuì to beat back; to repel; to repulse ∼HSK 3
赶走 趕走 gǎn zǒu to drive out; to turn back ∼HSK 3
游说 遊說 yóu shuì to lobby; to campaign; to promote (an idea, a product); (old) to visit various rulers and promote one's political ideas (in the Warring States period) ∼HSK 3
代表性 代表性 dài biǎo xìng representativeness; representative; typical ∼HSK 3
帽 㡌 mào hat, cap; cap-like tops ∼HSK 3
没法 沒法 méi fǎ at a loss; unable to do anything about it; to have no choice ∼HSK 3
下线 下線 xià xiàn to go offline; (of a product) to roll off the assembly line; downline (person below oneself in a pyramid scheme) ∼HSK 3
半死 半死 bàn sǐ half dead (of torment, hunger, tiredness etc); (tired) to death; (terrified) out of one's wits; (beaten) to within an inch of one's life; (knock) the daylights out of sb ∼HSK 3
史上 史上 shǐ shàng in history ∼HSK 3
化名 化名 huà míng to go by an alias; to assume a false name; alias; pseudonym; assumed name ∼HSK 3
大幅 大幅 dà fú large-format (picture, banner, photo etc); substantially; by a wide margin ∼HSK 3
上相 上相 shàng xiàng photogenic; (old) high official ∼HSK 3
在世 在世 zài shì to be alive ∼HSK 3
破土 破土 pò tǔ to break ground; to start digging; to plough; to break through the ground; fig. the start of a building project ∼HSK 3
卢布 盧布 lú bù ruble (Russian currency) (loanword) ∼HSK 3
肉类 肉類 ròu lèi meat ∼HSK 3
无人 無人 wú rén unmanned; uninhabited ∼HSK 3
商谈 商談 shāng tán to confer; to discuss; to engage in talks ∼HSK 3
阳 陽 yáng positive (electric.); sun; male principle (Taoism); Yang, opposite: ∼HSK 3
封存 封存 fēng cún to sequester; to seal up (for safe keeping); to freeze (an account); to mothball ∼HSK 3
市场经济 市場經濟 shì chǎng jīng jì market economy ∼HSK 3
大面积 大面積 dà miàn jī large area; (fig.) (of a problem) (occurring) on a massive scale ∼HSK 3
广大 廣大 guǎng dà (of an area) vast or extensive; large-scale; widespread; (of people) numerous HSK 3
剧场 劇場 jù chǎng theater HSK 3
老百姓 老百姓 lǎo bǎi xìng ordinary people; the "person in the street" HSK 3
建成 建成 jiàn chéng to establish; to build HSK 3
束 束 shù to bind; bunch; bundle; classifier for bunches, bundles, beams of light etc; to control HSK 3
面积 面積 miàn jī area (of a floor, piece of land etc); surface area; tract of land HSK 3
农业 農業 nóng yè agriculture; farming HSK 3
发达 發達 fā dá well-developed; flourishing; to develop; to promote; to expand; (literary) to achieve fame and fortune; to prosper HSK 3
完善 完善 wán shàn (of systems, facilities etc) comprehensive; well-developed; excellent; to refine; to improve HSK 3