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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雪花 雪花 xuě huā snowflake ∼HSK 2
维 維 Wéi maintain, preserve, safeguard ∼HSK 2
拉近 拉近 lā jìn to pull sb close to oneself; (fig.) (typically followed by) to bridge (the distance between people) (i.e. to build a closer relationship) ∼HSK 2
名叫 名叫 míng jiào called; named ∼HSK 2
问道 問道 wèn dào to ask the way; to ask ∼HSK 2
所有人 所有人 suǒ yǒu rén everyone; owner ∼HSK 2
借机 借機 jiè jī to seize the opportunity ∼HSK 2
大公司 大公司 dà gōng sī large company; corporation ∼HSK 2
易 易 Yì change; easy ∼HSK 2
十万 十萬 shí wàn hundred thousand ∼HSK 2
全会 全會 quán huì plenary session (at a conference) ∼HSK 2
大河 大河 dà hé large river (esp the Yellow River) ∼HSK 2
论 論 Lún debate; discuss; discourse ∼HSK 2
向外 向外 xiàng wài outward ∼HSK 2
世界经济 世界經濟 shì jiè jīng jì global economy; world economy ∼HSK 2
伊 伊 Yī third person pronoun; he, she, this, that ∼HSK 2
工作时间 工作時間 gōng zuò shí jiān working hours ∼HSK 2
一周 一週 yī zhōu one week; all the way around; a whole cycle ∼HSK 2
令人 令人 lìng rén to cause one (to do sth); to make one (angry, delighted etc) ∼HSK 2
行得通 行得通 xíng de tōng practicable; realizable; will work ∼HSK 2
名词 名詞 míng cí (linguistics) noun; term (name for a concept) ∼HSK 2
一套 一套 yī tào suit; a set; a collection; of the same kind; the same old stuff; set pattern of behavior ∼HSK 2
带电 帶電 dài diàn to be electrified; to be charged; to be live ∼HSK 2
专 專 zhuān monopolize, take sole possession ∼HSK 2
不可能 不可能 bù kě néng impossible; cannot; not able ∼HSK 2
万事 萬事 wàn shì all things ∼HSK 2
着数 著數 zhāo shù move (in chess, on stage, in martial arts); gambit; trick; scheme; movement; same as ∼HSK 2
百万 百萬 bǎi wàn million ∼HSK 2
万人 萬人 wàn rén ten thousand people; all the people; everyman ∼HSK 2
走向 走向 zǒu xiàng direction; strike (i.e. angle of inclination in geology); inclination; trend; to move towards; to head for ∼HSK 2
始 始 shǐ begin, start; then, only then ∼HSK 2
写信 寫信 xiě xìn to write a letter ∼HSK 2
然 然 rán yes, certainly; pledge, promise ∼HSK 2
某种 某種 mǒu zhǒng some kind (of) ∼HSK 2
再发 再發 zài fā to reissue; (of a disease) to recur; (of a patient) to suffer a relapse ∼HSK 2
刻写 刻寫 kè xiě to inscribe ∼HSK 2
汲取 汲取 jí qǔ to draw; to derive; to absorb ∼HSK 2
建国 建國 jiàn guó to found a country; nation-building; the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949 ∼HSK 2
一点点 一點點 yī diǎn diǎn a little bit HSK 2
走进 走進 zǒu jìn to enter HSK 2
做生意 做生意 zuò shēng yì to do business ∼HSK 2
晴 晴 qíng clear; fine (weather) HSK 2
回国 回國 huí guó to return to one's home country HSK 2
年级 年級 nián jí grade; year (in school, college etc) HSK 2
住房 住房 zhù fáng housing HSK 2
画家 畫家 huà jiā painter HSK 2
商人 商人 shāng rén merchant; businessman HSK 2
东方 東方 dōng fāng east HSK 2
不满 不滿 bù mǎn resentful; discontented; dissatisfied HSK 2
游客 遊客 yóu kè traveler; tourist; (online gaming) guest player HSK 2