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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苏联 蘇聯 Sū lián Soviet Union, 1922-1991; abbr. for Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
美国 美國 Měi guó United States; USA; US Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
德国 德國 Dé guó Germany Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
英国 英國 Yīng guó United Kingdom (UK); Britain Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
美国人 美國人 Měi guó rén American; American person; American people Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
上都 上都 Shàng dū Shangdu, also known as Xanadu, summer capital of the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368) Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
共产党 共產黨 Gòng chǎn dǎng Communist Party Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
日本 日本 Rì běn Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
魏国 魏國 Wèi guó Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄; Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
法国 法國 Fǎ guó France Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
一个 一個 yīge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
这个 這個 zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
这是 這是 zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
俄罗斯 俄羅斯 É luó sī Russia ∼HSK 1
达 達 Dá arrive at, reach; intelligent; smooth, slippery ∼HSK 1
有了 有了 yǒu le I've got a solution!; to have a bun in the oven ∼HSK 1
俄国 俄國 É guó Russia ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
汉 漢 Hàn Chinese people; Chinese language ∼HSK 1
军 軍 jūn army, military; soldiers, troops ∼HSK 1
家的 家的 jiā de (old) wife ∼HSK 1
大国 大國 dà guó a power (i.e. a dominant country) ∼HSK 1
第一次 第一次 dì yī cì the first time; first; number one ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
上第 上第 shàng dì top notch; highest quality ∼HSK 1
做出 做出 zuò chū to put out; to issue ∼HSK 1
现 現 xiàn appear, manifest, become visible ∼HSK 1
外国人 外國人 wài guó rén foreigner ∼HSK 1
三十 三十 sān shí thirty; 30 ∼HSK 1
每天 每天 měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
各国 各國 gè guó each country; every country; various countries ∼HSK 1
第五 第五 dì wǔ fifth ∼HSK 1
百年 百年 bǎi nián hundred years; century; lifetime ∼HSK 1
五十 五十 wǔ shí fifty ∼HSK 1
年间 年間 nián jiān in the years of; during those years; period (of dynasty or decade) ∼HSK 1
年中 年中 nián zhōng within the year; in the middle of the year; mid-year ∼HSK 1
每个 每個 měi gè each; every ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
分子 分子 fēn zǐ (chemistry) molecule; (math) numerator of a fraction ∼HSK 1
走出 走出 zǒu chū to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc) ∼HSK 1
拿起 拿起 ná qǐ to pick up ∼HSK 1
亚 亞 Yà Asia; second ∼HSK 1
不了 不了 bù le no thanks (used to politely but informally decline) ∼HSK 1
在外 在外 zài wài outer; excluded ∼HSK 1
等等 等等 děng děng et cetera; and so on...; wait a minute!; hold on! ∼HSK 1
并不 並不 bìng bù not at all; by no means ∼HSK 1
早在 早在 zǎo zài as early as ∼HSK 1
变得 變得 biàn de to become ∼HSK 1