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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定义 定義 dìng yì definition; to define HSK 7
粒 粒 lì grain; granule; classifier for small round things (peas, bullets, peanuts, pills, grains etc) HSK 7
口味 口味 kǒu wèi a person's preferences; tastes (in food); flavor HSK 7
签署 簽署 qiān shǔ to sign (an agreement) HSK 7
秩序 秩序 zhì xù order (orderly); order (sequence); social order; the state (of society) HSK 7
独 獨 dú alone; independent; single; sole; only HSK 7
恐惧 恐懼 kǒng jù to be frightened; fear; dread HSK 7
奇迹 奇跡 qí jì miracle; miraculous; wonder; marvel HSK 7
武装 武裝 wǔ zhuāng arms; equipment; to arm; military; armed (forces) HSK 7
官员 官員 guān yuán official (in an organization or government); administrator HSK 7
革命 革命 gé mìng to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命) HSK 7
金属 金屬 jīn shǔ metal HSK 7
业 業 yè line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already HSK 7
从未 從未 cóng wèi never HSK 7
率 率 lǜ rate; frequency HSK 7
勒 勒 lè to rein in; to compel; to force; to carve; to engrave; (literary) to command; to lead; bridle; (physics) abbr. for 斯, lux HSK 7
凌晨 凌晨 líng chén very early in the morning; in the wee hours HSK 7
灵魂 靈魂 líng hún soul; spirit HSK 7
一面 一面 yī miàn one side; one aspect; simultaneously... (and...); one's whole face HSK 7
领域 領域 lǐng yù domain; sphere; field; territory; area HSK 7
制 製 zhì to manufacture; to make HSK 7
袭击 襲擊 xí jī attack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack HSK 7
罗 羅 luó gauze; to collect; to gather; to catch; to sift HSK 7
丝 絲 sī silk; thread; trace; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a thread (of cloud, smoke etc), a bit, an iota, a hint (of sth) etc HSK 7
不知 不知 bù zhī not to know; unaware; unknowingly; fig. not to admit (defeat, hardships, tiredness etc) HSK 7
同志 同志 tóng zhì comrade; (slang) homosexual HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
则 則 zé (literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
以 㕥 yǐ to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place) HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
突飞猛进 突飛猛進 tū fēi měng jìn to advance by leaps and bounds Idiom ∼HSK 6
力挽狂澜 力挽狂瀾 lì wǎn kuáng lán to pull strongly against a crazy tide (idiom); fig. to try hard to save a desperate crisis Idiom ∼HSK 6
时过境迁 時過境遷 shí guò jìng qiān things change with the passage of time (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 6
不堪一击 不堪一擊 bù kān - yī jī (idiom) unable to withstand a single blow; to collapse at the first blow Idiom ∼HSK 6
特立独行 特立獨行 tè lì dú xíng to be unconventional; independence of action Idiom ∼HSK 6
轰轰烈烈 轟轟烈烈 hōng hōng liè liè strong; vigorous; large-scale Idiom ∼HSK 6
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
五年计划 五年計劃 wǔ nián jì huà Five-Year Plan ∼HSK 6
工业品 工業品 gōng yè pǐn manufactured goods ∼HSK 6
经济危机 經濟危機 jīng jì wēi jī economic crisis ∼HSK 6
重工业 重工業 zhòng gōng yè heavy industry; manufacturing ∼HSK 6
怒吼 怒吼 nù hǒu to bellow; to rave; to snarl ∼HSK 6
沙皇 沙皇 shā huáng czar (loanword) ∼HSK 6
拖拉 拖拉 tuō lā to drag along; to haul; (fig.) to procrastinate; shilly-shallying; sluggish; (computing) drag and drop; (loanword) tola, unit of weight, approx. 11.664 grams ∼HSK 6
不可磨灭 不可磨滅 bù kě mó miè indelible ∼HSK 6
超级大国 超級大國 chāo jí dà guó superpower ∼HSK 6
漫天 漫天 màn tiān lit. to fill the whole sky; everywhere; as far as the eye can see ∼HSK 6
缔造者 締造者 dì zào zhě creator (of a great work); founder ∼HSK 6
彷徨 彷徨 páng huáng to pace back and forth, not knowing which way to turn; to hesitate; to waver ∼HSK 6