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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| 运作 運作 | to operate; operations; workings; activities (usu. of an organization); thread (computing) | |
| 险 險 | danger; dangerous; rugged | |
| 遭遇 遭遇 | to meet with; to encounter; (bitter) experience | |
| 大师 大師 | great master; master | |
| 牺牲 犧牲 | to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice | |
| 炸 炸 | to deep fry; Taiwan pr. [zhà] | |
| 界 界 | (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm | |
| 止 止 | to stop; to prohibit; until; only | |
| 贡献 貢獻 | to contribute; to dedicate; to devote; contribution | |
| 精 精 | essence; extract; vitality; energy; semen; sperm; mythical goblin spirit; highly perfected; elite; the pick of sth; proficient (refined ability); extremely (fine); selected rice (archaic) | |
| 危机 危機 | crisis | |
| 障碍 障礙 | barrier; obstruction; hindrance; impediment; obstacle | |
| 市民 市民 | city resident | |
| 斗争 鬥爭 | a struggle; fight; battle | |
| 军事 軍事 | military affairs; (attributive) military | |
| 托 托 | prop; support (for weight); rest (e.g. arm rest); thanks to; to hold in one's hand; to support in one's palm; to give; to base; to commit; to set; torr (unit of pressure) | |
| 闭 閉 | to close; to stop up; to shut; to obstruct | |
| 本身 本身 | itself; in itself; per se | |
| 能否 能否 | whether or not; can it or can't it; is it possible? | |
| 仪式 儀式 | ceremony | |
| 政策 政策 | policy | |
| 塔 塔 | pagoda; tower; minaret; stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo) | |
| 塞 塞 | Serbia; Serbian; abbr. for 塞尔维亚 | |
| 党 黨 | party; association; club; society | |
| 军队 軍隊 | armed forces; troops | |
| 混 混 | to mix; to mingle; muddled; to drift along; to muddle along; to pass for; to get along with sb; thoughtless; reckless | |
| 自我 自我 | self-; ego (psychology) | |
| 允许 允許 | to permit; to allow | |
| 镇 鎮 | to press down; to calm; to subdue; to suppress; to guard; garrison; small town; to cool or chill (food or drinks) | |
| 威胁 威脅 | to threaten; to menace | |
| 英雄 英雄 | hero | |
| 利 利 | sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit | |
| 尽 儘 | to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to | |
| 权 權 | authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary | |
| 集 集 | to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode | |
| 原 原 | former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; source | |
| 不再 不再 | no more; no longer | |
| 最终 最終 | final; ultimate | |
| 便 便 | plain; informal; suitable; convenient; opportune; to urinate or defecate; equivalent to 就: then; in that case; even if; soon afterwards | |
| 特 特 | special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 斯, tex | |
| 同 同 | like; same; similar; together; alike; with | |
| 如 如 | as; as if; such as | |
| 于 於 | (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by | |
| 与 與 | and; to give; together with | |
| 势不两立 勢不兩立 | the two cannot exist together (idiom); irreconcilable differences; incompatible standpoints | Idiom |
| 莫 莫 | do not (literary) | |
| 大帝 大帝 | heavenly emperor; "the Great" (title) | |
| 席卷 席捲 | to engulf; to sweep; to carry away everything | |
| 工人阶级 工人階級 | working class | |
| 发达国 發達國 | developed nation |