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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规划 規劃 guī huà to draw up a plan; to map out a program; a plan; a program HSK 5
如同 如同 rú tóng like; as HSK 5
劝 勸 quàn to advise; to urge; to try to persuade; to exhort; to console; to soothe HSK 5
买卖 買賣 mǎi mài buying and selling; business; business transactions HSK 5
出于 出於 chū yú due to; to stem from HSK 5
太空 太空 tài kōng outer space HSK 5
解放 解放 jiě fàng to liberate; to emancipate; liberation; refers to the Communists' victory over the Nationalists in 1949 HSK 5
搜 搜 sōu to search HSK 5
大事 大事 dà shì major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way HSK 5
卫星 衛星 wèi xīng satellite; moon HSK 5
用来 用來 yòng lái to be used for HSK 5
艰难 艱難 jiān nán difficult; hard; challenging HSK 5
除非 除非 chú fēi only if (..., or otherwise, ...); only when; only in the case that; unless HSK 5
偶像 偶像 ǒu xiàng idol HSK 5
回报 回報 huí bào (in) return; reciprocation; payback; retaliation; to report back; to reciprocate HSK 5
代价 代價 dài jià price; cost; consideration (in share dealing) HSK 5
乘 乘 chéng to ride; to mount; to make use of; to avail oneself of; to take advantage of; to multiply (math.); Buddhist sect or creed HSK 5
驾驶 駕駛 jià shǐ to pilot (ship, airplane etc); to drive HSK 5
品 品 pǐn (bound form) article; commodity; product; goods; (bound form) grade; rank; kind; type; variety; character; disposition; nature; temperament; to taste sth; to sample; to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up; fret (on a guitar or lute) HSK 5
之下 之下 zhī xià under; beneath; less than HSK 5
奖励 獎勵 jiǎng lì to reward; reward (as encouragement) HSK 5
突破 突破 tū pò to break through; to make a breakthrough; to surmount (an obstacle); (sports) to break through the opponent's defense HSK 5
试图 試圖 shì tú to attempt; to try HSK 5
弹 彈 dàn crossball; bullet; shot; shell; ball HSK 5
模式 模式 mó shì mode; method; pattern HSK 5
时光 時光 shí guāng time; era; period of time HSK 5
物质 物質 wù zhì matter; substance; material; materialistic HSK 5
全世界 全世界 quán shì jiè worldwide; entire world HSK 5
高度 高度 gāo dù height; altitude; elevation; high degree; highly HSK 5
人士 人士 rén shì person; figure; public figure HSK 5
之外 之外 zhī wài outside; excluding HSK 5
损失 損失 sǔn shī loss; damage; to lose; to suffer damage HSK 5
欧洲 歐洲 Oū zhōu Europe (abbr. for 欧罗巴洲) HSK 5
手段 手段 shǒu duàn method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick HSK 5
掌握 掌握 zhǎng wò to grasp (often fig.); to control; to seize (initiative, opportunity, destiny); to master; to know well; to understand sth well and know how to use it; fluency HSK 5
基地 基地 jī dì base (of operations); industrial or military base; al-Qaeda HSK 5
运 運 yùn to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate HSK 5
邀请 邀請 yāo qǐng to invite; invitation HSK 5
幅 幅 fú width; roll; classifier for textiles or pictures HSK 5
疯狂 瘋狂 fēng kuáng crazy; frenzied; wild HSK 5
之中 之中 zhī zhōng inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during HSK 5
意味着 意味著 yì wèi zhe to signify; to mean; to imply HSK 5
拒绝 拒絕 jù jué to refuse; to decline; to reject HSK 5
颗 顆 kē classifier for small spheres, pearls, corn grains, teeth, hearts, satellites etc HSK 5
恢复 恢復 huī fù to reinstate; to resume; to restore; to recover; to regain; to rehabilitate HSK 5
居然 居然 jū rán unexpectedly; to one's surprise; go so far as to HSK 5
即使 即使 jí shǐ even if; even though HSK 5
再次 再次 zài cì one more time; again; one more; once again HSK 5
拥有 擁有 yōng yǒu to have; to possess HSK 5
哈 哈 Hā abbr. for 哈萨克斯坦, Kazakhstan; abbr. for 哈尔滨, Harbin HSK 5