# Speaking Chinese About China 1 - Lesson 06
# Published by Sinolingua, 1989 - ISBN 7800520986
# Version 1.0
# Paul Denisowski (paul@denisowski.org)
初期 [chūqī] /early period, initial stage/
踊跃 [yǒngyuè] /eagerly, enthusiastically/
迁都 [qiāndū] /to move the capital to another place/
外患 [wàihuàn] /foreign aggression/
威胁 [wēixié] /to threaten, menace/
腐败 [fǔbài] /corrupt, decayed/
打不过 [dǎbuguo] /incapable of defeating/
银子 [yínzi] /silver/
解决 [jiějué] /to solve, to settle/
根本 [gēnběn] /fundamental, thoroughly/
占领 [zhànlíng] /to occupy/
手工业 [shǒugōngyè] /handicraft industry/
移 [yí] /to remove, shift/
本来 [běnlái] /originally/
著名 [zhùmíng] /well-known/
抗(金) [kàng(Jīn)] /to resist (the Jin)/
英雄 [yīngxióng] /hero/
曾经 [céngjīng] /once, before/
收服 [shōufù] /to recover, recapture/
一直 [yīzhí] /straight, continously/
附近 [fùjìn] /nearby, vicinity/
宰相 [zǎixiàng] /prime minister (in fedual China)/
一连 [yīlián] /in a row, in succession/
下命令 [xià mìnglìng] /to send down an order/
强迫 [qiǎngpò] /to force/
退兵 [tuìbīng] /to retreat; the withdrawl of a military force/
害死 [hàisǐ] /to murder/
末年 [mònián] /last years of a dynasty or reign/
等级 [děngjí] /class, rank/
不得人心 [bùdérénxīn] /not enjoy popular support; unpopular/
推翻 [tuīfān] /to overthrow/
对外关系 [duì wài guānxi] /foreign relations/
富强 [fùqiáng] /prosperous and strong/
进行 [jìnxíng] /to carry out; go on/
贸易 [màoyì] /trade/
船队 [chuánduì] /fleet/
先后 [xiānhòu] /early or late, priority, one after another/
航海 [hánghǎi] /navigation/
高度 [gāodù] /a high degree of, highly; altitude, height/
失去 [shīqù] /to lose/
痛苦 [tòngkǔ] /pain, suffering/
政府 [zhèngfǔ] /government/
交税 [jiāo shuì] /to pay tax/
老百姓 [lǎobǎixìng] /commoner, ordinary people/
拥护 [yōnghù] /to support, endorse/
棵 [kē] /(measure word for plants)/
结束 [jiéshù] /to end, to conclude/
接着 [jiēzhe] /to follow, to carry on; then/
镇压 [zhènyā] /to oppress/
有作为 [yǒu zuowéi] /to have achievement/
采取 [cǎiqǔ] /to adopt/
恢复 [huīfù] /to restore, to renew, to regain/
办法 [bànfǎ] /means, measure/
使 [shǐ] /to cause, to enable/
平定 [píngdìng] /to put down, to calm down/
叛乱 [pànluàn] /rebellion/
制止 [zhìzhǐ] /to curb, to stop/
侵略 [qīnlüè] /to invade; invasion/
打下基础 [dǎxià jīchǔ] /to lay foundation/
成就 [chéngjiù] /accomplishment, success/
词 [cí] /a form of poetry writing during the Song Dynasty/
形式 [xíngshì] /form, shape/
戏曲 [xìqǔ] /traditional opera/
流行 [liúxíng] /prevalent, fashionable/
大批 [dàpī] /large quantities of/
作家 [zuòjiā] /writer/
小说 [xiǎoshuō] /novel, fiction/
宋 [Sòng] /the Song Dynasty/
开封 [Kāifēng] /Kaifeng/
金 [Jīn] /the Jin Dynasty/
江南 [Jiāngnán] /south of the Yangtze River/
岳飞 [Yuè Fēi] /Yue Fei/
秦桧 [Qín Huì] /Qin Hui/
朱元璋 [Zhū Yuánzhāng] /Zhu Yuanzhang/
郑和 [Zhèng Hé] /Zheng He/
南洋 [Nányáng] /an old name of Southeast Asia/
印度洋 [Yìndùyáng] /the Indian Ocea/
非洲 [Fēizhōu] /Africa/
李自成 [Lǐ Zìchéng] /Li Zicheng/
康熙 [Kāngxī] /Emperor Kangxi/
沙俄 [Shā’É] /Tsarist Russia/
《三国演义》 [《Sānguóyǎnyì》] /'The Romance of the Three Kingdoms'/
《水浒传》 [《Shuǐhǔzhuàn》] /'The Outlaws of the Marsh'/
《西游记》 [《Xīyóujì》] /'Journey to the West'/
《红楼梦》 [《Hónglóumèng》] /'A Dream of Red Mansions'/
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