Week 9 Lesson 1 Flashcards
印刷術 | 印刷术
yìn shuā shù printing / printing technology
指南針| 指南针
zhǐ nán zhēn compass
尖銳 | 尖锐
jiān ruì sharp / intense / penetrating / pointed / acute (illness)
數典忘祖 | 数典忘祖
shǔ diǎn wàng zǔ to recount history but omit one’s ancestors (idiom); to forget one’s roots
自甘落伍 | 自甘落伍
luò wǔ to fall behind the ranks / to be outdated
西方列強 | 西方列强
Xīfāng lièqiáng Western powers
嘲諷 | 嘲讽
cháo fěng to sneer at / to ridicule / to taunt
痛斥 | 痛斥
tòng chì to criticize harshly / to denounce / to attack viciously
封建保守 | 封建保守
fēng jiàn bǎo shǒu Feudal and conservative
欺凌 | 欺凌
qī líng to bully and humiliate
發揚 | 发扬
fā yáng to develop / to make full use of
列強 | 列强
liè qiáng the Great Powers (history)