修昔底德陷阱
Traditional form:
修昔底德陷阱
Pinyin (reading):
Xiūxīdǐdéxiànjǐng
Definitions:
- Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power)
Characters:
- 修 - to study; to repair; to decorate; to cultivate
- 昔 - past, former; ancient
- 底 - bottom, underside; below, underneath
- 德 - ethics, morality; compassion, kindness
- 陷 - to sink, to plunge; trap, pitfall
- 阱 - trap, snare, pitfall
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