修昔底德陷阱

xiū xī dǐ dé xiàn jǐng

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Definitions

  1. 1. Thucydides trap (theory that war results when a dominant established power fears the rise of a rival power)

Child Words of 修昔底德陷阱

修
xiū

to decorate

底
de

(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)

底
dǐ

background

德
dé

Germany

陷
xiàn

pitfall

陷阱
xiàn jǐng

pitfall

修昔底德
xiū xī dǐ dé

Thucydides (c. 455 - c. 400 BC), Greek historian, author of the History of the Peloponnesian War

昔
xī

former times

阱
jǐng

pitfall