修昔底德陷阱

xiū xī dǐ dé xiàn jǐng

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

คำย่อยของ 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