修昔底德陷阱

xiū xī dǐ dé xiàn jǐng

Định nghĩa

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

Từ cấu thành 修昔底德陷阱

• 修 修 xiū: to decorate
• 底 底 de: (equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)
• 底 底 dǐ: background
• 德 德 dé: Germany
• 陷 陷 xiàn: pitfall
• 陷阱 陷阱 xiàn jǐng: pitfall
• 修昔底德 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 昔 xī: former times
• 阱 阱 jǐng: pitfall