修昔底德陷阱

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

to decorate / to embellish / to repair / to build / to write / to cultivate / to study / to take (a class)

variant of 修[xiu1]

former times / the past / Taiwan pr. [xi2]

(equivalent to 的 as possessive particle)

background / bottom / base / end (of the month, year etc) / remnants / (math.) radix / base

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

Germany / German / abbr. for 德國|德国[De2 guo2]

virtue / goodness / morality / ethics / kindness / favor / character / kind

variant of 德[de2]

variant of 德[de2]

pitfall / trap / to get stuck / to sink / to cave in / to frame (false charge) / to capture (a city in battle) / to fall (to the enemy) / defect

pitfall / snare / trap

variant of 阱[jing3]

pitfall / trap