Chinese Traditional: 修昔底德陷阱
Chinese Simplified: 修昔底德陷阱
Pinyin: xiu1 xi2 di3 de2 xian4 jing3
Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄒㄧˊ ㄉㄧˇ ㄉㄜˊ ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄐㄧㄥˇ
English Meaning: Thucydides Trap (historical pattern where likelihood to war increases when a dominant country fears the rise of another rival country)

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修昔底德
修昔底德

xiū xí dǐ dé

Thucydides (Greek historian and general)

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陷阱   陷阱

xiàn jǐng

a trap, a snare

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