The Rise of the Great Powers

Episode review

A Small Nation with a Great Cause: the Netherlands

S1E2 · 小国大业（荷兰） xiǎo guódà yè （ hélán ）

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5.01 Advanced

Vocabulary

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间断 間斷 jiàn duàn disconnected; interrupted; suspended; a gap; a break HSK 7
坦然 坦然 tǎn rán calm; undisturbed HSK 7
掠夺 掠奪 lu:è duó to plunder; to rob HSK 7
优越 優越 yōu yuè superior; superiority HSK 7
计时 計時 jì shí to measure time; to time; to reckon by time HSK 7
主人公 主人公 zhǔ rén gōng hero (of a novel or film); main protagonist HSK 7
醒目 醒目 xǐng mù eye-grabbing (headline); striking (illustration) HSK 7
丝绸 絲綢 sī chóu silk cloth; silk HSK 7
废除 廢除 fèi chú to abolish; to abrogate; to repeal HSK 7
分红 分紅 fēn hóng dividend; to award a bonus HSK 7
缸 缸 gāng jar; vat; classifier for loads of laundry HSK 7
宫殿 宮殿 gōng diàn palace HSK 7
水手 水手 shuǐ shǒu mariner; sailor; seaman HSK 7
牢固 牢固 láo gù firm; secure HSK 7
毫不犹豫 毫不猶豫 háo bù yóu yù without the slightest hesitation HSK 7
垄断 壟斷 lǒng duàn to monopolize HSK 7
去除 去除 qù chú to remove; to dislodge HSK 7
分支 分支 fēn zhī branch (of company, river etc); to branch; to diverge; to ramify; to subdivide HSK 7
再现 再現 zài xiàn to recreate; to reconstruct (a historical relic) HSK 7
苛刻 苛刻 kē kè harsh; severe; demanding HSK 7
平和 平和 Píng hé Pinghe county in Zhangzhou 州, Fujian HSK 7
空前 空前 kōng qián unprecedented HSK 7
祖先 祖先 zǔ xiān ancestors; forebears; (biology) ancestral species; ancient species from which present-day species evolved HSK 7
精明 精明 jīng míng astute; shrewd; smart HSK 7
预先 預先 yù xiān beforehand; in advance HSK 7
木材 木材 mù cái wood HSK 7
野心 野心 yě xīn ambition; wild schemes; careerism HSK 7
武力 武力 wǔ lì military force HSK 7
积蓄 積蓄 jī xù to save; to put aside; savings HSK 7
信誉 信譽 xìn yù prestige; distinction; reputation; trust HSK 7
同盟 同盟 tóng méng alliance HSK 7
卓越 卓越 zhuó yuè outstanding; surpassing; distinguished; splendid HSK 7
席位 席位 xí wèi a seat (in a theater, stadium etc); parliamentary or congressional seat HSK 7
叙述 敘述 xù shù to relate (a story or information); to tell or talk about; to recount; narration; telling; narrative; account HSK 7
阶层 階層 jiē céng social class HSK 7
议 議 yì to comment on; to discuss; to suggest HSK 7
食用 食用 shí yòng to eat; to consume; edible HSK 7
航行 航行 háng xíng to sail; to fly; to navigate HSK 7
描绘 描繪 miáo huì to describe; to portray HSK 7
隐蔽 隱蔽 yǐn bì to conceal; to hide; covert; under cover HSK 7
崛起 崛起 jué qǐ to rise abruptly (to a towering position); to tower over; to spring up; to emerge suddenly; the emergence (e.g. of a power) HSK 7
饥饿 飢餓 jī è hunger; starvation; famine HSK 7
严峻 嚴峻 yán jùn grim; severe; rigorous HSK 7
除去 除去 chú qù to eliminate; to remove; except for; apart from HSK 7
丰厚 豐厚 fēng hòu generous; ample HSK 7
行列 行列 háng liè formation; array; (fig.) ranks (as in "join the ranks of ...") HSK 7
营造 營造 yíng zào to build (housing); to construct; to make HSK 7
人手 人手 rén shǒu manpower; staff; human hand HSK 7
富裕 富裕 Fù yù Fuyu county in Qiqihar 齐齐哈尔, Heilongjiang HSK 7
住处 住處 zhù chù residence; dwelling HSK 7