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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普普通通 普普通通 pǔ pǔ tōng tōng ordinary; mediocre; nothing special ∼HSK 4
色调 色調 sè diào hue; tone ∼HSK 4
生命力 生命力 shēng mìng lì vitality ∼HSK 4
体型 體型 tǐ xíng build; body type ∼HSK 4
起航 起航 qǐ háng (of a ship) to set sail; (of an airplane) to take off ∼HSK 4
此行 此行 cǐ xíng this trip ∼HSK 4
末期 末期 mò qī end (of a period); last part; final phase ∼HSK 4
外交官 外交官 wài jiāo guān diplomat HSK 4
率先 率先 shuài xiān to take the lead; to show initiative HSK 4
公元 公元 gōng yuán CE (Common Era); Christian Era; AD (Anno Domini) HSK 4
构造 構造 gòu zào structure; composition; tectonic (geology) HSK 4
逐步 逐步 zhú bù progressively; step by step HSK 4
积累 積累 jī lěi to accumulate; accumulation; cumulative; cumulatively HSK 4
咸 咸 xián all; everyone; each; widespread; harmonious HSK 4
夏季 夏季 xià jì summer HSK 4
推销 推銷 tuī xiāo to market; to sell HSK 4
潮流 潮流 cháo liú tide; current; trend HSK 4
图案 圖案 tú àn design; pattern HSK 4
诗人 詩人 shī rén bard; poet HSK 4
穿上 穿上 chuān shang to put on (clothes etc) HSK 4
燃料 燃料 rán liào fuel HSK 4
期限 期限 qī xiàn time limit; deadline; allotted time HSK 4
打败 打敗 dǎ bài to defeat; to overpower; to beat; to be defeated HSK 4
构成 構成 gòu chéng to constitute; to form; to compose; to make up; to configure (computing) HSK 4
维修 維修 wéi xiū maintenance (of equipment); to protect and maintain HSK 4
具备 具備 jù bèi to possess; to have; equipped with; able to fulfill (conditions or requirements) HSK 4
渐渐 漸漸 jiàn jiàn gradually HSK 4
多年 多年 duō nián many years; for many years; longstanding HSK 4
有限 有限 yǒu xiàn limited; finite HSK 4
哪怕 哪怕 nǎ pà even; even if; even though; no matter how HSK 4
担任 擔任 dān rèn to hold a governmental office or post; to assume office of; to take charge of; to serve as HSK 4
居住 居住 jū zhù to reside; to dwell; to live in a place; resident in HSK 4
从此 從此 cóng cǐ from now on; since then; henceforth HSK 4
大陆 大陸 Dà lù mainland China (reference to the PRC) HSK 4
技巧 技巧 jì qiǎo skill; technique HSK 4
反而 反而 fǎn ér on the contrary; instead HSK 4
战胜 戰勝 zhàn shèng to prevail over; to defeat; to surmount HSK 4
隔 隔 gé to separate; to partition; to stand or lie between; at a distance from; after or at an interval of HSK 4
财富 財富 cái fù wealth; riches HSK 4
逐渐 逐漸 zhú jiàn gradually HSK 4
设施 設施 shè shī facilities; installation HSK 4
统一 統一 tǒng yī to unify; to integrate; unified; integrated HSK 4
夫妇 夫婦 fū fù a (married) couple; husband and wife HSK 4
典型 典型 diǎn xíng model; typical case; archetype; typical; representative HSK 4
交换 交換 jiāo huàn to exchange; to swap; to switch (telecom); commutative (math); to commute HSK 4
平静 平靜 píng jìng tranquil; undisturbed; serene HSK 4
位于 位於 wèi yú to be located at; to be situated at; to lie HSK 4
固定 固定 gù dìng to fix; to fasten; to set rigidly in place; fixed; set; regular HSK 4
激烈 激烈 jī liè (of competition or fighting) intense; fierce; (of pain) acute; (of an expression of opinion) impassioned; vehement; (of a course of action) drastic; extreme HSK 4
装置 裝置 zhuāng zhì to install; installation; equipment; system; unit; device HSK 4