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 ）

HSK 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
5.01 Advanced

Vocabulary

Filter the words you want to study before watching.

购买 購買 gòu mǎi to purchase; to buy HSK 4
依靠 依靠 yī kào to rely on sth (for support etc); to depend on HSK 4
度过 度過 dù guò to pass; to spend (time); to survive; to get through HSK 4
禁止 禁止 jìn zhǐ to prohibit; to forbid; to ban HSK 4
遇 遇 yù to meet; to encounter; to treat; to receive; opportunity; chance HSK 4
结构 結構 jié gòu structure; composition; makeup; architecture HSK 4
登 登 dēng to scale (a height); to ascend; to mount; to publish or record; to enter (e.g. in a register); to press down with the foot; to step or tread on; to put on (shoes or trousers) (dialect); to be gathered and taken to the threshing ground (old) HSK 4
获 獲 huò (literary) to catch; to capture; (literary) to get; to obtain; to win HSK 4
黄金 黃金 huáng jīn gold; golden (opportunity); prime (time) HSK 4
标志 標誌 biāo zhì sign; mark; symbol; logo; to symbolize; to indicate; to mark HSK 4
工程 工程 gōng chéng engineering; an engineering project; project; undertaking HSK 4
财产 財產 cái chǎn property; assets; estate HSK 4
似的 似的 shì de seems as if; rather like; Taiwan pr. [sì de] HSK 4
维持 維持 wéi chí to keep; to maintain; to preserve HSK 4
如今 如今 rú jīn nowadays; now HSK 4
限制 限制 xiàn zhì to restrict; to limit; to confine; restriction; limit HSK 4
批 批 pī to ascertain; to act on; to criticize; to pass on; classifier for batches, lots, military flights; tier (for the ranking of universities and colleges) HSK 4
充分 充分 chōng fèn ample; sufficient; adequate; full; fully; to the full HSK 4
来源 來源 lái yuán source (of information etc); origin HSK 4
登记 登記 dēng jì to register (one's name) HSK 4
士兵 士兵 shì bīng soldier HSK 4
追求 追求 zhuī qiú to pursue (a goal etc) stubbornly; to seek after; to woo HSK 4
企业 企業 qǐ yè company; firm; enterprise; corporation HSK 4
良好 良好 liáng hǎo good; favorable; well; fine HSK 4
量 量 liàng capacity; quantity; amount; to estimate; abbr. for 量词, classifier (in Chinese grammar); measure word HSK 4
利益 利益 lì yì benefit; (in sb's) interest HSK 4
治 治 zhì to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research HSK 4
转移 轉移 zhuǎn yí to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc); (medicine) to metastasize HSK 4
一致 一致 yī zhì unanimous; identical (views or opinions) HSK 4
依然 依然 yī rán still; as before HSK 4
规则 規則 guī zé rule; regulation; rules and regulations HSK 4
表情 表情 biǎo qíng (facial) expression; to express one's feelings HSK 4
独立 獨立 dú lì independent; independence; to stand alone HSK 4
色 色 sè color; look; appearance; sex HSK 4
摆 擺 bǎi to arrange; to exhibit; to move to and fro; a pendulum HSK 4
兴奋 興奮 xīng fèn excited; excitement; (physiology) excitation HSK 4
赢得 贏得 yíng dé to win; to gain HSK 4
敌人 敵人 dí rén enemy HSK 4
权利 權利 quán lì right (i.e. an entitlement to sth); (classical) power and wealth HSK 4
投入 投入 tóu rù to throw into; to put into; to throw oneself into; to participate in; to invest in; absorbed; engrossed HSK 4
提醒 提醒 tí xǐng to remind; to call attention to; to warn of HSK 4
特殊 特殊 tè shū special; particular; unusual; extraordinary HSK 4
挑战 挑戰 tiǎo zhàn to challenge; challenge HSK 4
土地 土地 tǔ dì land; soil; territory HSK 4
巨大 巨大 jù dà huge; immense; very large; tremendous; gigantic; enormous HSK 4
落 落 là to leave out; to be missing; to leave behind or forget to bring; to lag or fall behind HSK 4
极 極 jí extremely; pole (geography, physics); utmost; top HSK 4
倍 倍 bèi (two, three etc) -fold; times (multiplier); double; to increase or multiply HSK 4
传统 傳統 chuán tǒng tradition; traditional; convention; conventional HSK 4
型 型 xíng mold; type; style; model HSK 4