The Rise of the Great Powers

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A Small Nation with a Great Cause: the Netherlands

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

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Vocabulary

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政治 政治 zhèng zhì politics; political HSK 4
空间 空間 kōng jiān space; room; (fig.) scope; leeway; (astronomy) outer space; (physics, math.) space HSK 4
机构 機構 jī gòu mechanism; structure; organization; agency; institution HSK 4
战争 戰爭 zhàn zhēng war; conflict HSK 4
于是 於是 yú shì thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence HSK 4
无论 無論 wú lùn no matter what or how; regardless of whether... HSK 4
遇到 遇到 yù dào to meet; to run into; to come across HSK 4
而是 而是 ér shì rather HSK 4
几乎 幾乎 jī hū almost; nearly; practically HSK 4
似乎 似乎 sì hū it seems; seemingly; as if HSK 4
单 單 dān bill; list; form; single; only; sole; odd number HSK 4
之一 之一 zhī yī one of (sth); one out of a multitude; one (third, quarter, percent etc) HSK 4
历史 歷史 lì shǐ history HSK 4
不管 不管 bù guǎn not to be concerned; regardless of; no matter HSK 4
项 項 xiàng back of neck; item; thing; term (in a mathematical formula); sum (of money); classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc HSK 4
严重 嚴重 yán zhòng grave; serious; severe; critical HSK 4
获得 獲得 huò dé to obtain; to receive; to get HSK 4
根据 根據 gēn jù according to; based on; basis; foundation HSK 4
首 首 shǒu head; chief; first (occasion, thing etc); classifier for poems, songs etc HSK 4
提供 提供 tí gōng to offer; to supply; to provide; to furnish HSK 4
考虑 考慮 kǎo lǜ to think over; to consider; consideration HSK 4
以及 以及 yǐ jí as well as; too; and HSK 4
曾 曾 céng once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause) HSK 4
政府 政府 zhèng fǔ government HSK 4
对于 對於 duì yú regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to HSK 4
之前 之前 zhī qián before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand HSK 4
甚至 甚至 shèn zhì even; so much so that HSK 4
之间 之間 zhī jiān (after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 弹指之间) HSK 4
作为 作為 zuò wéi one's conduct; deed; activity; accomplishment; achievement; to act as; as (in the capacity of); qua; to view as; to look upon (sth as); to take sth to be HSK 4
选择 選擇 xuǎn zé to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative HSK 4
之后 之後 zhī hòu after; behind; (at the beginning of a sentence) afterwards; since then HSK 4
担心 擔心 dān xīn anxious; worried; uneasy; to worry; to be anxious HSK 4
却 卻 què but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though HSK 4
而 而 ér and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast) HSK 4
年复一年 年復一年 nián fù yī nián (idiom) over the years; year after year Idiom ∼HSK 3
葡萄牙 葡萄牙 Pú táo yá Portugal Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
马克思 馬克思 Mǎ kè sī Marx (name); Karl Marx (1818-1883), German revolutionary, economist and historian Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
白银 白銀 Bái yín Baiyin, prefecture-level city in Gansu Province Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
西北部 西北部 Xī běi bù northwest part Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
瑞典 瑞典 Ruì diǎn Sweden Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
蒙古 蒙古 Měng gǔ Mongolia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
城邦 城邦 chéng bāng a city state (Greek polis) Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
和美 和美 Hé měi Hemei or Homei Town in Changhua County, Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
东亚 東亞 Dōng yà East Asia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
东南亚 東南亞 Dōng nán yà Southeast Asia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
印度尼西亚 印度尼西亞 Yìn dù ní xī yà Indonesia Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
北美 北美 Běi měi North America Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
天朝 天朝 Tiān cháo Celestial Empire, tributary title conferred on imperial China; Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Proper Noun ∼HSK 3
使团 使團 shǐ tuán diplomatic mission ∼HSK 3
兰 蘭 Lán orchid; elegant, graceful ∼HSK 3