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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Vocabulary

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真实 真實 zhēn shí true; real HSK 3
直到 直到 zhí dào until HSK 3
刀 刀 dāo knife; blade; single-edged sword; cutlass; (slang) dollar (loanword); classifier for sets of one hundred sheets (of paper); classifier for knife cuts or stabs HSK 3
变化 變化 biàn huà (intransitive) to change; to vary; change; variation HSK 3
现实 現實 xiàn shí reality; actuality; real; actual; realistic; pragmatic; materialistic; self-interested HSK 3
达到 達到 dá dào to reach; to achieve; to attain HSK 3
实际上 實際上 shí jì shàng in fact; in reality; as a matter of fact; in practice HSK 3
管理 管理 guǎn lǐ to supervise; to manage; to administer; management; administration HSK 3
市场 市場 shì chǎng marketplace; market (also in abstract) HSK 3
更加 更加 gèng jiā more (than sth else); even more HSK 3
建立 建立 jiàn lì to establish; to set up; to found HSK 3
环境 環境 huán jìng environment; circumstances; surroundings; ambient HSK 3
规定 規定 guī dìng to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota); regulations; rules; provisions; stipulations HSK 3
价值 價值 jià zhí value; worth; fig. values (ethical, cultural etc) HSK 3
关注 關注 guān zhù to pay attention to; to follow sth closely; to follow (on social media); concern; interest; attention HSK 3
地区 地區 dì qū local; regional; district (not necessarily formal administrative unit); region; area; as suffix to city name, means prefecture or county (area administered by a prefecture-level city or, county-level city) HSK 3
反应 反應 fǎn yìng to react; to respond; reaction; response; reply; chemical reaction HSK 3
仅 僅 jǐn barely; only; merely HSK 3
仍 仍 réng still; yet; to remain; (literary) frequently; often HSK 3
人类 人類 rén lèi humanity; human race; mankind HSK 3
显示 顯示 xiǎn shì to show; to illustrate; to display; to demonstrate HSK 3
仍然 仍然 réng rán still; as before; yet HSK 3
各 各 gè each; every HSK 3
同意 同意 tóng yì to agree; to consent; to approve HSK 3
由于 由於 yóu yú due to; as a result of; thanks to; owing to; since; because HSK 3
面对 面對 miàn duì to face; to confront HSK 3
失去 失去 shī qù to lose HSK 3
责任 責任 zé rèn responsibility; blame; duty HSK 3
自然 自然 zì rán nature; natural; naturally HSK 3
会议 會議 huì yì meeting; conference HSK 3
人生 人生 rén shēng life (one's time on earth) HSK 3
支 支 zhī to support; to sustain; to erect; to raise; branch; division; to draw money; classifier for rods such as pens and guns, for army divisions and for songs or compositions HSK 3
某 某 mǒu some; a certain; sb or sth indefinite; such-and-such HSK 3
力量 力量 lì liang power; force; strength HSK 3
安排 安排 ān pái to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans HSK 3
城 城 chéng city walls; city; town HSK 3
交易 交易 jiāo yì to deal; to trade; to transact; transaction; deal HSK 3
发展 發展 fā zhǎn development; growth; to develop; to grow; to expand HSK 3
力 力 lì power; force; strength; ability; strenuously HSK 3
社会 社會 shè huì society HSK 3
意义 意義 yì yì sense; meaning; significance; importance HSK 3
约 約 yāo to weigh in a balance or on a scale HSK 3
性 性 xìng nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence HSK 3
设计 設計 shè jì to design; to plan; design; plan HSK 3
派 派 pài clique; school; group; faction; to dispatch; to send; to assign; to appoint; pi (Greek letter Ππ); the circular ratio pi = 3.1415926; (loanword) pie HSK 3
到底 到底 dào dǐ finally; in the end; when all is said and done; after all; to the end; to the last HSK 3
生命 生命 shēng mìng life (as the characteristic of living beings); living being; creature HSK 3
代表 代表 dài biǎo representative; delegate; to represent; to stand for; on behalf of; in the name of HSK 3
保持 保持 bǎo chí to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve HSK 3
突然 突然 tū rán sudden; abrupt; unexpected HSK 3