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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5.01 Advanced

Vocabulary

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西北 西北 Xī běi Northwest China (Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Ningxia, Xinjiang) HSK 2
画家 畫家 huà jiā painter HSK 2
普通人 普通人 pǔ tōng rén ordinary person; private citizen; people; the person in the street ∼HSK 2
院子 院子 yuàn zi courtyard; garden; yard; patio; (old) servant HSK 2
难题 難題 nán tí difficult problem HSK 2
大海 大海 dà hǎi sea; ocean HSK 2
商人 商人 shāng rén merchant; businessman HSK 2
东方 東方 dōng fāng east HSK 2
不满 不滿 bù mǎn resentful; discontented; dissatisfied HSK 2
北方 北方 běi fāng north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River HSK 2
公斤 公斤 gōng jīn kilogram (kg) HSK 2
一共 一共 yī gòng altogether HSK 2
西方 西方 Xī fāng the West; the Occident; Western countries HSK 2
一部分 一部分 yī bù fen portion; part of; subset HSK 2
大大 大大 dà dà greatly; enormously; (dialect) dad; uncle HSK 2
亿 億 yì 100 million HSK 2
人数 人數 rén shù number of people HSK 2
做法 做法 zuò fǎ way of handling sth; method for making; work method; recipe; practice HSK 2
有意思 有意思 yǒu yì si interesting; meaningful; enjoyable; fun HSK 2
接下来 接下來 jiē xià lái to accept; to take; next; following HSK 2
便宜 便宜 biàn yí convenient HSK 2
人口 人口 rén kǒu population; people HSK 2
组成 組成 zǔ chéng to form; to make up; to constitute HSK 2
教师 教師 jiào shī teacher HSK 2
重复 重複 chóng fù to repeat; to duplicate HSK 2
好处 好處 hǎo chǔ easy to get along with HSK 2
主人 主人 zhǔ rén master; host; owner HSK 2
河 河 hé river HSK 2
收入 收入 shōu rù to take in; income; revenue HSK 2
答应 答應 dā ying to answer; to respond; to answer positively; to agree; to accept; to promise HSK 2
随时 隨時 suí shí at any time; at all times; at the right time; whenever necessary HSK 2
以下 以下 yǐ xià that level or lower; that amount or less; the following HSK 2
那时 那時 nà shí then; at that time; in those days HSK 2
地球 地球 dì qiú the earth HSK 2
什么样 什麼樣 shén me yàng what kind?; what sort? HSK 2
经理 經理 jīng lǐ manager; director HSK 2
大量 大量 dà liàng great amount; large quantity; bulk; numerous; generous; magnanimous HSK 2
千 千 qiān thousand HSK 2
交通 交通 jiāo tōng to be connected; traffic; transportation; communications; liaison HSK 2
礼物 禮物 lǐ wù gift; present HSK 2
态度 態度 tài du manner; bearing; attitude; approach HSK 2
照顾 照顧 zhào gu to take care of; to show consideration; to attend to; to look after HSK 2
一生 一生 yī shēng all one's life; throughout one's life HSK 2
背 揹 bēi to be burdened; to carry on the back or shoulder HSK 2
取得 取得 qǔ dé to acquire; to get; to obtain HSK 2
词 詞 cí word; statement; speech; lyrics; a form of lyric poetry, flourishing in the Song dynasty 宋朝 HSK 2
占 佔 zhān to observe; to divine HSK 2
网 網 wǎng net; network HSK 2
举行 舉行 jǔ xíng to hold (a meeting, ceremony etc) HSK 2
不够 不夠 bù gòu not enough; insufficient; inadequate HSK 2