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）
Vocabulary
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| 直接 直接 | direct (opposite: indirect 间接); immediate; straightforward | |
| 方法 方法 | method; way; means | |
| 越 越 | generic word for peoples or states of south China or south Asia at different historical periods; abbr. for Vietnam 越南 | |
| 同时 同時 | at the same time; simultaneously | |
| 片 片 | disk; sheet | |
| 万 萬 | used in 俟 | |
| 离开 離開 | to depart; to leave | |
| 掉 掉 | to fall; to drop; to lag behind; to lose; to go missing; to reduce; fall (in prices); to lose (value, weight etc); to wag; to swing; to turn; to change; to exchange; to swap; to show off; to shed (hair); (used after certain verbs to express completion, fulfillment, removal etc) | |
| 以前 以前 | before; formerly; previous; ago | |
| 当时 當時 | then; at that time; while | |
| 能够 能夠 | to be capable of; to be able to; can | |
| 道 道 | road; path; principle; truth; morality; reason; skill; method; Dao (of Daoism); to say; to speak; to talk; classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division) | |
| 人们 人們 | people | |
| 分钟 分鐘 | minute | |
| 接受 接受 | to accept; to receive | |
| 进入 進入 | to enter; to join; to go into | |
| 不同 不同 | different; distinct; not the same; not alike | |
| 只要 只要 | if only; so long as | |
| 原因 原因 | cause; origin; root cause; reason | |
| 虽然 雖然 | although; even though (often used correlatively with 是 or 是 etc) | |
| 队 隊 | squadron; team; group | |
| 安全 安全 | safe; secure; safety; security | |
| 参加 參加 | to participate; to take part; to join | |
| 通过 通過 | to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via | |
| 见到 見到 | to see | |
| 出现 出現 | to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up | |
| 为什么 為什麼 | why?; for what reason? | |
| 进行 進行 | to advance; to conduct; underway; in progress; to do; to carry out; to carry on; to execute | |
| 件 件 | item; component; classifier for events, things, clothes etc | |
| 条 條 | strip; item; article; clause (of law or treaty); classifier for long thin things (ribbon, river, road, trousers etc) | |
| 然后 然後 | then; after that; afterwards | |
| 事情 事情 | affair; matter; thing; business | |
| 成为 成為 | to become; to turn into | |
| 其他 其他 | other; (sth or sb) else; the rest | |
| 必须 必須 | to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily | |
| 所有 所有 | all; to have; to possess; to own | |
| 名 名 | name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people | |
| 成 成 | to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth | |
| 第一 第一 | first; number one; primary | |
| 公司 公司 | company; firm; corporation | |
| 生活 生活 | to live; life; livelihood | |
| 一直 一直 | straight (in a straight line); continuously; always; all the way through | |
| 发现 發現 | to notice; to become aware of; to discover; to find; to detect; a discovery | |
| 位 位 | position; location; place; seat; classifier for people (honorific); classifier for binary bits (e.g. 十六位 16-bit or 2 bytes); (physics) potential | |
| 应该 應該 | ought to; should; must | |
| 向 向 | towards; to face; to turn towards; direction; to support; to side with; shortly before; formerly; always; all along; (suffix) suitable for ...; oriented to ... | |
| 那么 那麼 | like that; in that way; or so; so; so very much; about; in that case | |
| 所以 所以 | therefore; as a result; so; the reason why | |
| 当 當 | (onom.) dong; ding dong (bell) | |
| 像 像 | to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.) |