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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才 才 cái ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only HSK 2
更 更 gēng to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard) HSK 2
可能 可能 kě néng might (happen); possible; probable; possibility; probability; maybe; perhaps HSK 2
但是 但是 dàn shì but; however HSK 2
它 它 tā it HSK 2
问题 問題 wèn tí question; problem; issue; topic HSK 2
只 只 zhī classifier for birds and certain animals, one of a pair, some utensils, vessels etc HSK 2
因为 因為 yīn wèi because; owing to; on account of HSK 2
又 又 yòu (once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway HSK 2
如果 如果 rú guǒ if; in case; in the event that HSK 2
这样 這樣 zhè yàng this kind of; so; this way; like this; such HSK 2
已经 已經 yǐ jīng already HSK 2
可以 可以 kě yǐ can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good HSK 2
为 為 wéi as (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as; to serve as; to behave as; to become; to be; to do; by (in the passive voice) HSK 2
自己 自己 zì jǐ oneself; one's own HSK 2
但 但 dàn but; yet; however; still; merely; only; just HSK 2
让 讓 ràng to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被) HSK 2
小的 小的 xiǎo de (coll.) young child; the little one(s) of the family; (old) (humble) I; me; my (used by a commoner when speaking to an official) Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
那是 那是 nà shi (coll.) of course; naturally; indeed Colloquialism ∼HSK 1
那 那 nà (specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nèi]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case) Colloquialism HSK 1
着 著 zhāo (chess) move; trick; all right!; (dialect) to add HSK 1
英国 英國 Yīng guó United Kingdom (UK); Britain Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
德国 德國 Dé guó Germany Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
水上 水上 Shuǐ shàng Shuishang Township in Chiayi County, west Taiwan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
法国 法國 Fǎ guó France Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
国大 國大 Guó Dà abbr. for 國民大會|国民大会, National Assembly of the Republic of China (extant during various periods between 1913 and 2005); abbr. for 新加坡國立大學|新加坡国立大学, National University of Singapore (NUS); abbr. for 印度國民大會黨|印度国民大会党, Indian National Congress (I Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
台湾 台灣 Tái wān variant of Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
日本 日本 Rì běn Japan Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
新西兰 新西蘭 Xīn xī lán New Zealand Proper Noun ∼HSK 1
一个 一個 yīge a; an; one; the whole (afternoon, summer vacation etc) ∼HSK 1
这个 這個 zhège (pronoun) this; (adjective) this ∼HSK 1
一种 一種 yī zhǒng one kind of; one type of ∼HSK 1
这种 這種 zhè zhǒng this kind of ∼HSK 1
这是 這是 zhè shì 这: this, the, here · 是: indeed, yes, right; to be; demonstrative pronoun, this, that ∼HSK 1
一次 一次 yī cì first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one) ∼HSK 1
中的 中的 zhòng dì to hit the target; (fig.) to hit the nail on the head ∼HSK 1
每年 每年 měi nián every year; each year; yearly ∼HSK 1
不到 不到 bù dào not to arrive; not reaching; insufficient; less than ∼HSK 1
这就 這就 zhè jiù immediately; at once ∼HSK 1
上第 上第 shàng dì top notch; highest quality ∼HSK 1
叫做 叫做 jiào zuò to be called; to be known as ∼HSK 1
百年 百年 bǎi nián hundred years; century; lifetime ∼HSK 1
十四 十四 shí sì fourteen; 14 ∼HSK 1
十七 十七 shí qī seventeen; 17 ∼HSK 1
五十 五十 wǔ shí fifty ∼HSK 1
十五 十五 shí wǔ fifteen; 15 ∼HSK 1
是荷 是荷 shì hé (written) (at the end of a request in letters) I would be much obliged ∼HSK 1
不能 不能 bù néng cannot; must not; should not ∼HSK 1
想要 想要 xiǎng yào to want to; to feel like; to fancy; to care for sb; desirous of ∼HSK 1
一家 一家 yī jiā the whole family; the same family; the family... (when preceded by a family name); group ∼HSK 1