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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出没 出沒 chū mò to come and go; to roam about; (of a ghost) to haunt (a place); (of a criminal) to stalk (the streets); (of the sun) to rise and set ∼HSK 1
十二 十二 shí èr twelve; 12 ∼HSK 1
每天 每天 měi tiān every day ∼HSK 1
也就是 也就是 yě jiù shì in other words; i.e. ∼HSK 1
二十 二十 èr shí twenty; 20 ∼HSK 1
小小 小小 xiǎo xiǎo very small; very few; very minor ∼HSK 1
三次 三次 sān cì third; three times; (math.) degree three, cubic (equation) ∼HSK 1
人人 人人 rén rén everyone; every person ∼HSK 1
几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few; several; how many ∼HSK 1
一口 一口 yī kǒu readily; flatly (deny, admit and so on); a mouthful; a bite ∼HSK 1
并不 並不 bìng bù not at all; by no means ∼HSK 1
现 現 xiàn appear, manifest, become visible ∼HSK 1
中间人 中間人 zhōng jiān rén intermediary; mediator ∼HSK 1
商 商 Shāng commerce, business, trade ∼HSK 1
人从 人從 rén cóng retinue; hangers-on ∼HSK 1
大三 大三 dà sān third-year university student ∼HSK 1
不可 不可 bù kě cannot; should not; must not ∼HSK 1
每个 每個 měi gè each; every ∼HSK 1
兴 興 Xīng thrive, prosper, flourish ∼HSK 1
起小 起小 qǐ xiǎo since childhood ∼HSK 1
做出 做出 zuò chū to put out; to issue ∼HSK 1
到了 到了 dào liǎo at last; finally; in the end ∼HSK 1
军 軍 jūn army, military; soldiers, troops ∼HSK 1
地动 地動 dì dòng earthquake (old term) ∼HSK 1
大国 大國 dà guó a power (i.e. a dominant country) ∼HSK 1
果 果 guǒ fruit; result ∼HSK 1
不是 不是 bù shì no; is not; not ∼HSK 1
是的 是的 shì de yes, that's right; variant of ∼HSK 1
本国 本國 běn guó one's own country ∼HSK 1
中间商 中間商 zhōng jiān shāng middleman; broker ∼HSK 1
早在 早在 zǎo zài as early as ∼HSK 1
外国人 外國人 wài guó rén foreigner ∼HSK 1
变得 變得 biàn de to become ∼HSK 1
达 達 Dá arrive at, reach; intelligent; smooth, slippery ∼HSK 1
亚 亞 Yà Asia; second ∼HSK 1
七十 七十 qī shí seventy; 70 ∼HSK 1
那个 那個 nàge that one; that thing; that (as opposed to this); (used before a verb or adjective for emphasis); (used to humorously or indirectly refer to sth embarrassing, funny etc, or when one can't think of the right word); (used in speech as a filler ∼HSK 1
觐见 覲見 jìn jiàn to have an audience (with the Emperor) ∼HSK 1
写下 寫下 xiě xià to write down ∼HSK 1
不想 不想 bù xiǎng unexpectedly; to one's surprise ∼HSK 1
最高 最高 zuì gāo tallest; highest; supreme (court etc) ∼HSK 1
请看 請看 qǐng kàn please see...; vide ∼HSK 1
星期天 星期天 Xīng qī tiān Sunday HSK 1
北京 北京 Běi jīng Beijing, capital of the People's Republic of China HSK 1
百 百 bǎi hundred; numerous; all kinds of HSK 1
九 九 jiǔ nine; 9 HSK 1
慢 慢 màn slow HSK 1
一半 一半 yī bàn half HSK 1
国 國 guó country; nation; state; (bound form) national HSK 1
东 東 dōng east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord HSK 1