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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5.01 Advanced

Vocabulary

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尊严 尊嚴 zūn yán dignity; sanctity; honor; majesty HSK 7
永恒 永恆 yǒng héng eternal; everlasting; fig. to pass into eternity (i.e. to die) HSK 7
丝毫 絲毫 sī háo the slightest amount or degree; a bit HSK 7
规矩 規矩 guī ju lit. compass and set square; fig. established standard; rule; customs; practices; fig. upright and honest; well-behaved HSK 7
议会 議會 yì huì parliament; legislative assembly HSK 7
优 優 yōu excellent; superior HSK 7
帝国 帝國 dì guó empire; imperial HSK 7
不可思议 不可思議 bù kě sī yì inconceivable (idiom); unimaginable; unfathomable HSK 7
体系 體系 tǐ xì system; setup HSK 7
角落 角落 jiǎo luò nook; corner HSK 7
生涯 生涯 shēng yá career; life (way in which sb lives); period of one's life HSK 7
欲望 慾望 yù wàng desire; longing; appetite; craving HSK 7
借口 借口 jiè kǒu to use as an excuse; excuse; pretext HSK 7
都会 都會 dū huì city; metropolis HSK 7
秩序 秩序 zhì xù order (orderly); order (sequence); social order; the state (of society) HSK 7
宗 宗 zōng school; sect; purpose; model; ancestor; clan; to take as one's model (in academic or artistic work); classifier for batches, items, cases (medical or legal), reservoirs HSK 7
瞬间 瞬間 shùn jiān in an instant; in a flash HSK 7
独 獨 dú alone; independent; single; sole; only HSK 7
港 港 gǎng harbor; port HSK 7
恶 惡 ě used in 恶心 HSK 7
保障 保障 bǎo zhàng to ensure; to guarantee; to safeguard HSK 7
持 持 chí to hold; to grasp; to support; to maintain; to persevere; to manage; to run (i.e. administer); to control HSK 7
恐惧 恐懼 kǒng jù to be frightened; fear; dread HSK 7
奇迹 奇跡 qí jì miracle; miraculous; wonder; marvel HSK 7
之所以 之所以 zhī suǒ yǐ (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以讨厌他 "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)" HSK 7
竟 竟 jìng unexpectedly; actually; to go so far as to; indeed HSK 7
惊讶 驚訝 jīng yà amazed; astonished; to surprise; amazing; astonishment; awe HSK 7
望 望 wàng full moon; to hope; to expect; to visit; to gaze (into the distance); to look towards; towards HSK 7
原本 原本 yuán běn originally; original HSK 7
基因 基因 jī yīn gene (loanword) HSK 7
业 業 yè line of business; industry; occupation; job; employment; school studies; enterprise; property; (Buddhism) karma; deed; to engage in; already HSK 7
艘 艘 sōu classifier for ships; Taiwan pr. [sāo] HSK 7
曲 曲 qū bent; crooked; wrong HSK 7
领域 領域 lǐng yù domain; sphere; field; territory; area HSK 7
许 許 xǔ to allow; to permit; to promise; to praise; somewhat; perhaps HSK 7
一一 一一 yī yī one by one; one after another HSK 7
袭击 襲擊 xí jī attack (esp. surprise attack); raid; to attack HSK 7
需 需 xū to require; to need; to want; necessity; need HSK 7
所谓 所謂 suǒ wèi so-called; what is called HSK 7
德 德 Dé Germany; German; abbr. for 德国 HSK 7
主 主 zhǔ owner; master; host; individual or party concerned; God; Lord; main; to indicate or signify; trump card (in card games) HSK 7
未 未 wèi not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210° HSK 7
以 㕥 Yǐ abbr. for Israel 列 HSK 7
之 之 zhī (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的); him; her; it HSK 7
死于非命 死於非命 sǐ yú fēi mìng violent death (idiom); to die in a disaster; an unnatural death Idiom ∼HSK 6
却是 卻是 què shì nevertheless; actually; the fact is ... HSK 6
远洋 遠洋 yuǎn yáng distant seas; the open ocean (far from the coast) ∼HSK 6
股票交易所 股票交易所 gǔ piào jiāo yì suǒ stock exchange ∼HSK 6
王权 王權 wáng quán royalty; royal power ∼HSK 6
独立战争 獨立戰爭 dú lì zhàn zhēng war of independence ∼HSK 6