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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贸易额 貿易額 mào yì é volume of trade (between countries) ∼HSK 6
扬帆远航 揚帆遠航 yáng fān yuǎn háng to set sail on a voyage to a distant place; (fig.) to undertake a great mission ∼HSK 6
五分之一 五分之一 wǔ fēn zhī yī one fifth ∼HSK 6
捕捞 捕撈 bǔ lāo to fish for (aquatic animals and plants); to catch ∼HSK 6
渔场 漁場 yú chǎng fishing ground ∼HSK 6
集散地 集散地 jí sàn dì distribution center ∼HSK 6
赤裸裸 赤裸裸 chì luǒ luǒ bare; naked; (fig.) plain; undisguised; unadorned ∼HSK 6
强盛 強盛 qiáng shèng rich and powerful ∼HSK 6
运销 運銷 yùn xiāo distribution; transport and sale (of goods) ∼HSK 6
产粮区 產糧區 chǎn liáng qū food growing area ∼HSK 6
低廉 低廉 dī lián cheap; inexpensive; low ∼HSK 6
立于不败之地 立於不敗之地 lì yú bù bài zhī dì 立: stand; let stand; establish, set · 于: in, on, at; go to; surname · 不: no, not; un-; negative prefix · 败: be defeated, decline, fail · 之: marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to · 地: earth; soil, ground; region ∼HSK 6
险境 險境 xiǎn jìng critical circumstances; risky conditions; danger zone ∼HSK 6
完好无损 完好無損 wán hǎo wú sǔn in good condition; undamaged; intact ∼HSK 6
守望 守望 shǒu wàng to keep watch ∼HSK 6
距今 距今 jù jīn before the present; (a long period) ago ∼HSK 6
自治权 自治權 zì zhì quán the right to autonomy; autonomy ∼HSK 6
收税 收稅 shōu shuì to collect tax ∼HSK 6
忙于 忙於 máng yú busy with ∼HSK 6
雄才大略 雄才大略 xióng cái dà lüè great skill and strategy ∼HSK 6
西征 西征 xī zhēng punitive expedition to the west ∼HSK 6
集权 集權 jí quán centralized power (history), e.g. under an Emperor or party ∼HSK 6
割据 割據 gē jù to set up an independent regime; to secede; segmentation; division; fragmentation ∼HSK 6
统治权 統治權 tǒng zhì quán sovereignty; dominion; dominance ∼HSK 6
不可分割 不可分割 bù kě fēn gē inalienable; unalienable; inseparable; indivisible ∼HSK 6
臣服 臣服 chén fú to acknowledge allegiance to (some regime); to serve ∼HSK 6
争霸 爭霸 zhēng bà to contend for hegemony; a power struggle ∼HSK 6
驶入 駛入 shǐ rù (of a car, ship, train etc) to enter ∼HSK 6
安身立命 安身立命 ān shēn - lì mìng (idiom) to settle down and pursue one's path in life ∼HSK 6
入股 入股 rù gǔ to invest ∼HSK 6
鄙夷 鄙夷 bǐ yí to despise; to look down on; to feel contempt for ∼HSK 6
股息 股息 gǔ xī dividend ∼HSK 6
证券交易所 證券交易所 zhèng quàn jiāo yì suǒ stock exchange ∼HSK 6
雏形 雛形 chú xíng embryonic form; miniature model ∼HSK 6
要塞 要塞 yào sài stronghold; fort; fortification ∼HSK 6
不朽 不朽 bù xiǔ to last forever; eternal; enduring ∼HSK 6
海港 海港 hǎi gǎng seaport; harbor ∼HSK 6
入主 入主 rù zhǔ to invade and take control of (a territory); to take the helm at (an organization); (of a company) to take control of (another company) ∼HSK 6
赏赐 賞賜 shǎng cì to bestow a reward; a reward ∼HSK 6
跪拜 跪拜 guì bài to kowtow; to kneel and worship ∼HSK 6
称霸 稱霸 chēng bà lit. to proclaim oneself hegemon; to take a leading role; to build a personal fiefdom ∼HSK 6
王公 王公 wáng gōng princes and dukes; aristocrat ∼HSK 6
图景 圖景 tú jǐng landscape (in a picture); (fig.) landscape (i.e. general situation); view of the situation; mental picture ∼HSK 6
忧伤 憂傷 yōu shāng distressed; laden with grief ∼HSK 6
厨娘 廚娘 chú niáng female cook ∼HSK 6
沿海 沿海 yán hǎi coastal HSK 6
严寒 嚴寒 yán hán bitter cold; severe winter HSK 6
殖民地 殖民地 zhí mín dì colony HSK 6
起义 起義 qǐ yì uprising; insurrection; revolt HSK 6
大批 大批 dà pī large quantities of HSK 6