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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赚钱 賺錢 zhuàn qián to earn money; moneymaking HSK 6
播 播 bō to sow; to scatter; to spread; to broadcast; Taiwan pr. [bò] HSK 6
国王 國王 guó wáng king HSK 6
核心 核心 hé xīn core; nucleus HSK 6
宗教 宗教 zōng jiào religion HSK 6
爆发 爆發 bào fā to break out; to erupt; to explode; to burst out HSK 6
药品 藥品 yào pǐn medicaments; medicine; drug HSK 6
海军 海軍 hǎi jūn navy HSK 6
大师 大師 dà shī great master; master HSK 6
界 界 jiè (bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm HSK 6
暴力 暴力 bào lì violence; force; violent HSK 6
危机 危機 wēi jī crisis HSK 6
市民 市民 shì mín city resident HSK 6
股票 股票 gǔ piào share certificate; stock (finance) HSK 6
军事 軍事 jūn shì military affairs; (attributive) military HSK 6
足 足 jù excessive HSK 6
塔 塔 tǎ pagoda; tower; minaret; stupa (abbr. loanword from Sanskrit tapo) HSK 6
滴 滴 dī a drop; to drip HSK 6
州 州 zhōu prefecture; (old) province; (old) administrative division; state (e.g. of US); oblast (Russia); canton (Switzerland) HSK 6
军队 軍隊 jūn duì armed forces; troops HSK 6
爆炸 爆炸 bào zhà explosion; to explode; to blow up; to detonate HSK 6
利 利 lì sharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit HSK 6
权 權 quán authority; power; right; (literary) to weigh; expedient; temporary HSK 6
集 集 jí to gather; to collect; collected works; classifier for sections of a TV series etc: episode HSK 6
最终 最終 zuì zhōng final; ultimate HSK 6
入 入 rù to enter; to go into; to join; to become a member of; to confirm or agree with; abbr. for 入声 HSK 6
特 特 tè special; unique; distinguished; especially; unusual; very; abbr. for 斯, tex HSK 6
于 於 yú (of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by HSK 6
与 與 yǔ and; to give; together with HSK 6
各自为政 各自為政 gè zì wéi zhèng to do things each in one's own way Idiom ∼HSK 5
莫 莫 mò do not (literary) ∼HSK 5
阿姆斯特丹 阿姆斯特丹 Ā mǔ sī tè dān Amsterdam, capital of Netherlands ∼HSK 5
霸权 霸權 bà quán hegemony; supremacy ∼HSK 5
肠子 腸子 cháng zi intestines ∼HSK 5
地理位置 地理位置 dì lǐ wèi zhi geographical location ∼HSK 5
火炮 火炮 huǒ pào cannon; gun; artillery ∼HSK 5
爱财 愛財 ài cái avaricious ∼HSK 5
大洋 大洋 dà yáng ocean; (old) silver dollar; (slang) Chinese yuan ∼HSK 5
冯 馮 Féng surname; gallop; by dint of ∼HSK 5
诵 誦 sòng recite, chant, repeat ∼HSK 5
三分之一 三分之一 sān fēn zhī yī one third ∼HSK 5
捕获 捕獲 bǔ huò to catch; to capture; to seize ∼HSK 5
生计 生計 shēng jì livelihood ∼HSK 5
自然资源 自然資源 zì rán zī yuán natural resource ∼HSK 5
渔 漁 yú to fish; seize; pursue; surname ∼HSK 5
染指 染指 rǎn zhǐ to dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie; to get a share of the action; abbr. for 染指於鼎|染指于鼎 ∼HSK 5
独占 獨佔 dú zhàn variant of ∼HSK 5
鱼尾 魚尾 yú wěi fishtail ∼HSK 5
广袤 廣袤 guǎng mào vast ∼HSK 5
欧洲大陆 歐洲大陸 Ōu zhōu dà lù continent of Europe ∼HSK 5