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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5.01 Advanced

Vocabulary

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紧随其后 緊隨其後 jǐn suí qí hòu to follow closely behind sb or sth (idiom) ∼HSK 5
人力资源 人力資源 rén lì zī yuán human resources ∼HSK 5
装载 裝載 zhuāng zài to load; to stow ∼HSK 5
返航 返航 fǎn háng to return to the point of departure ∼HSK 5
铁器 鐵器 tiě qì hardware; ironware ∼HSK 5
补给品 補給品 bǔ jǐ pǐn supplies ∼HSK 5
架设 架設 jià shè to construct; to erect ∼HSK 5
运费 運費 yùn fèi freight fee ∼HSK 5
赫 赫 Hè bright, radiant, glowing ∼HSK 5
甲板 甲板 jiǎ bǎn deck (of a boat etc) ∼HSK 5
和食 和食 hé shí Japanese cuisine ∼HSK 5
奉 奉 fèng respectfully offer ∼HSK 5
名义上 名義上 míng yì shàng nominally ∼HSK 5
版图 版圖 bǎn tú domain; territory ∼HSK 5
大军 大軍 dà jūn army; main forces ∼HSK 5
传入 傳入 chuán rù to import; transmitted inwards; afferent ∼HSK 5
比拟 比擬 bǐ nǐ to compare; to draw a parallel; to match; analogy; metaphor; comparison ∼HSK 5
联姻 聯姻 lián yīn related by marriage; to connect by marriage (families, work units) ∼HSK 5
行政区域 行政區域 xíng zhèng qū yù administrative area ∼HSK 5
中签 中簽 zhòng qiān to win a ballot; to draw a lucky number ∼HSK 5
对敌 對敵 duì dí to confront; to face the enemy ∼HSK 5
树敌 樹敵 shù dí to antagonize people; to make an enemy of sb ∼HSK 5
耗尽 耗盡 hào jìn to exhaust; to use up; to deplete; to drain ∼HSK 5
扼 扼 è grasp, clutch; choke, strangle ∼HSK 5
斗士 鬥士 dòu shì warrior; activist ∼HSK 5
议长 議長 yì zhǎng chairman (of a legislative assembly); speaker ∼HSK 5
挑战者 挑戰者 tiǎo zhàn zhě challenger ∼HSK 5
红马甲 紅馬甲 hóng mǎ jiǎ red waistcoat; (stock market) floor trader; floor broker ∼HSK 5
国库 國庫 guó kù public purse; state treasury; national exchequer ∼HSK 5
国债 國債 guó zhài national debt; government debt ∼HSK 5
拥堵 擁堵 yōng dǔ (of traffic) to become congested; congestion ∼HSK 5
厮杀 廝殺 sī shā to fight at close quarters; to fight tooth and nail ∼HSK 5
金库 金庫 jīn kù treasury ∼HSK 5
商品经济 商品經濟 shāng pǐn jīng jì commodity economy ∼HSK 5
对外贸易 對外貿易 duì wài mào yì foreign trade ∼HSK 5
据点 據點 jù diǎn stronghold; defended military base; base for operations; strategic point; foothold; (market) presence ∼HSK 5
逊 遜 xùn humble, modest; yield ∼HSK 5
拜 拜 bài bow, worship ∼HSK 5
寇 㓂 kòu bandits, thieves; enemy; invade ∼HSK 5
豪 豪 háo brave, heroic, chivalrous ∼HSK 5
舍 捨 shě to give up; to abandon; to give alms ∼HSK 5
中产阶级 中產階級 zhōng chǎn jiē jí middle class ∼HSK 5
众生 眾生 zhòng shēng all sentient beings ∼HSK 5
拔毛 拔毛 bá máo to pull out hair; to pluck; epilation ∼HSK 5
上载 上載 shàng zǎi to upload; also pr. [shang4zai4] ∼HSK 5
执政官 執政官 zhí zhèng guān consul (of the Roman Republic); magistrate (chief administrator) ∼HSK 5
北极 北極 běi jí the North Pole; the Arctic Pole; the north magnetic pole HSK 5
划分 劃分 huà fēn to divide up; to partition; to differentiate HSK 5
胜负 勝負 shèng fù victory or defeat; the outcome of a battle HSK 5
修建 修建 xiū jiàn to build; to construct HSK 5