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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礼 禮 lǐ gift; rite; ceremony; propriety; etiquette; courtesy HSK 5
说法 說法 shuō fǎ to expound Buddhist teachings HSK 5
全世界 全世界 quán shì jiè worldwide; entire world HSK 5
有着 有著 yǒu zhe to have; to possess HSK 5
彼此 彼此 bǐ cǐ each other; one another HSK 5
欧洲 歐洲 Oū zhōu Europe (abbr. for 欧罗巴洲) HSK 5
手段 手段 shǒu duàn method; means (of doing sth); strategy; trick HSK 5
运 運 yùn to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate HSK 5
愿 願 yuàn to hope; to wish; to desire; hoped-for; ready; willing HSK 5
区域 區域 qū yù area; region; district HSK 5
加上 加上 jiā shàng plus; to put in; to add; to add on; to add into; in addition; on top of that HSK 5
邀请 邀請 yāo qǐng to invite; invitation HSK 5
建筑 建築 jiàn zhù to construct; building HSK 5
意味着 意味著 yì wèi zhe to signify; to mean; to imply HSK 5
竞争 競爭 jìng zhēng to compete; competition HSK 5
协议 協議 xié yì agreement; pact; protocol HSK 5
式 式 shì type; form; pattern; style HSK 5
拒绝 拒絕 jù jué to refuse; to decline; to reject HSK 5
枪 槍 qiāng gun; firearm; rifle; spear; thing with shape or function similar to a gun; to substitute for another person in a test; to knock; classifier for rifle shots HSK 5
一旦 一旦 yī dàn in case (sth happens); if; once (sth happens, then...); when; in a short time; in one day HSK 5
关键 關鍵 guān jiàn crucial point; crux; key; crucial; pivotal HSK 5
即使 即使 jí shǐ even if; even though HSK 5
拥有 擁有 yōng yǒu to have; to possess HSK 5
组织 組織 zǔ zhī to organize; organization; (biology) tissue; (textiles) weave HSK 5
如此 如此 rú cǐ like this; so; such HSK 5
唯一 唯一 wéi yī only; sole HSK 5
将 將 jiāng will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) HSK 5
可 可 kě (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very HSK 5
一盘散沙 一盤散沙 yī pán sǎn shā lit. like a sheet of loose sand; fig. unable to cooperate (idiom) Idiom ∼HSK 4
流离失所 流離失所 liú lí shī suǒ destitute and homeless (idiom); forced from one's home and wandering about; displaced Idiom ∼HSK 4
无法 無法 wú fǎ unable; incapable Xiehouyu HSK 4
东印度公司 東印度公司 Dōng Yìn dù Gōng sī East India Company Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
威廉 威廉 Wēi lián William or Wilhelm (name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
市政厅 市政廳 shì zhèng tīng city hall Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
李宗盛 李宗盛 Lǐ Zōng shèng Jonathan Lee (1958-), Taiwanese record producer and songwriter Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
英格兰 英格蘭 Yīng gé lán England Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大西洋 大西洋 Dà xī yáng Atlantic Ocean Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
造物主 造物主 Zào wù zhǔ the Creator (in religion or mythology); God Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
苏格兰 蘇格蘭 Sū gé lán Scotland Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大港 大港 Dà gǎng Dagang former district of Tianjin, now part of Binhai subprovincial district Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
波罗 波羅 Bō luó Polo (car made by Volkswagen); surname Polo Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
芬兰 芬蘭 Fēn lán Finland Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
海牙 海牙 Hǎi yá The Hague (seat of government of the Netherlands) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
伊丽莎白 伊麗莎白 Yī lì shā bái Elizabeth (person name) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
雅加达 雅加達 Yǎ jiā dá Jakarta, capital of Indonesia Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
好望角 好望角 Hǎo wàng Jiǎo Cape of Good Hope Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
南美洲 南美洲 Nán měi zhōu South America Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
莎士比亚 莎士比亞 Shā shì bǐ yà Shakespeare (name); William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
中原 中原 Zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei Proper Noun ∼HSK 4
大清 大清 Dà Qīng Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911) Proper Noun ∼HSK 4