|  |  | China  | HSK 1 | 
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|  |  | country; nation; state  / (bound form) national  | HSK 1 | 
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|  |  | to go abroad; to leave the country  | HSK 2 | 
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|  |  | whole nation  / nationwide  / countrywide  / national  | HSK 2 | 
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|  |  | foreign country  | HSK 1 | 
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|  |  | United Nations  | HSK 3 | 
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|  |  | to return to one's home country  | HSK 2 | 
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|  |  | motherland  | HSK 6 | 
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|  |  | to love one's country  / patriotic  | HSK 4 | 
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|  |  | People's Republic of China  |  | 
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|  |  | Three Kingdoms period (220–280) in Chinese history  /  any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗  in 658  |  | 
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|  |  | empire  / imperial  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | surname Guo  |  | 
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|  |  | Germany  |  | 
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|  |  | Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992–1995), wartime predecessor of the state of Bosnia and Herzegovina 波斯尼亞和黑塞哥維那|波斯尼亚和黑塞哥维那 |  | 
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|  |  | Wu Bangguo (1941-), PRC electrical engineer and politician, politburo member 1992-2012  |  | 
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|  |  | United Kingdom (UK); Britain  |  | 
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|  |  | to rule according to the law  |  | 
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|  |  | Republic of China  |  | 
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|  |  | republic  |  | 
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|  |  | to invigorate the country through science and education  |  | 
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|  |  | to defend one's country  |  | 
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|  |  | member nation  |  | 
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|  |  | Muslim countries  / caliphate  / Islamic State group (aka IS or ISIL or ISIS)  |  | 
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|  |  | Russian empire (1546-1917)  |  | 
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|  |  | France  |  | 
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|  |  | Kingdom of Naples (1282-1860)  |  | 
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|  |  | both countries; the two countries  |  | 
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|  |  | each country  / every country  / various countries  |  | 
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|  |  | my country; our country  |  | 
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|  |  | the Spring and Autumn (770-476 BC) and Warring States (475-221 BC) periods  |  | 
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|  |  | Republic of China (1912-1949)  /  used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年  is 1971, the 60th year after 1911)  |  | 
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|  |  | world power  |  | 
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|  |  | member country  |  | 
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|  |  | United States; USA; US  |  | 
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|  |  | transnational  / multinational  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | neighboring country  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | having wealth equivalent to that of an entire nation (idiom)  / extremely wealthy  |  | 
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|  |  | Roman Empire (27 BC-476 AD)  |  | 
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|  |  | United Kingdom  |  | 
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|  |  | Russia  |  | 
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|  |  | to damage the people and harm the country (idiom)  |  | 
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|  |  | most-favored nation (trade status)  |  | 
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|  |  | to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country  |  | 
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|  |  | Czech Republic  |  | 
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|  |  | Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods)  /  Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权  the southernmost of the three Kingdoms  |  | 
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|  |  | People's Democratic Republic of Korea (North Korea)  |  | 
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|  |  | agricultural country  |  | 
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|  |  | United Kingdom  |  | 
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|  |  | to save the nation  |  | 
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|  |  | to rule a country  |  | 
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|  |  | to found a country  / nation-building  / the foundation of PRC by Mao Zedong in 1949  |  | 
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|  |  | (ironically) mainland China (Taiwan & Hong Kong usage)  |  | 
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|  |  | powerful country  / great power  |  | 
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|  |  | (of a nation) to be destroyed; to be subjugated  / a fallen nation  |  | 
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|  |  | creditor country  |  | 
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|  |  | all nations  |  | 
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|  |  | to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom)  / to surrender territory under humiliating terms  |  | 
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|  |  | (idiom) land of plenty (usu. used in reference to Sichuan)  |  | 
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|  |  | kingdom  / realm  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | the countries involved  |  | 
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|  |  | neutral country  |  | 
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|  |  | Five Dynasties (907-960) and Ten Kingdoms (902-979), period of political turmoil in ancient China  |  | 
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|  |  | island nation (sometimes refers specifically to Japan)  |  | 
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|  |  | various countries  |  | 
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|  |  | signatory states  / countries that are party to a treaty  |  | 
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|  |  | guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense  |  | 
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|  |  | to bring peace and stability to the country  |  | 
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|  |  | allies  / united countries  |  | 
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|  |  | United States of America  |  | 
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|  |  | Democratic Republic of Vietnam (aka North Vietnam), a country in Southeast Asia 1945-1976  |  | 
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|  |  | to betray one's country  |  | 
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|  |  | exotic  / foreign  |  | 
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|  |  | Nazi Germany (1933-1945)  |  | 
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|  |  | Canada  |  | 
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|  |  | ancient country  |  | 
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|  |  | to dedicate oneself to the service of one's country  |  | 
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|  |  | to travel around many countries (idiom); peregrinations  / refers to the travels of Confucius  |  | 
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|  |  | your distinguished country  |  | 
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|  |  | South Korea (Republic of Korea)  /  (historical) Han, one of the Seven Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄 |  | 
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|  |  | Kingdom of Heaven  |  | 
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|  |  | Bangladesh  |  | 
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|  |  | to found a state  / to open a closed country  |  | 
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|  |  | another country  |  | 
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|  |  | allied nation  / ally  / confederation  |  | 
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|  |  | (idiom) to be faithful to the ruler and love one's country  |  | 
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|  |  | Xuexi Qiangguo, PRC app designed to teach Xi Jinping Thought, released in 2019  |  | 
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|  |  | Free China (Cold War era term for the Republic of China on Taiwan, as distinct from "Red China")  |  | 
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|  |  | to close a country; to exclude foreign contact  / closed country (Qing China, North Korea etc)  |  | 
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|  |  | multinational  |  | 
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|  |  | (Tw) Dominican Republic  |  | 
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|  |  | Ottoman Empire (1299–1922)  |  | 
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|  |  | rich country  / make the country wealthy (political slogan)  |  | 
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|  |  | enemy country  |  | 
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|  |  | Qi state of Western Zhou and the Warring states (1122-265 BC), centered in Shandong  |  | 
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|  |  | Austria  |  | 
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|  |  | oil-producing countries  |  | 
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|  |  | to spread throughout the entire country  |  | 
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|  |  | military nuclear power  |  | 
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|  |  | (archaic) a state with a thousand chariots (to fight a war) – a powerful state  |  | 
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