1 great effort

2 to strive

3 to try hard

1 Belgium

2 Belgian

3 abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bǐ lì shí]

1 over the same period

2 year-on-year

1 to be just like

2 can be compared to

1 to contrast

2 contrast

3 ratio

4 classifier: 个 gè

1 things are very different now (idiom)

2 times have changed

1 to use one's best efforts to do sth (idiom)

1 Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom)

2 Long may you live!

1 far-flung realms as next door (idiom)

2 close in spirit although far away

1 to put oneself in sb else's shoes (idiom)