zài / nà / gè / shí / dài / zōng / zhǔ / guó / tōng / cháng / kòng / zhì / zhe / zhí / mín / dì / de / wài / jiāo / shì / wù

在那个时代，宗主国通常控制着殖民地的外交事务。

At that time, the suzerain state usually controlled the colony's foreign affairs.