Vocabulary: F.捡烟蒂和惯性驱使（机构强迫症）
from 巴菲特致股东的信：投资者和公司高管教程
- 买下x2 | Chapter Rank #127to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc)
- 伯x9 | Chapter Rank #19one hundred (old)father's elder brother; senior; paternal elder uncle; eldest of brothers; respectful form of address; Count, third of five orders of nobility 五等爵位[wu3 deng3 jue2 wei4]
- 克x9 | Chapter Rank #20to be able to; to subdue; to restrain; to overcome; gram; Tibetan unit of land area, about 6 aresabbr. for 克羅地亞|克罗地亚[Ke4 luo2 di4 ya4], Croatia; (Tw) abbr. for 克羅埃西亞|克罗埃西亚[Ke4 luo2 ai1 xi1 ya4], CroatiaKe (c. 2000 BC), seventh of the legendary Flame Emperors, 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer Godto subdue; to overthrow; to restrain
- 希尔x9 | Chapter Rank #21Hill (name); Christopher Hill, US undersecretary of state of East Asian affairs
- 公司x24 | Chapter Rank #5company; firm; corporation; CL:家[jia1]
- 控股权x1 | Chapter Rank #254
- 尽管x3 | Chapter Rank #75despite; although; even though; in spite of; unhesitatingly; do not hesitate (to ask, complain etc); (go ahead and do it) without hesitating
- 当时x1 | Chapter Rank #255then; at that timeimmediately; right then
- 就x8 | Chapter Rank #25(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 知道x2 | Chapter Rank #128to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- 主业x1 | Chapter Rank #256main business
- 纺织x2 | Chapter Rank #129spinning and weaving
- 业务x2 | Chapter Rank #130business; professional work; service; CL:項|项[xiang4]
- 前途x1 | Chapter Rank #257prospects; future outlook; journey
- 暗淡x1 | Chapter Rank #258dark; dim (light); dull (color); drab; (fig.) gloomy; bleak
- 还是x4 | Chapter Rank #58still (as before); had better; unexpectedly; or
- 被x4 | Chapter Rank #59quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 它x5 | Chapter Rank #42itit (pronoun for an animal)
- 貌似x1 | Chapter Rank #259to appear to be; to seem as if
- 低廉x2 | Chapter Rank #131cheap; inexpensive; low
- 股价x1 | Chapter Rank #260stock price; share price
- 诱惑x1 | Chapter Rank #261to entice; to lure; to induce; to attract
- 忍不住x1 | Chapter Rank #262cannot help; unable to bear
- 出手x1 | Chapter Rank #263to dispose of; to spend (money); to undertake a task
- 投资x10 | Chapter Rank #13investment; to invest
- 生涯x1 | Chapter Rank #264career; life (way in which sb lives); period of one's life
- 早期x1 | Chapter Rank #265early period; early phase; early stage
- 类股票x1 | Chapter Rank #266
- 给x3 | Chapter Rank #76to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)to supply; to provide
- 带来x2 | Chapter Rank #132to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce
- 了x14 | Chapter Rank #10(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 合理x3 | Chapter Rank #77rational; reasonable; sensible; fair
- 回报x5 | Chapter Rank #43(in) return; reciprocation; payback; retaliation; to report back; to reciprocate
- 直到x1 | Chapter Rank #267until
- 出现x1 | Chapter Rank #268to appear; to arise; to emerge; to show up
- 使x1 | Chapter Rank #269to make; to cause; to enable; to use; to employ; to send; to instruct sb to do sth; envoy; messenger
- 渐渐x2 | Chapter Rank #133gradually
- 意识x2 | Chapter Rank #134consciousness; awareness; (usu. followed by 到[dao4]) to be aware of; to realize
- 到x7 | Chapter Rank #31to reach; to arrive; to leave for; to go to; to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point); (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point); considerate; thoughtful; thorough
- 种x10 | Chapter Rank #14seed; species; kind; type; classifier for types, kinds, sortsto plant; to grow; to cultivate
- 策略x1 | Chapter Rank #270strategy; tactics; crafty; adroit
- 并x2 | Chapter Rank #135and; furthermore; also; together with; (not) at all; simultaneously; to combine; to join; to mergeto combine; to amalgamateshort name for Taiyuan 太原[Tai4 yuan2]
- 不x11 | Chapter Rank #12no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
- 那么x4 | Chapter Rank #60like that; in that way; to that extent; (before a number) ... or so; about ...; then; in that case
- 理想x1 | Chapter Rank #271an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect
- 如果x7 | Chapter Rank #32if; in case; in the event that
- 你x10 | Chapter Rank #15you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 以x9 | Chapter Rank #22to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]
- 足够x1 | Chapter Rank #272enough; sufficient
- 价格x2 | Chapter Rank #136price