Vocabulary: C.零息债券
from 巴菲特致股东的信：投资者和公司高管教程
- 继续x1 | Chapter Rank #468to continue; to proceed with; to go on with
- 会x17 | Chapter Rank #18can; to have the skill; to know how to; to be likely to; to be sure to; to meet; to get together; meeting; gathering; (suffix) union; group; association; (bound form) a moment (Taiwan pr. [hui3])(bound form) to reckon accounts
- 直言不讳x1 | Chapter Rank #469to speak bluntly (idiom); not to mince words
- 批评家x1 | Chapter Rank #470critic
- 正如x2 | Chapter Rank #278just as; precisely as
- 我x9 | Chapter Rank #48I; me; my
- 稍后x1 | Chapter Rank #471in a little while; shortly after
- 做出x1 | Chapter Rank #472to put out; to issue
- 解释x1 | Chapter Rank #473explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 经常x2 | Chapter Rank #279frequently; constantly; regularly; often; day-to-day; everyday; daily
- 被x16 | Chapter Rank #23quilt; 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")
- 包装x1 | Chapter Rank #474to wrap; to package (goods etc); packaging; packing materials; (fig.) to present attractively; to craft an image; to package (sb or sth)
- 成x1 | Chapter Rank #475surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth
- 最x1 | Chapter Rank #476(before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est; (after 之[zhi1]) best or most extreme example (e.g. 世界之最[shi4 jie4 zhi1 zui4] "the greatest in the world")
- 具x1 | Chapter Rank #477tool; device; utensil; equipment; instrument; talent; ability; to possess; to have; to provide; to furnish; to state; classifier for devices, coffins, dead bodies
- 欺诈性x1 | Chapter Rank #478
- 形式x3 | Chapter Rank #192outer appearance; form; shape; formality; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 给x2 | Chapter Rank #280to; 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x3 | Chapter Rank #193to bring; (fig.) to bring about; to produce
- 致命x1 | Chapter Rank #479fatal; mortal; deadly; to sacrifice one's life
- 灾难性x1 | Chapter Rank #480catastrophic
- 后果x1 | Chapter Rank #481consequences; aftermath
- 着手x1 | Chapter Rank #482to put one's hand to it; to start out on a task; to set out
- 这个x12 | Chapter Rank #34(pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- 问题x6 | Chapter Rank #85question; problem; issue; topic; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 之前x5 | Chapter Rank #110before; prior to; ago; previously; beforehand
- 让x2 | Chapter Rank #281to yield; to permit; to let sb do sth; to have sb do sth; to make sb (feel sad etc); by (indicates the agent in a passive clause, like 被[bei4])
- 穿越x1 | Chapter Rank #483to pass through; to traverse; to cross
- 回到x2 | Chapter Rank #282to return to
- 圣经x1 | Chapter Rank #484the Confucian classics; (Christianity, Judaism) the holy scriptures; CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
- 中亚x1 | Chapter Rank #485Central Asia
- 当x5 | Chapter Rank #111(onom.) dong; ding dong (bell)at or in the very same...; suitable; adequate; fitting; proper; to replace; to regard as; to think; to pawn; (coll.) to fail (a student)to be; to act as; manage; withstand; when; during; ought; should; match equally; equal; same; obstruct; just at (a time or place); on the spot; right; just at
- 夏娃x1 | Chapter Rank #486Eve, the first woman (transcription used in Protestant versions of the Bible) (from Hebrew Ḥawwāh, probably via Cantonese 夏娃 {Haa6waa1})
- 时代x2 | Chapter Rank #283age; era; epoch; period (in one's life); CL:個|个[ge4]Time, US weekly news magazine
- 那x3 | Chapter Rank #194surname Nasurname Nuo(specifier) that; the; those (colloquial pr. [nei4]); (pronoun) that (referring to persons, things or situations); then (in that case)(archaic) many; beautiful; how
- 个x14 | Chapter Rank #27(classifier used before a noun that has no specific classifier); (bound form) individualused in 自個兒|自个儿[zi4 ge3 r5]
- 苹果x1 | Chapter Rank #487Apple (American tech company)apple; CL:個|个[ge4],顆|颗[ke1]
- 还x9 | Chapter Rank #49surname Huanstill; still in progress; still more; yet; even more; in addition; fairly; passably (good); as early as; even; also; elseto pay back; to return
- 咬x1 | Chapter Rank #488to bite; to nip
- 纯真x1 | Chapter Rank #489innocent and unaffected; pure and unadulterated
- 如果x11 | Chapter Rank #42if; in case; in the event that
- 你的x1 | Chapter Rank #490
- 年龄x1 | Chapter Rank #491(a person's) age; CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4]
- 差不多x1 | Chapter Rank #492almost; nearly; more or less; about the same; good enough; not bad
- 你x13 | Chapter Rank #32you (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.)
- 机会x1 | Chapter Rank #493opportunity; chance; occasion; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 二战x1 | Chapter Rank #494World War II
- 期间x3 | Chapter Rank #195period of time; time; time period; period; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 买下x1 | Chapter Rank #495to purchase (sth expensive, e.g. a house); to acquire (a company, a copyright etc)
- 第一x1 | Chapter Rank #496first; most important; primary; foremost