Vocabulary: 贝佐斯传
- to predict; prophecy
- Tennessee
- (election) campaign
- terrorism
- section; district
- lie
- 匹 pǐ: 匹 pi3: (bound form) matching; comparable to; (bound form) alone; single; one of a pair; classifier for horses, mules etc (Taiwan pr. [pi1]); classifier for cloth: bolt; horsepower匹 pǐ: 匹 pi3: classifier for cloth: bolt
- 曹 cáo: 曹 cao2: class or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old); government department (old)曹 Cáo: 曹 Cao2: surname Cao; Zhou Dynasty vassal state
- to make a loss
- to avoid taxation; tax avoidance
- 大王 dài wang: 大王 dai4 wang5: robber baron (in opera, old stories); magnate大王 dà wáng: 大王 da4 wang2: king; magnate; person having expert skill in something
- to pay taxes
- dog; CL:隻|只[zhi1],條|条[tiao2]
- to save; to rescue
- to brag
- (idiom) you can't rely on a verbal agreement; just because sb says sth, doesn't mean it's true
- half; semi-; incomplete; (after a number) and a half
- to fund; to put money into sth; to invest
- to be very clear about sth (idiom)
- opportunism; pragmatism
- to trample
- early morning; also pr. [zao3chen5]
- extraordinary; exceptional; unusual
- to come and go; to have dealings with; to be in relation with
- (mail or email) sender
- recipient (of mail); To: (email header)
- lie; false words; nonsense; CL:篇[pian1]
- to splash; to spill; rough and coarse; brutish
- dirty water; sewage
- to strike back; to beat back; to counterattack
- to see; to catch sight of
- 尽 jǐn: 尽 jin3: to the greatest extent; (when used before a noun of location) furthest or extreme; to be within the limits of; to give priority to尽 jìn: 尽 jin4: to use up; to exhaust; to end; to finish; to the utmost; exhausted; finished; to the limit (of sth); all; entirely
- to love one's country; patriotic
- duty; obligation (CL:項|项[xiang4]); volunteer (work etc)
- to extinguish or put out; to go out (of a fire etc); to exterminate or wipe out; to drown
- treacherous; sinister
- person of low social status (old); I, me (used to refer humbly to oneself); nasty person; vile character
- awe-inspiring bearing; authority; power; imposing; impressive; majestic
- old, well-known brand; old style; old school; an old hand; experienced veteran
- tough; unyielding; hard-line