Vocabulary: 贝佐斯传
- to appoint (to a position); appointed
- ring-shaped; (math.) annulus
- younger brother; junior male; I (modest word in letter)
- it is said that; reportedly
- J.R.R. Tolkien (1892-1973), British philologist and author of fantasy fiction such as Lord of the Rings 魔戒
- source material (in literature and art)
- see 唇槍舌劍|唇枪舌剑[chun2 qiang1 she2 jian4]
- to explode; to burst; to stir-fry briefly; to quick-boil
- to question; to enquire; interrogatory
- dummy run; to run through sth; to rehearse
- (HK, Sg, Tw) Pelé (1940–2022), Edson Arantes Do Nascimento, Brazilian football star
- to change into
- 律 Lǜ: 律 Lu:4: surname Lü律 lǜ: 律 lu:4: law
- giant
- to work; to handle matters; to have a job
- surname Song; the Song dynasty (960–1279); Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4]
- main subject of long novel; true biography
- to commit suicide; to have one's life cut short
- talent; CL:份[fen4]
- domain; territory under one's control; foundation of a building; base of operations; crust of earth
- consistent; unanimous; in agreement; together; in unison
- dark; dark colored
- office building
- to reveal one's talent (idiom)
- reputation; profile; familiarity in the public consciousness
- 东 dōng: 东 dong1: east; host (i.e. sitting on east side of guest); landlord东 Dōng: 东 Dong1: surname Dong
- park (for public recreation); CL:座[zuo4]
- to hang; to suspend (from a hook etc); to hang up (the phone); (of a line) to be dead; to be worried; to be concerned; (dialect) to make a phone call; to register (at a hospital); to make an appointment (with a doctor); (slang) to kill; to die; to be finished; to fail (an exam); classifier for sets or clusters of objects
- saying; famous remark
- the top and bottom of sth; the full vertical extent of sth; from top to bottom; to go up and down; before and after (as in 上下文[shang4 xia4 wen2] "context"); (used after a quantity) approximately; ... or so; (in a social hierarchy) the high and the low; seniors and juniors (as in 上下和睦[shang4 xia4 he2 mu4] "harmony between superiors and subordinates"); all members of a group (as in 舉國上下|举国上下[ju3 guo2 shang4 xia4] "the entire nation"); relative superiority (as in 不相上下[bu4 xiang1 shang4 xia4] "evenly matched")
- stair; staircase; CL:個|个[ge4]
- March; third month (of the lunar year)
- to make a noise; noisy
- to look at one another; to face each other