Vocabulary: 贝佐斯传
- unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution; getting away with it (e.g. crimes); still at large
- to blow a whistle; to whistle
- macroeconomic
- side effect
- to go against; to be contrary to; to violate
- poison
- lit. helping tyrant Zhou 商紂王|商纣王[Shang1 Zhou4 wang2] in his oppression (idiom); fig. to take the side of the evildoer; giving succor to the enemy
- 饮 yǐn: 饮 yin3: to drink饮 yìn: 饮 yin4: to give (animals) water to drink
- motorboat
- to feel embarrassed; to find it embarrassing; to be sorry (for inconveniencing sb)
- to defend (legal) rights
- innate sense of right and wrong; conscience; bosom friend
- testimony
- ordinary person; private citizen; people; the person in the street
- to be deeply concerned; to be troubled (by)
- sick leave
- to raise a child
- (idiom) to submit to the will of heaven; to resign oneself to fate; to trust to luck
- to lose; to throw away; to discard; to cast away
- omen; sign (that sth is about to happen); warning sign
- to imagine; to envision; imagination
- 好玩 hào wán: 好玩 hao4 wan2: to be playful; to be fond of one's fun好玩 hǎo wán: 好玩 hao3 wan2: amusing; fun; interesting
- canine excrement; dog poo; bullshit
- normal state
- lit. plaintive whine of geese (idiom); fig. land swarming with disaster victims; starving people fill the land
- safety measure; precaution; (coll.) (euphemism) contraception; protection
- (idiom) making up a group; forming a troupe; in large numbers; as a large crowd
- to incline; to lean; to slant; to slope; to tilt
- to show off one's ability
- proponent; advocate; pioneer
- heritage; legacy; inheritance; bequest; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- nothing remains the same (idiom); change beyond recognition
- to prevail; to achieve victory; to be victorious
- troops; subordinates; (honorific appellation for a general)
- distribution; retail store
- hasn't yet; hasn't ever
- trench; entrenchment
- to toughen; to temper; to engage in physical exercise; to work out; (fig.) to develop one's skills; to train oneself