Vocabulary: 贝佐斯传
- 故事 gù shì: 故事 gu4 shi4: old practice故事 gù shi: 故事 gu4 shi5: narrative; story; tale
- 更 gèng: 更 geng4: more; even more; further; still; still more更 gēng: 更 geng1: to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)
- 成 Chéng: 成 Cheng2: surname Cheng; short name for Chengdu 成都[Cheng2 du1]成 chéng: 成 cheng2: to succeed; to finish; to complete; to accomplish; to become; to turn into; to be all right; OK!; one tenth
- pertaining to; concerning; with regard to; about; a matter of
- 大 dà: 大 da4: big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)大 dài: 大 dai4: see 大夫[dai4 fu5]
- company; firm; corporation; CL:家[jia1]
- society
- the earth
- ecosystem; natural environment
- responsibility; duty; liability
- entire population; all the people (of a country or society)
- referendum (abbr. for 公民投票[gong1 min2 tou2 piao4])
- target; goal; objective; CL:個|个[ge4]
- regarding; as far as (sth) is concerned; with regard to
- environment; circumstances; surroundings; CL:個|个[ge4]; ambient
- 曾 Zēng: 曾 Zeng1: surname Zeng曾 céng: 曾 ceng2: once; already; ever (in the past); former; previously; (past tense marker used before verb or clause)曾 zēng: 曾 zeng1: great- (grandfather, grandchild etc)
- to think over; to consider; consideration
- (meteorology) climate; (fig.) climate; prevailing conditions (in human affairs)
- to promise; to undertake to do something; commitment
- plan; project; program; to plan; to map out; CL:個|个[ge4],項|项[xiang4]
- according to; based on; basis; foundation; CL:個|个[ge4]
- (pronoun) this; (adjective) this
- 将 jiāng: 将 jiang1: will; shall; to use; to take; to checkmate; just a short while ago; (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把[ba3])将 jiàng: 将 jiang4: (bound form) a general; (literary) to command; to lead; (Chinese chess) general (on the black side, equivalent to a king in Western chess)将 qiāng: 将 qiang1: to desire; to invite; to request
- to achieve; to implement; to realize; to bring about
- carbon (chemistry)
- 比 bǐ: 比 bi3: to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)比 Bǐ: 比 Bi3: Belgium; Belgian; abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bi3 li4 shi2]
- Paris, capital of France
- agreement; accord; to reach an agreement
- to set; to set up; to install; setting; preferences
- (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")
- optimistic; hopeful
- early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely
- person; figure; public figure
- other; (sth or sb) else; the rest
- company; firm; enterprise; corporation; CL:家[jia1]
- to announce; to make public; to publish
- footprint; track; spoor
- to engage in (business etc); to run; to operate
- to arrange in order; to emit; to discharge (exhaust gas, waste water etc); (of animals) to ovulate; to discharge semen
- destructive; harmful; damaging
- greenhouse
- gas (i.e. gaseous substance)
- circumstances; state of affairs; situation; CL:種|种[zhong3]
- 可 kè: 可 ke4: used in 可汗[ke4 han2]可 kě: 可 ke3: (prefix) can; may; able to; -able; to approve; to permit; to suit; (particle used for emphasis) certainly; very; but; however