Vocabulary: 伏尔泰传
- silly; stupid
- pointless; meaningless; unnecessarily
- long ago; a long time since
- to forget; to cease to think about (sb or sth) anymore
- medieval; Middle Ages
- to predict; prophecy
- in the future; future; the future; CL:個|个[ge4]
- theological; theology
- doctor (as an academic degree); (old) person specialized in a skill or trade; (old) court academician
- article; essay; literary works; writings; hidden meaning; CL:篇[pian1],段[duan4],頁|页[ye4]
- the Papacy; the Vatican; the Holy See
- decree; ordinance
- to believe oneself infallible (idiom); to be opinionated
- to advance; in advance; beforehand; to prepare
- content with one's lot; knowing one's place
- texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up
- money; currency
- original; former; originally; formerly; at first; so, actually, as it turns out
- elderly; old age; autumn of one's years
- action; conduct; behavior; activity
- wealth; riches
- independent; independence; to stand alone
- sunlight; (Wu dialect) time of the day; moment
- financier; banker
- brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
- heritage; legacy; inheritance; bequest; CL:筆|笔[bi3]
- investment; to invest
- to supply; to provide (goods, services etc)
- armed forces; troops; CL:支[zhi1]
- 生意 shēng yi: 生意 sheng1 yi5: business; CL:筆|笔[bi3]生意 shēng yì: 生意 sheng1 yi4: life force; vitality
- 据 jū: 据 ju1: used in 拮据[jie2 ju1]据 jù: 据 ju4: according to; to act in accordance with; to depend on; to seize; to occupy
- secretary (chief official of a branch of a socialist or communist party); clerk; scribe
- 赚 zuàn: 赚 zuan4: to cheat; to swindle赚 zhuàn: 赚 zhuan4: to earn; to make a profit
- Cádiz, Spain
- (of nations) to have trade relations; to engage in trade
- ship; boat; vessel
- never (in the past); never did
- warship; military naval vessel; CL:艘[sou1]
- to take inventory of and confiscate a criminal's possessions; to search and confiscate (forbidden items); to raid
- raffle or lottery ticket
- to raise; to increase
- stage; degree (to which a situation has evolved); a (usu. bad) situation; leeway
- handbag; briefcase
- to fill up