Vocabulary: 伏尔泰传
- to pursue (a course, a policy)
- 唯 wéi: 唯 wei2: only; alone; -ism (in Chinese, a prefix, often combined with a suffix such as 主義|主义[zhu3 yi4] or 論|论[lun4], e.g. 唯理論|唯理论[wei2 li3 lun4], rationalism)唯 wěi: 唯 wei3: yes
- cautious; careful; solemnly; sincerely (formal)
- Pascal (name); Blaise Pascal (1623-1662), French mathematician
- funny; ridiculous
- useful; beneficial; profitable
- to expose; to reveal
- today
- observer (esp. one who analyzes social or political affairs)
- primitive society
- 盖 gài: 盖 gai4: lid; top; cover; canopy; to cover; to conceal; to build盖 Gě: 盖 Ge3: surname Ge
- to elect as; to choose as; to consider as
- see 混沌[hun4 dun4]
- (bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- very likely; prone to
- major event; major political event (war or change of regime); major social event (wedding or funeral); (do sth) in a big way; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- to reduce; to decrease; to shrink
- saying; famous remark
- vivid; distinct; clear; sincere; honest
- honest; forthcoming; to confess
- thorough; thoroughly; complete
- to move; to transport; to use; to apply; fortune; luck; fate
- to hit (a target)
- 区 ōu: 区 Ou1: surname Ou区 qū: 区 qu1: area; region; district; small; distinguish; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to thumb through; to flip through (a book)
- CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
- ignorant; uneducated; ignorance
- one-quarter
- what one hears and sees (idiom)
- reason; grounds; justification; CL:個|个[ge4]
- parrot
- to go forward; to forge ahead; to advance; onward
- path; route; method; ways and means
- target; goal; objective; CL:個|个[ge4]
- silent contemplation; to meditate; to think in silence
- a moment; a while; in a moment; also pr. [yi1 hui3]
- abyss
- different; dissimilar