Vocabulary: 谷歌的故事
- Atlantic Ocean
- to bear; to endure
- end; finish
- to change one's mind (idiom)
- aptitude; natural endowments
- Princeton University
- Xerox
- to wrap; kerchief; handkerchief; headscarf; pascal (SI unit)
- to have the courage to do sth; to dare to; bold in
- to go too far; to go overboard (in words or actions); over the top; excessive; burned
- in a nutshell; to put it briefly
- 立 Lì: 立 Li4: surname Li立 lì: 立 li4: to stand; to set up; to establish; to lay down; to draw up; at once; immediately
- Java (island of Indonesia)
- 大都 dà dū: 大都 da4 du1: for the most part; on the whole; metropolitan大都 Dà dū: 大都 Da4 du1: Dadu, capital of China during the Yuan Dynasty (1280-1368), modern day Beijing大都 dà dōu: 大都 da4 dou1: for the most part; on the whole; also pr. [da4 du1]
- to be afraid
- merchant; business; enterprise
- to force; to compel; to coerce; forced; compulsory; Taiwan pr. [qiang3zhi4]
- tactics
- to draw a lesson (from a setback)
- lit. to follow in the tracks of an overturned cart (idiom); fig. to follow a path that led to failure in the past; to repeat a disastrous mistake
- to reach (an agreement); to accomplish
- to woo
- 期 qī: 期 qi1: period; cycle期 qī: 期 qi1: a period of time; phase; stage; classifier for issues of a periodical, courses of study; time; term; period; to hope; Taiwan pr. [qi2]
- serious; solemn; earnest; conscientious
- with one's own hands; personally
- to consult; to talk over; to discuss
- midway
- responsibility; duty; liability
- to hang up (a phone)
- 舒 Shū: 舒 Shu1: surname Shu舒 shū: 舒 shu1: to stretch; to unfold; to relax; leisurely
- one breath; in one breath; at a stretch
- common understanding; consensus
- to assemble; to combine; to compose; combination; association; set; compilation; (math.) combinatorial
- 玩 wán: 玩 wan2: to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]); to keep sth for entertainment玩 wán: 玩 wan2: Taiwan pr. [wan4]
- grave; solemn; dignified
- to neglect; to overlook; to disregard; to ignore
- pay; remuneration; salary; reward
- to take up a post; to start in a new job
- considerable (cost etc); bountiful (crop etc); high (social status etc)
- first choice; premium; to come first in the imperial examinations