Vocabulary: 国富论
- disrespectful; (literary) ditch
- father and elder brother(s); head of the family; patriarch
- to found; to establish
- to seize; to capture; to wrest control of
- pitfall; trap; to get stuck; to sink; to cave in; to frame (false charge); to capture (a city in battle); to fall (to the enemy); defect
- to explain; to justify; to defend (a point of view etc); to provide an explanation; to try to defend oneself
- in vain; to no purpose; for nothing; white
- stove
- to misuse; to abuse
- to be applicable
- cannot maintain (sth); unable to keep; more likely than not; may well
- to put; to place; to release; to free; to let go; to let out; to set off (fireworks)
- in spite of; regardless of
- adversity; predicament
- to fall; to drop; to decline; to deteriorate; to go downhill
- to bring relief; to alleviate (a crisis); to dull (a pain)
- the people's livelihood is reduced to destitution (idiom); a time of famine and impoverishment
- on the other hand
- (bound form) enemy; (bound form) to be a match for; to rival; (bound form) to resist; to withstand
- a benefactor; a person who has significantly helped sb else
- vast territory with abundant resources (idiom)
- destitute; wretched poverty
- court; imperial household; dynasty
- princes and dukes; aristocrat
- chancellor (of a monarchy); cabinet minister
- 教会 jiāo hùi: 教会 jiao1 hui4: to show; to teach教会 jiào hùi: 教会 jiao4 hui4: Christian church
- Catholic or Orthodox priest; Father (title of address)
- navy and army; military force
- ordinarily; in normal times; in peacetime
- wartime
- remnant; leftover; tolerance (i.e. allowed error)
- vicious circle
- scenery; landscape; view
- musical instrument; CL:件[jian4]
- distressed
- to hasten; to hurry; to walk fast; to approach; to tend towards; to converge
- foreign market