Vocabulary: 国富论
- superior; superiority
- to be bound to; to be sure to
- greater than; bigger than; more than
- rich country; make the country wealthy (political slogan)
- plowing and weeding; farm work; fig. to work or study diligently
- 得 děi: 得 dei3: to have to; must; ought to; to need to得 dé: 得 de2: to obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finished得 dè: 得 de4: used in 得瑟[de4 se5]得 de: 得 de5: structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
- to throw (sth in a specific direction: ball, javelin, grenade etc); to cast (a ballot); to cast (a glance, a shadow etc); to put in (money for investment, a coin to operate a slot machine); to send (a letter, a manuscript etc); to throw oneself into (a river, a well etc to commit suicide); to go to; to seek refuge; to place oneself into the hands of; (coll.) to rinse (clothes) in water
- to spend; to pay out; expenses; expenditure
- fertile
- comparatively large
- greatly; enormously; (dialect) dad; uncle
- to surpass; to exceed; to outstrip
- not necessarily; maybe not
- at least; (to say the) least
- character; intrinsic quality (of a person); quality (of a product or service, or as in "quality of life", "air quality" etc)
- fine; good; first-rate
- wheat; CL:粒[li4]
- selling price
- 便宜 pián yi: 便宜 pian2 yi5: cheap; inexpensive; a petty advantage; to let sb off lightly便宜 biàn yí: 便宜 bian4 yi2: convenient
- France
- distant; by far
- Poland
- England
- to compare
- to produce (by natural growth, or by manufacture, mining etc); to yield; to turn out; produce; products
- particular year
- both of them; the two of them
- roughly; probably; rough; approximate; about; general idea
- to till; to cultivate
- it is said that; reportedly
- in other words; that is to say; so; thus
- to farm; to cultivate the land; to work in the fields
- to fall short of; not as good as; too late
- to compete; competition
- suitable; appropriate
- silk (cloth)
- (after a noun N and before a predicate P) the reason why N P; Example: 我之所以討厭他|我之所以讨厌他[wo3 zhi1 suo3 yi3 tao3 yan4 ta1] "the reason why I dislike him (is ...)"
- (physics) mass; quality (i.e. degree of excellence); quality and quantity
- today; the present time; now
- silk; thread-like thing; (cuisine) shreds or julienne strips; classifier: a trace (of smoke etc), a tiny bit etc