Vocabulary: 国富论
- on the up; currently winning; rising (in popularity etc)
- limitation; limit
- to make a profit; to earn a packet
- 稍 shāo: 稍 shao1: somewhat; a little稍 shào: 稍 shao4: used in 稍息[shao4 xi1]
- to support; to provide support for; to maintain
- wife; family; (literary) residence
- 隆 lōng: 隆 long1: sound of drums隆 Lóng: 隆 Long2: surname Long; short for 吉隆坡[Ji2 long2 po1], Kuala Lumpur隆 lóng: 隆 long2: grand; intense; prosperous; to swell; to bulge
- couple; pair
- children; sons and daughters
- 供养 gōng yǎng: 供养 gong1 yang3: to supply; to provide for one's elders; to support one's parents供养 gòng yǎng: 供养 gong4 yang3: to make offerings to (gods or ancestors); Taiwan pr. [gong4yang4]
- 妻子 qī zi: 妻子 qi1 zi5: wife妻子 qī zǐ: 妻子 qi1 zi3: wife and children
- child
- child; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to die young
- to survive (a serious accident); survival
- robust; healthy; sturdy
- slave
- in any case; no matter what
- a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dian3 zhong1])
- a (married) couple; husband and wife; CL:對|对[dui4]
- lover; sweetheart
- amusement park
- bar (place to buy drinks); CL:家[jia1]
- used in expressions that convey frustration and futility, such as 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4] and 莫可奈何|莫可奈何[mo4 ke3 nai4 he2] (literary); used for its phonetic value in writing foreign words
- young woman; maiden; girl; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 面 miàn: 面 mian4: face; side; surface; aspect; top; classifier for objects with flat surfaces such as drums, mirrors, flags etc面 miàn: 面 mian4: flour; noodles; (of food) soft (not crunchy); (slang) (of a person) ineffectual; spineless
- grieved; sorrowful
- to lose (sth); to drop (sth); to feel a sense of loss; frustrated; disappointment; loss
- lonely; desolate
- mood; frame of mind
- to leave behind; to stay behind; to remain; to keep; not to let (sb) go
- masterpiece
- details; particulars
- reserved (personality); introverted; (economics etc) domestic-oriented
- to distribute; to emit; to give off
- fascinating; enchanting; charming; tempting
- to sink into; to get caught up in; to land in (a predicament)
- to profit from sth; to get benefit
- road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- employment opportunity; job opening
- noisy; cacophonous; to make noise; to disturb; to vent (feelings); to fall ill; to have an attack (of sickness); to go in (for some activity); to joke
- to plunder; to pillage; to forcibly take
- to eliminate; to remove