Vocabulary: 国富论
- (idiom) to compete to be first; to scramble to get ahead; to rush forward for fear of falling behind
- to crowd in; to cram in; to force others aside; to press; to squeeze; to find (time in one's busy schedule)
- to inspire; to encourage; to hearten; to boost (morale)
- peak; apex; world best; number one; finest (competitors); top (figures in a certain field)
- illustrious; celebrated
- to draw (e.g. a bow); to pull; to stretch sth; to extend; to lengthen; to involve or implicate in; to attract; to lead; to guide; to leave; to provide evidence or justification for; old unit of distance equal to 10 丈[zhang4], one-thirtieth of a km or 33.33 meters
- to envy; to admire
- luck (good or bad)
- self-confidence
- bard; poet
- Dante Alighieri (1265-1321), Italian poet, author of the Divine Comedy 神曲
- the moon
- Venice; Venezia
- later period; end stage; terminal
- to excel the common (idiom); surpassing; preeminent; outstanding
- talent; gift; genius; talented; gifted
- to write; literary work; book; article; writings; CL:部[bu4]
- 神曲 Shén qǔ: 神曲 Shen2 qu3: The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri 但丁神曲 shén qū: 神曲 shen2 qu1: medicated leaven (used in TCM to treat indigestion)
- 贝 Bèi: 贝 Bei4: surname Bei贝 bèi: 贝 bei4: cowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic)
- elegant
- 丽 lì: 丽 li4: beautiful丽 Lí: 丽 Li2: Korea
- to progress to (a higher-level school)
- paradise; heaven
- to fantasize; to imagine; an illusion; a fantasy
- generally speaking
- Jamaica
- to heighten; to raise; to increase; to rise
- to smuggle; to have an illicit affair
- to take risks; to take chances; foray; adventure
- to benefit (from sth)
- zealotry; fanatical; feverish
- to lure into; to entrap; to trick into; to entice; to induce; to invite; to tempt
- adventurer
- to lower; to reduce
- to take risks
- insurer
- to steal; to pilfer
- earnings rate; earnings yield (finance)
- to entice; to lure; to induce; to attract
- (verb complement) unable to firmly or securely (grasp, recall etc); repeatedly; continuously; constantly
- to continue despite repeated prohibition (idiom)
- to infer; inference; corollary; reasoned conclusion
- to open (transitive or intransitive); (of ships, vehicles, troops etc) to start; to turn on; to put in operation; to operate; to run; to boil; to write out (a prescription, check, invoice etc); (directional complement) away; off; carat (gold); abbr. for Kelvin, 開爾文|开尔文[Kai1 er3 wen2]; abbr. for 開本|开本[kai1 ben3], book format
- unreliable
- pharmacist