薪水: salary, wage...
凸显: to present clearly, to give prominence to, to magnify, clear and obvious...
芝麻: sesame (seed)...
削弱: to weaken, to impair, to cripple...
西方: the West, the Occident, Western countries...
注册: to register, to enroll...
却: but, yet, however, while, to go back, to decline, to retreat, nevertheless, even though...
从小: from childhood, from a young age...
埋怨: to complain, to grumble (about), to reproach, to blame...
奠定: to establish, to fix, to settle...
