中小学: middle and elementary school...
通货膨胀: inflation...
准: accurate, standard, definitely, certainly, about to become (bride, son-in-law etc), quasi-, para-...
开夜车: to burn the midnight oil, to work late into the night...
高山: high mountain, alpine...
脱颖而出: to reveal one's talent (idiom), to rise above others, to distinguish oneself...
指引: to guide, to show, to point (the way), directions, guidance, guidelines...
早年: early years, adolescence...
吸: to breathe, to suck in, to absorb, to inhale...
占卜: to divine...