占据: to occupy, to hold...
骨干: diaphysis (long segment of a bone), backbone...
书籍: books, works...
嫁妆: dowry...
常人: ordinary person...
菩萨: Bodhisattva (Buddhism)...
有益: useful, beneficial, profitable...
力所能及: as far as one's capabilities extend (idiom); to the best of one's ability, within one's powers...
绘声绘色: vivid and colorful (idiom); true to life, lively and realistic...
千家万户: every family (idiom)...
