识别: to distinguish, to discern, to identify, to recognize...
中性: neutral...
历代: successive generations, successive dynasties, past dynasties...
积蓄: to save, to put aside, savings...
走私: to smuggle, to have an illicit affair...
宁肯: would rather..., it would be better..., would prefer...
淹: to flood, to submerge, to drown, to irritate the skin (of liquids), to delay...