大笔: 这些年他积聚了大笔财富。 zhè xiē nián tā jī jù le dà bǐ cái fù...
多余: superfluous, unnecessary, surplus...
栋: classifier for houses or buildings, ridgepole (old)...
系领带: wear a tie...
接替: to replace, to take over (a position or post)...
行动: operation, action, to move about, mobile...
不耻下问: not feel ashamed to ask and learn from one's subordinates...
败: to defeat, to damage, to lose (to an opponent), to fail, to wither...
陷: pitfall, trap, to get stuck, to sink, to cave in, to frame (false charge), to capture (a city in battle), to fall (to the enemy), defect...
久: (long) time, (long) duration of time...
