Similarly, it's smaller than most of its competitors, thus fitting easily into a pocket or handbag.
2
他们安排当地人,算是上层阶级和本地精英,竞拍当地收税权,这样罗马总是能获得最高竞价。
They would have local people, sort of higher class and local elites bid for the right to collect local taxes, and so the Romans would take the highest bid.
3
百里江面, 千帆竞发。
A thousand boats set sail on a long stretch of the river.