The Arabian Nights, Volume 3 (of 4)

Balsora was for many years the capital of a kingdom tributary to the caliphs of Arabia.

巴索拉曾是阿拉伯哈里发治下一个附属王国的都城。

he was so perfect a miser, as to deny himself the necessaries of life.

他是个十足的吝啬鬼，连生活必需品都不舍得给自己用。