Vocabulary: 周作人：现代隐士的一幕悲剧
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 法子x2 | Chapter Rank #528way; method; Taiwan pr. [fa2 zi5]
- 把x4 | Chapter Rank #237handleto hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})
- 除掉x2 | Chapter Rank #529to eliminate
- 总有一天x1 | Chapter Rank #1096
- 断送x1 | Chapter Rank #1097to forfeit (future profit, one's life etc); ruined
- 性命x1 | Chapter Rank #1098life
- 天x5 | Chapter Rank #177day; sky; heaven
- 才x3 | Chapter Rank #346ability; talent; sb of a certain type; a capable individual; then and only then; just now; (before an expression of quantity) only; (emphatic, esp. in contrast or correction) really; actually
- 想到x1 | Chapter Rank #1099to think of; to call to mind; to anticipate
- 闭户读书x1 | Chapter Rank #1100
- 趁现在x1 | Chapter Rank #1101
- 甚x2 | Chapter Rank #530excessive; undue; to exceed; to be more than; very; extremely; (dialect) what; whatever (Taiwan pr. [shen2])
- 适宜x1 | Chapter Rank #1102suitable; appropriate
- 说话x2 | Chapter Rank #531to speak; to say; to talk; to gossip; to tell stories; talk; word
- 做事x1 | Chapter Rank #1103to work; to handle matters; to have a job
- 关起门来x1 | Chapter Rank #1104
- 努力x1 | Chapter Rank #1105to make an effort; to try hard; to strive; hard-working; conscientious
- 读书x1 | Chapter Rank #1106to read a book; to study; to attend school
- 翻开x1 | Chapter Rank #1107to open up
- 故纸x1 | Chapter Rank #1108
- 活人x1 | Chapter Rank #1109living person
- 对照x1 | Chapter Rank #1110to contrast; to compare; to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts); to check
- 书x4 | Chapter Rank #238book; letter; document; CL:本[ben3],冊|册[ce4],部[bu4]; to writeabbr. for 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
- 变成x2 | Chapter Rank #532to change into; to turn into; to become
- 活x2 | Chapter Rank #533to live; alive; living; work; workmanship
- 养生x1 | Chapter Rank #1111to maintain good health; to raise a child or animal; curing (of concrete etc)
- 岂x2 | Chapter Rank #534how? (emphatic question)
- 懿x1 | Chapter Rank #1112(literary) exemplary; virtuous
- 欤x1 | Chapter Rank #1113(literary) (final particle similar to 嗎|吗[ma5], 呢[ne5] or 啊[a1])
- 一重x2 | Chapter Rank #535
- 睥睨一切x1 | Chapter Rank #1114
- 乐天知命x2 | Chapter Rank #536to be content with what one is
- 二者x1 | Chapter Rank #1115both; both of them; neither
- 统一x1 | Chapter Rank #1116to unify; to integrate; unified; integrated
- 互补x2 | Chapter Rank #537complementary; to complement each other
- 外化x2 | Chapter Rank #538
- 化x4 | Chapter Rank #239to make into; to change into; -ization; to ... -ize; to transform; abbr. for 化學|化学[hua4 xue2]
- 顺x1 | Chapter Rank #1117to obey; to follow; to arrange; to make reasonable; along; favorable
- 不失x1 | Chapter Rank #1118still possesses; yet retains (some positive attribute that contrasts with another of its attributes)
- 己x1 | Chapter Rank #1119self; oneself; sixth of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1]; sixth in order; letter "F" or Roman "VI" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc; hexa
- 直x1 | Chapter Rank #1120straight; to straighten; fair and reasonable; frank; straightforward; (indicates continuing motion or action); vertical; vertical downward stroke in Chinese characterssurname Zhi; Zhi (c. 2000 BC), fifth of the legendary Flame Emperors 炎帝[Yan2 di4] descended from Shennong 神農|神农[Shen2 nong2] Farmer God
- 而外x1 | Chapter Rank #1121
- 曲x1 | Chapter Rank #1122bent; crooked; wrongtune; song; CL:支[zhi1]surname Qufermentation starter; leaven (molds, yeasts or bacteria used in fermenting soy products or brewing etc); Taiwan pr. [qu2]
- 换x2 | Chapter Rank #539to exchange; to change (clothes etc); to substitute; to switch; to convert (currency)
- 保持x3 | Chapter Rank #347to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve
- 独立x1 | Chapter Rank #1123independent; independence; to stand alone
- 明哲保身x1 | Chapter Rank #1124a wise man looks after his own hide (idiom); to put one's own safety before matters of principle
- 随遇而安x1 | Chapter Rank #1125at home wherever one is (idiom); ready to adapt; flexible; to accept circumstances with good will
- 依违x1 | Chapter Rank #1126
- 无可无不可x1 | Chapter Rank #1127neither for nor against sth; indifferent