Vocabulary: 林语堂：战士、名士与隐士
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 民国x6 | Chapter Rank #149Republic of China (1912-1949); used in Taiwan as the name of the calendar era (e.g. 民國六十年|民国六十年 is 1971, the 60th year after 1911)
- 绝对x2 | Chapter Rank #551absolute; unconditional
- 专制x2 | Chapter Rank #552autocracy; dictatorship
- 明代x2 | Chapter Rank #553the Ming dynasty (1368-1644)
- 手x2 | Chapter Rank #554hand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work; person skilled in certain types of work; personal(ly); convenient; classifier for skill; CL:雙|双[shuang1],隻|只[zhi1]
- 拿x5 | Chapter Rank #190to hold; to seize; to catch; to apprehend; to take; (used in the same way as 把[ba3]: to mark the following noun as a direct object)
- 动x2 | Chapter Rank #555(of sth) to move; to set in movement; to displace; to touch; to make use of; to stir (emotions); to alter; abbr. for 動詞|动词[dong4 ci2], verb
- 文人x12 | Chapter Rank #74cultivated individual; scholar; literati
- 只好x3 | Chapter Rank #344to have no other option but to ...; to have to; to be forced to
- 避难x1 | Chapter Rank #1060to take refuge; to seek asylum
- 原x3 | Chapter Rank #345former; original; primary; raw; level; cause; sourcesurname Yuan; (Japanese surname) Hara
- 足x1 | Chapter Rank #1061(bound form) foot; leg; sufficient; ample; as much as; fullyexcessive
- 怪x1 | Chapter Rank #1062odd; strange; uncanny; (bound form) monster; supernatural being; to find strange; to regard as odd; to blame; (coll.) somewhat; rather
- 租界x3 | Chapter Rank #346foreign concession, an enclave occupied by a foreign power (in China in the 19th and 20th centuries)
- 发牢骚x1 | Chapter Rank #1063to whine; to be grouchy
- 谈x14 | Chapter Rank #60to speak; to talk; to converse; to chat; to discusssurname Tan
- 不得x2 | Chapter Rank #556must not; may not; not to be allowed; cannot
- 国事x3 | Chapter Rank #347affairs of the nation; politics
- 乐天x1 | Chapter Rank #1064carefree; happy-go-lucky; optimisticLotte (South Korean conglomerate)
- 主义x2 | Chapter Rank #557-ism; ideology
- 放肆x1 | Chapter Rank #1065wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent
- 狂悖x1 | Chapter Rank #1066(literary) brazen; outrageous; defiant
- 相x4 | Chapter Rank #238surname Xiangappearance; portrait; picture; government minister; (physics) phase; (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features); to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc)each other; one another; mutually; fret on the neck of a pipa 琵琶[pi2 pa5] (a fret on the soundboard is called a 品[pin3])
- 效率x1 | Chapter Rank #1067efficiency
- 于是x2 | Chapter Rank #558thereupon; as a result; consequently; thus; hence
- 北x2 | Chapter Rank #559north; (classical) to be defeated
- 南x2 | Chapter Rank #560southsurname Nanused in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]; Taiwan pr. [na2]
- 办x4 | Chapter Rank #239to take care of (a matter); to deal with (a task, procedure etc); to organize (an event); to establish; to set up; to manage; to run (an enterprise); (law) to handle; to investigate; to prosecute (a case or suspect); (bound form) office (as in 招辦|招办[zhao1 ban4], admissions office) (abbr. for 辦公室|办公室[ban4 gong1 shi4])
- 两份x1 | Chapter Rank #1068
- 杂志x5 | Chapter Rank #191magazine; CL:本[ben3],份[fen4],期[qi1]
- 骆驼x1 | Chapter Rank #1069camel (CL:峰[feng1],匹[pi3],頭|头[tou2]); (coll.) blockhead; ninny
- 草x1 | Chapter Rank #1070grass; straw; manuscript; draft (of a document); careless; rough; CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]
- 论语x11 | Chapter Rank #79The Analects of Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3]
- 闲话x1 | Chapter Rank #1071casual conversation; chat; gossip; to talk about (whatever comes to mind)
- 玩x1 | Chapter Rank #1072to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]); to keep sth for entertainmentTaiwan pr. [wan4]
- 古董x1 | Chapter Rank #1073curio; antique
- 笑骂x2 | Chapter Rank #561to deride; to mock; (jocular) to heckle good-naturedly; to razz
- 由x6 | Chapter Rank #150to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- 你x10 | Chapter Rank #90you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您[nin2])you (Note: In Taiwan, 妳 is used to address females, but in mainland China, it is not commonly used. Instead, 你 is used to address both males and females.)
- 好x6 | Chapter Rank #151to be fond of; to have a tendency to; to be prone togood; appropriate; proper; all right!; (before a verb) easy to; (before a verb) good to; (before an adjective for exclamatory effect) so; (verb complement indicating completion); (of two people) close; on intimate terms; (after a personal pronoun) hello
- 自x6 | Chapter Rank #152(bound form) self; oneself; from; since; naturally; as a matter of course
- 主心骨x1 | Chapter Rank #1074backbone; mainstay; pillar; definite view; one's own judgment
- 第一次x2 | Chapter Rank #562the first time; for the first time
- 幽默x31 | Chapter Rank #22(loanword) humor; humorous
- 标榜x1 | Chapter Rank #1075to flaunt; to advertise; to parade; boost; excessive praise
- 解释x1 | Chapter Rank #1076explanation; to explain; to interpret; to resolve; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 孔子x6 | Chapter Rank #153Confucius (551-479 BC), Chinese thinker and social philosopher, also known as 孔夫子[Kong3 fu1 zi3]
- 两部x1 | Chapter Rank #1077
- 大作x1 | Chapter Rank #1078your work (book, musical composition etc) (honorific); to erupt; to begin abruptly
- 春秋x2 | Chapter Rank #563Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC); Spring and Autumn Annals, chronicle of Lu State (722-481 BC)spring and autumn; four seasons; year; a person's age; annals (used in book titles)