Vocabulary: 林语堂：战士、名士与隐士
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 西洋x2 | Chapter Rank #768the West (Europe and North America); countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional)
- 派头x1 | Chapter Rank #1982manner; style; panache
- 国人x1 | Chapter Rank #1983compatriots (literary); fellow countrymen
- 跟前x1 | Chapter Rank #1984the front (of); (in) front; (in) sb's presence; just before (a date)(of children, parents etc) at one's side; living with one
- 挟x1 | Chapter Rank #1985(bound form) to clasp under the arm; (bound form) to coerce; (bound form) to harbor (resentment etc); Taiwan pr. [xia2]
- 自重x1 | Chapter Rank #1986to conduct oneself with dignity; to be dignified; deadweight
- 洋人x1 | Chapter Rank #1987foreigner; (esp.) Westerner
- 面前x1 | Chapter Rank #1988in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
- 荣x2 | Chapter Rank #769glory; honor; thrivingsurname Rong
- 上下其手x1 | Chapter Rank #1989to raise and lower one's hand (idiom); to signal as conspiratorial hint; fig. conspiring to defraud
- 游走x1 | Chapter Rank #1990to swim awayto wander about; to roam; to move back and forth between (government and academia, two or more countries etc); to flow through (a circuit, a network, the body); to skirt (the border of legality); (of a singer's voice) to move within its range; (of a stock price) to fluctuate within (a range)
- 自如x1 | Chapter Rank #1991unobstructed; unconstrained; smoothly; with ease; freely
- 两栖x1 | Chapter Rank #1992amphibious; dual-talented; able to work in two different lines
- 两边x1 | Chapter Rank #1993either side; both sides
- 讨好x1 | Chapter Rank #1994to get the desired outcome; to win favor by fawning on sb; to curry favor with; a fruitful outcome to reward one's labor
- 爱国者x1 | Chapter Rank #1995patriotMIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile
- 认x1 | Chapter Rank #1996to recognize; to know; to admit
- 西崽x1 | Chapter Rank #1997
- 一次x1 | Chapter Rank #1998first; first time; once; (math.) linear (of degree one)
- 聚餐x1 | Chapter Rank #1999communal meal; formal dinner of club or group
- 提到x1 | Chapter Rank #2000to mention; to raise (a subject); to refer to
- 香港x3 | Chapter Rank #433Hong Kong, special administrative region (SAR) of the PRC (short name 港[Gang3])
- 广东话x1 | Chapter Rank #2001Cantonese language
- 撇x1 | Chapter Rank #2002to cast away; to fling asideto throw; to cast; left-slanting downward brush stroke (calligraphy)
- 插进去x1 | Chapter Rank #2003
- 吓住x1 | Chapter Rank #2004
- 听x2 | Chapter Rank #770smile (archaic)to listen to; to hear; to heed; to obey; a can (loanword from English "tin"); classifier for canned beverages; to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]); (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
- 顿时x1 | Chapter Rank #2005immediately; suddenly
- 沉x1 | Chapter Rank #2006to submerge; to immerse; to sink; to keep down; to lower; to drop; deep; profound; heavy
- 脸x2 | Chapter Rank #771face; CL:張|张[zhang1],個|个[ge4]
- 借x1 | Chapter Rank #2007to borrow; (used in combination with 給|给[gei3] or 出[chu1] etc) to lend; to make use of; to avail oneself of; (sometimes followed by 著|着[zhe5]) by; with
- 同胞x1 | Chapter Rank #2008born of the same parents; sibling; fellow citizen; compatriot
- 愣x1 | Chapter Rank #2009to look distracted; to stare blankly; distracted; blank; (coll.) unexpectedly; rash; rashly
- 肚量x1 | Chapter Rank #2010
- 雅量x1 | Chapter Rank #2011magnanimity; tolerance; high capacity for drinking
- 老子x1 | Chapter Rank #2012Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism; the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] by Laozifather; daddy; "I, your father" (in anger, or out of contempt); I (used arrogantly or jocularly)
- 名言x1 | Chapter Rank #2013saying; famous remark
- 辱x1 | Chapter Rank #2014disgrace; dishonor; to insult; to bring disgrace or humiliation to; to be indebted to; self-deprecating; Taiwan pr. [ru4]
- 谷x1 | Chapter Rank #2015grain; cornvalleysurname Gu
- 自信x3 | Chapter Rank #434to have confidence in oneself; self-confidence
- 自足x1 | Chapter Rank #2016self-sufficient; satisfied with oneself
- 受得了x1 | Chapter Rank #2017to put up with; to endure
- 屈辱x1 | Chapter Rank #2018to humiliate; humiliating
- 因而x2 | Chapter Rank #772therefore; as a result; thus; and as a result, ...
- 高朋满座x1 | Chapter Rank #2019surrounded by distinguished friends (idiom); in company
- 人缘x1 | Chapter Rank #2020relations with other people
- 极好x1 | Chapter Rank #2021fabulous; superb; excellent
- 容x2 | Chapter Rank #773to hold; to contain; to allow; to tolerate; appearance; look; countenancesurname Rong
- 谨愿x2 | Chapter Rank #774
- 两派x1 | Chapter Rank #2022