Vocabulary: 翁文灏：一个科学家的错位
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 达到x1 | Chapter Rank #293to reach; to achieve; to attain
- 了x24 | Chapter Rank #5to finish; (used with 得[de2] or 不[bu4] after a verb to express (im)possibility, as in 忘不了[wang4 bu5 liao3] "cannot forget"); (literary) (usually followed by a negative such as 無|无[wu2] or 不[bu4]) completely (not); entirely (not); (not) in the least(completed action marker); (modal particle indicating change of state, situation now); (modal particle intensifying preceding clause)(of eyes) bright; clear-sighted; to understand clearly
- 传统x7 | Chapter Rank #36tradition; traditional
- 士大夫x4 | Chapter Rank #67scholar officials
- 仕途x5 | Chapter Rank #50official career (formal)
- 极致x1 | Chapter Rank #294peak; pinnacle; ultimate
- 不过x3 | Chapter Rank #93only; merely; no more than; but; however; anyway (to get back to a previous topic); cannot be more (after adjectival)
- 弃学x3 | Chapter Rank #94
- 从政x4 | Chapter Rank #68to be engaged in politics (esp. as a government official)
- 并非x1 | Chapter Rank #295really isn't
- 其x3 | Chapter Rank #95his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 本x3 | Chapter Rank #96(bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
- 愿x1 | Chapter Rank #296honest and prudent(bound form) wish; hope; desire; to be willing; to wish (that sth may happen); may ...; vow; pledge
- 纯属x1 | Chapter Rank #297to be purely; pure and simple; sheer; outright
- 阴差阳错x2 | Chapter Rank #156(idiom) due to an unexpected turn of events
- 命运x2 | Chapter Rank #157fate; destiny
- 不经意x1 | Chapter Rank #298not paying attention; carelessly; by accident
- 安排x1 | Chapter Rank #299to arrange; to plan; to set up; arrangements; plans
- 而已x1 | Chapter Rank #300that's all; nothing more
- 地质x3 | Chapter Rank #97geology
- 三杰x1 | Chapter Rank #301
- 暂且x1 | Chapter Rank #302for now; for the time being; temporarily
- 不论x1 | Chapter Rank #303whatever; no matter what (who, how etc); regardless of; not to discuss
- 与x13 | Chapter Rank #14to take part in(formal) and; together with (linking parallel nouns, verbs, or phrases); (formal) with; from (marking the other participant in an interaction, comparison, or contrast, e.g. 與他握手|与他握手[yu3 ta1 wo4 shou3] "shake hands with him", 與去年不同|与去年不同[yu3 qu4 nian2 bu4 tong2] "different from last year"); (literary) to give; to grant; to bestow
- 有x14 | Chapter Rank #12to have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)
- 颇x1 | Chapter Rank #304surname Po; Taiwan pr. [Po3]rather; quite; considerably; oblique; inclined; slanting; Taiwan pr. [po3]
- 多x5 | Chapter Rank #51many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 相近x1 | Chapter Rank #305close; similar to
- 处x1 | Chapter Rank #306(bound form) place; locality; (bound form) part; aspect; (bound form) office; department; bureau; classifier for locations: spot, pointto reside; to live; to dwell; to be in; to be situated at; to stay; to get along with; to be in a position of; to deal with; to discipline; to punish
- 两x3 | Chapter Rank #98two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 年龄x1 | Chapter Rank #307(a person's) age; CL:把[ba3],個|个[ge4]
- 仅x3 | Chapter Rank #99barely; only; merely
- 相差x1 | Chapter Rank #308to differ
- 两岁x1 | Chapter Rank #309
- 关系x1 | Chapter Rank #310relation; relationship; to concern; to affect; to have to do with; guanxi; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 在x30 | Chapter Rank #4to exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at; (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress)
- 师友x1 | Chapter Rank #311friend from whom you can seek advice
- 之间x2 | Chapter Rank #158(after a noun) between; among; amid; (used after certain bisyllabic words to form expressions indicating a short period of time, e.g. 彈指之間|弹指之间[tan2 zhi3 zhi1 jian1])
- 留洋x1 | Chapter Rank #312(old) to study abroad; (sports) to train abroad
- 欧洲x2 | Chapter Rank #159Europe (abbr. for 歐羅巴洲|欧罗巴洲[Ou1 luo2 ba1 Zhou1])
- 经历x2 | Chapter Rank #160to experience; to go through; experience (CL:段[duan4],次[ci4])
- 一前一后x1 | Chapter Rank #313
- 出任x5 | Chapter Rank #52to take up a post; to start in a new job
- 调查x2 | Chapter Rank #161investigation; inquiry; to investigate; to survey; survey; (opinion) poll; CL:項|项[xiang4],個|个[ge4]
- 所x9 | Chapter Rank #26actually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc; that which; particle introducing a relative clause or passive; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 所长x1 | Chapter Rank #314what one is good at; one's strong pointdirector; head of an institute, office or station
- 做x5 | Chapter Rank #53to make; to produce; to write; to compose; to do; to engage in; to hold (a party etc); (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc); to become (husband and wife, friends etc); (of a thing) to serve as; to be used for; to assume (an air or manner)
- 研究x4 | Chapter Rank #69research; a study; CL:項|项[xiang4]; to research; to look into
- 办x1 | Chapter Rank #315to 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])
- 实业x1 | Chapter Rank #316industry; commercial enterprise