Vocabulary: 蒋廷黻：瓷器店中的猛牛
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 仅仅x2 | Chapter Rank #281barely; only; merely; only (this and nothing more)
- 安于x1 | Chapter Rank #583to be content with; to be accustomed to
- 治x2 | Chapter Rank #282to rule; to govern; to manage; to control; to harness (a river); to treat (a disease); to wipe out (a pest); to punish; to research
- 学问x1 | Chapter Rank #584learning; knowledge; scholarship; a body of specialized knowledge (CL:門|门[men2]); (fig.) any activity that demands expertise, skill or experience (e.g. gathering forensic evidence, selecting clothing, managing relationships)
- 还要x1 | Chapter Rank #585
- 走出x1 | Chapter Rank #586to leave (a room etc); to go out through (a door etc)
- 书斋x1 | Chapter Rank #587study (room)
- 匡x1 | Chapter Rank #588(literary) to rectify; (literary) to assist; (coll.) to calculate roughly; to estimatesurname Kuang
- 自我x1 | Chapter Rank #589the self; oneself; self-; (psychology) ego
- 反思x2 | Chapter Rank #283to think back over sth; to review; to revisit; to rethink; reflection; reassessment
- 有关x2 | Chapter Rank #284to have sth to do with; to relate to; related to; to concern; concerning
- 民国x2 | Chapter Rank #285Republic 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)
- 坏x1 | Chapter Rank #590bad; spoiled; broken; to break down; (suffix) to the utmost
- 不得了x1 | Chapter Rank #591desperately serious; disastrous; extremely; exceedingly
- 常常x3 | Chapter Rank #185frequently; often
- 痛责x1 | Chapter Rank #592
- 自己x10 | Chapter Rank #44oneself; (attributive) one's own
- 不争气x2 | Chapter Rank #286to be disappointing; to fail to live up to expectations
- 担负起x1 | Chapter Rank #593
- 天下兴亡x1 | Chapter Rank #594
- 责任x5 | Chapter Rank #103responsibility; duty; liability
- 这样x8 | Chapter Rank #58this way; like this; so; (before a noun) this kind of; such
- 认为x7 | Chapter Rank #68to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- 近x1 | Chapter Rank #595near; close to; approximately
- 二十x1 | Chapter Rank #596twenty; 20
- 内乱x2 | Chapter Rank #287internal disorder; civil strife; civil unrest
- 罪x1 | Chapter Rank #597guilt; crime; fault; blame; sin
- 与其x2 | Chapter Rank #288rather than... (used in expressions of the form 與其|与其[yu3 qi2] + {verb1} + 不如[bu4 ru2] + {verb2} "rather than {verb1}, better to {verb2}")
- 归x2 | Chapter Rank #289surname Guito return; to go back to; to give back to; (of a responsibility) to be taken care of by; to belong to; to gather together; (used between two identical verbs) despite; to marry (of a woman) (old); division on the abacus with a one-digit divisor
- 于x4 | Chapter Rank #129to go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particlesurname Yu(of time or place) in; at; on; (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for; (indicating a source) from; out of; (used in comparison) than; (used in the passive voice) by
- 武人x1 | Chapter Rank #598
- 不如x2 | Chapter Rank #290not equal to; not as good as; inferior to; it would be better to
- 文人x2 | Chapter Rank #291cultivated individual; scholar; literati
- 为什么x2 | Chapter Rank #292why?; for what reason?
- 因为x7 | Chapter Rank #69because; owing to; on account of
- 阶级x2 | Chapter Rank #293(social) class; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 文字x1 | Chapter Rank #599character; script; writing; written language; writing style; phraseology; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 而x16 | Chapter Rank #30and; as well as; and so; but (not); yet (not); (indicates causal relation); (indicates change of state); (indicates contrast)
- 轻x1 | Chapter Rank #600light; easy; gentle; soft; reckless; unimportant; frivolous; small in number; unstressed; neutral; to disparage
- 事实x2 | Chapter Rank #294fact; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 大道理x1 | Chapter Rank #601major principle; general truth; sermon (reproof); bombastic talk
- 少x3 | Chapter Rank #186youngfew; less; to lack; to be missing; to stop (doing sth); seldom
- 常识x1 | Chapter Rank #602common sense; general knowledge
- 太x6 | Chapter Rank #80highest; greatest; too (much); very; extremely
- 怕x1 | Chapter Rank #603to be afraid; to fear; to dread; to be unable to endure; perhapssurname Pa
- 清议x1 | Chapter Rank #604fair criticism; just comment
- 爱惜羽毛x1 | Chapter Rank #605(idiom) to cherish one's reputation
- 肯x3 | Chapter Rank #187to agree; to consent; to be willing to
- 牺牲x5 | Chapter Rank #104to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
- 自己的x5 | Chapter Rank #105