Vocabulary: 自序
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 而言x1 | Chapter Rank #942(typically preceded by 就…[jiu4 xx5] or 對…|对…[dui4 xx5] etc) as far as ... is concerned; speaking in terms of ...
- 大清x2 | Chapter Rank #526Great Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
- 保住x2 | Chapter Rank #527to preserve; to save
- 核心x7 | Chapter Rank #142core; nucleus
- 特征x2 | Chapter Rank #528characteristic; diagnostic property; distinctive feature; trait
- 一批x3 | Chapter Rank #376
- 代替x2 | Chapter Rank #529to replace; to take the place of
- 占据x2 | Chapter Rank #530to occupy; to hold
- 中心x6 | Chapter Rank #174center; heart; core
- 舞台x1 | Chapter Rank #943(lit. and fig.) stage; arena
- 本来x2 | Chapter Rank #531original; originally; at first; it goes without saying; of course
- 名不见经传x1 | Chapter Rank #944(lit.) name not encountered in the classics; unknown (person); nobody
- 广东x2 | Chapter Rank #532see 廣東省|广东省[Guang3 dong1 Sheng3]
- 湖南x2 | Chapter Rank #533see 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3]
- 边远x1 | Chapter Rank #945far from the center; remote; outlying
- 省份x1 | Chapter Rank #946province
- 小x11 | Chapter Rank #82small; tiny; few; young
- 文名x1 | Chapter Rank #947
- 举人x2 | Chapter Rank #534graduate; successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination
- 而已x1 | Chapter Rank #948that's all; nothing more
- 远离x1 | Chapter Rank #949to be far from; to keep away from
- 权力x7 | Chapter Rank #143power; authority
- 公车x1 | Chapter Rank #950bus; abbr. for 公共汽車|公共汽车[gong1 gong4 qi4 che1]; car belonging to an organization and used by its members (government car, police car, company car etc); abbr. for 公務用車|公务用车[gong1 wu4 yong4 che1]
- 上书x1 | Chapter Rank #951to write a letter (to the authorities); to present a petition
- 闪亮x1 | Chapter Rank #952brilliant; shiny; a flare; to glisten; to twinkle
- 登场x1 | Chapter Rank #953to go on stage; fig. to appear on the scene; used in advertising to mean new product
- 随后x1 | Chapter Rank #954afterward; later; subsequently; following that
- 光绪帝x1 | Chapter Rank #955Guangxu Emperor
- 赏识x1 | Chapter Rank #956to appreciate; to recognize the worth of sth; appreciation
- 精英x14 | Chapter Rank #63cream; elite; essence; quintessence
- 摇身一变x1 | Chapter Rank #957to change shape in a single shake; fig. to take on a new lease of life
- 康x2 | Chapter Rank #535healthy; peaceful; abundantsurname Kang
- 梁x1 | Chapter Rank #958Liang Dynasty (502–557); Later Liang Dynasty (907–923); surname Liangroof beam; beam (structure); bridge
- 充满x2 | Chapter Rank #536full of; brimming with; very full; permeated
- 浪漫主义x2 | Chapter Rank #537romanticism
- 气质x2 | Chapter Rank #538personality traits; temperament; disposition; aura; air; feel; vibe; refinement; sophistication; class
- 有点像x1 | Chapter Rank #959
- 法国x7 | Chapter Rank #144France
- 大革命x11 | Chapter Rank #83
- 那样x3 | Chapter Rank #377that kind; that sort
- 应该x1 | Chapter Rank #960ought to; should; must
- 如何x7 | Chapter Rank #145how; what way; what
- 整个x1 | Chapter Rank #961whole; entire; total
- 戊戌变法x2 | Chapter Rank #539Hundred Days Reform (1898), failed attempt to reform the Qing dynasty
- 洋溢着x1 | Chapter Rank #962
- 理想主义x1 | Chapter Rank #963idealism
- 激情x2 | Chapter Rank #540passion; fervor; enthusiasm; strong emotion
- 延续x1 | Chapter Rank #964to continue; to go on; to last
- 科举制度x2 | Chapter Rank #541
- 不仅x3 | Chapter Rank #378not just; not limited to; (as a correlative conjunction) not only (..., but also ...)