Vocabulary: 自序
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 选拔x2 | Chapter Rank #542to select the best
- 制度x1 | Chapter Rank #965system (e.g. political, adminstrative etc); institution; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 而且x5 | Chapter Rank #229(not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
- 中央x5 | Chapter Rank #230central; middle; center; central authorities (of a state)
- 关联x1 | Chapter Rank #966to be related; to be connected; relationship; connection
- 枢纽x1 | Chapter Rank #967hub (e.g. of traffic network); hinge; pivot; fulcrum
- 通过x4 | Chapter Rank #289to pass through; to get through; to adopt (a resolution); to pass (legislation); to pass (a test); by means of; through; via
- 科举考试x1 | Chapter Rank #968imperial examinations (in former times)
- 各地x2 | Chapter Rank #543in all parts of (a country); various regions
- 优秀x1 | Chapter Rank #969outstanding; excellent
- 人才x1 | Chapter Rank #970talent; talented person; looks; attractive looks
- 吸纳x3 | Chapter Rank #379to take in; to absorb; to admit; to accept
- 内x4 | Chapter Rank #290inside; inner; internal; within; interior
- 避免x1 | Chapter Rank #971to avert; to prevent; to avoid; to refrain from
- 沉淀x2 | Chapter Rank #544(chemistry) to settle; to precipitate; (chemistry) sediment; precipitate; (fig.) (of emotions, thoughts, experience etc) to settle and be absorbed over time; to take shape gradually (through reflection or maturation)
- 以免x1 | Chapter Rank #972in order to avoid; so as not to
- 构成x6 | Chapter Rank #175to constitute; to form; to compose; to make up; to configure (computing)
- 潜在x1 | Chapter Rank #973hidden; potential; latent
- 威胁x1 | Chapter Rank #974to threaten; to menace
- 科举制x2 | Chapter Rank #545imperial examination system
- 废除x2 | Chapter Rank #546to abolish; to abrogate; to repeal
- 使得x2 | Chapter Rank #547usable; serviceable; feasible; workable; doable; to make; to cause; to bring about
- 凝聚力x1 | Chapter Rank #975cohesion; cohesiveness; cohesive
- 官场x2 | Chapter Rank #548officialdom; bureaucracy
- 读书人x3 | Chapter Rank #380scholar; intellectual
- 唯一x2 | Chapter Rank #549only; sole
- 选择x4 | Chapter Rank #291to select; to pick; choice; option; alternative
- 自此x1 | Chapter Rank #976since then; henceforth
- 通向x1 | Chapter Rank #977to lead to
- 路x1 | Chapter Rank #978road (CL:條|条[tiao2]); journey; route; line (bus etc); sort; kindsurname Lu
- 被x12 | Chapter Rank #76quilt; to cover (with); (literary) to suffer (a misfortune); used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb); (since c. 2009) (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes (as in 被旅遊|被旅游[bei4 lu : 3 you2] to "go on a trip")
- 拦腰x1 | Chapter Rank #979(hitting) squarely in the middle; (slicing) across the middle; to hold by the waist
- 切断x1 | Chapter Rank #980to cut off; to sever
- 活跃x2 | Chapter Rank #550active; lively; excited; to enliven; to brighten up
- 于x6 | Chapter Rank #176surname Yuto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle(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
- 日趋x1 | Chapter Rank #981(increasing) day by day; (more critical) with every passing day; gradually
- 绅x1 | Chapter Rank #982member of gentry
- 界x1 | Chapter Rank #983(bound form) boundary; border; (bound form) realm
- 士子x1 | Chapter Rank #984official; scholar (old)
- 前者x1 | Chapter Rank #985the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)
- 进士x1 | Chapter Rank #986successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination; palace graduate
- 翰林x1 | Chapter Rank #987refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院
- 属于x3 | Chapter Rank #381to belong to; to fall under (a category)
- 后者x1 | Chapter Rank #988the latter
- 暂时x1 | Chapter Rank #989temporary; provisional; for the time being
- 未x2 | Chapter Rank #551not yet; did not; have not; not; 8th earthly branch: 1-3 p.m., 6th solar month (7th July-6th August), year of the Sheep; ancient Chinese compass point: 210°
- 入仕x1 | Chapter Rank #990(literary) to become an official
- 秀才x2 | Chapter Rank #552a person who has passed the county level imperial exam (historical); scholar; skillful writer; fine talent
- 名流x1 | Chapter Rank #991gentry; celebrities
- 活动x4 | Chapter Rank #292to exercise; to move about; to work out; shaky; unsteady; loose (tooth etc); movable; flexible; liquid (capital etc); (volcanic, seismic, economic etc) activity; (outdoor etc) activity; event; (political) campaign; (military) maneuver (CL:項|项[xiang4]); to use personal influence, connections, bribes etc