Vocabulary: 自序
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 世家x2 | Chapter Rank #697family influential for generations; aristocratic family
- 大族x2 | Chapter Rank #698large and influential family; clan
- 一统天下x1 | Chapter Rank #1537
- 李世民x1 | Chapter Rank #1538Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗[Tang2 Tai4 zong1] (599-649), reigned 626-649
- 枭雄x1 | Chapter Rank #1539ambitious and ruthless character; formidable person
- 不得不x1 | Chapter Rank #1540have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid
- 放下x1 | Chapter Rank #1541to lay down; to put down; to let go of; to relinquish; to set aside; to lower (the blinds etc)
- 身段x1 | Chapter Rank #1542a woman's physique; figure; posture on stage
- 虚心听取x1 | Chapter Rank #1543
- 魏征x1 | Chapter Rank #1544Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书
- 尖锐x1 | Chapter Rank #1545sharp; intense; penetrating; pointed; acute (illness)
- 谏言x1 | Chapter Rank #1546advice; to advise
- 自卑x1 | Chapter Rank #1547to have low self-esteem; to abase oneself
- 为了x2 | Chapter Rank #699for; for the purpose of; in order to
- 对抗x1 | Chapter Rank #1548to withstand; to resist; to stand off; antagonism; confrontation
- 武则天x1 | Chapter Rank #1549Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705
- 科举x3 | Chapter Rank #445imperial examination
- 考x1 | Chapter Rank #1550to beat; to hit; to inspect; to test; to take an examto check; to verify; to test; to examine; to take an exam; to take an entrance exam for; deceased father
- 诗词x3 | Chapter Rank #446verse
- 大批x1 | Chapter Rank #1551large quantities of
- 底层x1 | Chapter Rank #1552ground floor; first floor; lowest level; lowest rung (of society etc)
- 讲究x1 | Chapter Rank #1553to pay particular attention to; carefully selected for quality; tastefully chosen
- 门第x3 | Chapter Rank #447family status
- 牛x3 | Chapter Rank #448ox; cow; bull; CL:條|条[tiao2],頭|头[tou2]; newton (abbr. for 牛頓|牛顿[niu2 dun4]); (slang) awesomesurname Niu
- 李x6 | Chapter Rank #196plumsurname Li
- 白居易x2 | Chapter Rank #700Bai Juyi (772-846), Tang dynasty poet
- 诗x1 | Chapter Rank #1554poem; CL:首[shou3]; poetry; verseabbr. for Shijing 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1], the Book of Songs
- 送给x1 | Chapter Rank #1555to send; to give as a present
- 宰相x1 | Chapter Rank #1556prime minister (in feudal China)
- 李德裕x2 | Chapter Rank #701
- 看不起x1 | Chapter Rank #1557to look down upon; to despise
- 低x1 | Chapter Rank #1558low; beneath; to lower (one's head); to let droop; to hang down; to incline
- 北方x1 | Chapter Rank #1559north; the northern part a country; China north of the Yellow River
- 经义x2 | Chapter Rank #702
- 相互x5 | Chapter Rank #253each other; mutual
- 敌视x1 | Chapter Rank #1560hostile; malevolence; antagonism; to view as enemy; to stand against
- 一点x1 | Chapter Rank #1561a bit; a little bit; (used in negative expressions) (not) the least bit; (after an adjective, used to form the comparative) a bit more, -er; a point (in a discussion etc); (calligraphy) dot stroke (、); one o'clock (abbr. for 一點鍾|一点钟[yi1 dian3 zhong1])
- 不亚于x1 | Chapter Rank #1562no less than; not inferior to
- 差异x6 | Chapter Rank #197difference; discrepancy
- 异曲同工x1 | Chapter Rank #1563different tunes played with equal skill (idiom); different methods leading to the same result; different approach but equally satisfactory outcome
- 妙x1 | Chapter Rank #1564clever; wonderful
- 生长x1 | Chapter Rank #1565to grow; to grow up; to be brought up
- 亲切感x1 | Chapter Rank #1566
- 借鉴x1 | Chapter Rank #1567to draw on (others' experience); to learn from (how others do things); lesson to be learned (by observing others)
- 道路x1 | Chapter Rank #1568road; path; way; CL:條|条[tiao2]
- 与其x1 | Chapter Rank #1569rather 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}")
- 家庭出身x1 | Chapter Rank #1570
- 何x1 | Chapter Rank #1571what; how; why; which; carrysurname He
- 参加x4 | Chapter Rank #322to participate; to take part; to join
- 现象x1 | Chapter Rank #1572phenomenon; CL:個|个[ge4],種|种[zhong3]; appearance