Vocabulary: 自序
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 逻辑x3 | Chapter Rank #367(loanword) logic
- 非x2 | Chapter Rank #516abbr. for 非洲[Fei1 zhou1], Africato not be; not; wrong; incorrect; non-; un-; in-; de-; to reproach; to blame; (coll.) to insist on; simply must
- 外x3 | Chapter Rank #368outside; in addition; foreign; external
- 形式x1 | Chapter Rank #896outer appearance; form; shape; formality; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 中叶x4 | Chapter Rank #279mid- (e.g. mid-century); middle period
- 怎样x1 | Chapter Rank #897how; what kind
- 代际x4 | Chapter Rank #280intergenerational; generational
- 先x2 | Chapter Rank #517beforehand; first; earlier; at first; originally; for the time being; for now; (prefix) my late (in referring to deceased relatives older than oneself)
- 士大夫x26 | Chapter Rank #27scholar officials
- 如果x4 | Chapter Rank #281if; in case; in the event that
- 细分x1 | Chapter Rank #898to divide (into subgroups etc); to break down (into subcategories, subprocesses etc)
- 话x5 | Chapter Rank #223dialect; language; spoken words; speech; talk; words; conversation; what sb said; CL:種|种[zhong3],席[xi2],句[ju4],口[kou3],番[fan1]
- 可以x7 | Chapter Rank #139can; may; possible; able to; not bad; pretty good
- 不同x20 | Chapter Rank #44different; distinct; not the same; not alike
- 官僚x11 | Chapter Rank #81bureaucrat; bureaucracy; bureaucratic
- 文人x12 | Chapter Rank #74cultivated individual; scholar; literati
- 革命x26 | Chapter Rank #28to withdraw the mandate of heaven (and transition to a new dynasty) (original meaning); revolution; revolutionary; to revolt (against sb or sth); to revolutionize (sth); (separable verb sometimes used in the pattern 革noun的命); CL:次[ci4]
- 游士x13 | Chapter Rank #68
- 自强x3 | Chapter Rank #369to strive for self-improvement
- 运动x8 | Chapter Rank #119to move; to exercise; sports; exercise; motion; movement; campaign; CL:場|场[chang3]
- 甲午海战x1 | Chapter Rank #899
- 变革x5 | Chapter Rank #224to transform; to change
- 曾国藩x4 | Chapter Rank #282Zeng Guofan (1811-1872), Qing dynasty politician and military man
- 李鸿章x2 | Chapter Rank #518Li Hung-chang or Li Hongzhang (1823-1901), Qing dynasty general, politician and diplomat
- 左宗棠x1 | Chapter Rank #900Zuo Zongtang (1812-1885), Chinese administrator and military leader
- 刘坤一x1 | Chapter Rank #901
- 重臣x1 | Chapter Rank #902important minister; major figure in government
- 传统x12 | Chapter Rank #75tradition; traditional
- 正途x1 | Chapter Rank #903see 正路[zheng4 lu4]
- 出身x14 | Chapter Rank #62to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin
- 功名x1 | Chapter Rank #904scholarly honor (in imperial exams); rank; achievement; fame; glory
- 基本x7 | Chapter Rank #140basic; fundamental; main; elementary
- 地方x9 | Chapter Rank #104place; location; area; space; territory; aspect; part; CL:處|处[chu4]region; regional (away from the central administration); local
- 士绅x1 | Chapter Rank #905
- 军功x1 | Chapter Rank #906(military) meritorious service
- 显著x1 | Chapter Rank #907outstanding; notable; remarkable; statistically significant
- 得到x3 | Chapter Rank #370to get; to obtain; to receive
- 提拔x1 | Chapter Rank #908to promote to a higher job; to select for promotion
- 儒家x4 | Chapter Rank #283Confucian school, founded by Confucius 孔子[Kong3 zi3] (551-479 BC) and Mencius 孟子[Meng4 zi3] (c. 372-c. 289 BC)
- 正统观念x1 | Chapter Rank #909
- 理x1 | Chapter Rank #910texture; grain (of wood); inner essence; intrinsic order; reason; logic; truth; science; natural science (esp. physics); to manage; to pay attention to; to run (affairs); to handle; to put in order; to tidy up
- 之外x8 | Chapter Rank #120outside; excluding
- 重x3 | Chapter Rank #371to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layerheavy; serious; to attach importance to
- 势x1 | Chapter Rank #911power; influence; potential; momentum; tendency; trend; situation; conditions; outward appearance; sign; gesture; male genitals
- 正统x1 | Chapter Rank #912Zhengtong Emperor, reign name of sixth Ming Emperor Zhu Qizhen 朱祁鎮|朱祁镇[Zhu1 Qi2 zhen4] (1427-1464), reigned 1435-1449, temple name Yingzong 英宗[Ying1 zong1]orthodoxy; tradition; orthodox; traditional; principles of dynastic succession; (of an heir) legitimate
- 清流x1 | Chapter Rank #913see 清流縣|清流县[Qing1 liu2 Xian4]clean flowing water; (fig.) (literary) honorable person, untainted by association with disreputable influences; scholars who (in former times) kept themselves aloof from the corrupting influence of those in power
- 清醒x1 | Chapter Rank #914clear-headed; sober; awake
- 现实感x1 | Chapter Rank #915
- 灵活x1 | Chapter Rank #916flexible; nimble; agile
- 实用x1 | Chapter Rank #917to apply in practice; practical; functional; pragmatic; applied (science)