Vocabulary: 叶公超：误入宦途侯门深
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 堂堂x1 | Chapter Rank #480grand; magnificent; stately; majestic appearance
- 清华x2 | Chapter Rank #243abbr. for 清華大學|清华大学[Qing1 hua2 Da4 xue2]
- 北大x4 | Chapter Rank #116Peking University (abbr. for 北京大學|北京大学)
- 英美x3 | Chapter Rank #164
- 文学x4 | Chapter Rank #117literature
- 教授x5 | Chapter Rank #91professor; to instruct; to lecture on; CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]
- 后来x4 | Chapter Rank #118afterwards; later; newly arrived
- 竟然x3 | Chapter Rank #165unexpectedly; to one's surprise; in spite of everything; in that crazy way; actually; to go as far as to
- 入驻x1 | Chapter Rank #481
- 把玩x1 | Chapter Rank #482to turn around in one's hands; to play with; to fiddle with
- 政治x5 | Chapter Rank #92politics; political
- 外交x1 | Chapter Rank #483diplomacy; diplomatic; foreign affairs; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 成为x2 | Chapter Rank #244to become; to turn into
- 现代x3 | Chapter Rank #166Hyundai, South Korean companymodern times; modern age; modern era
- 中国x13 | Chapter Rank #28China
- 士林中x1 | Chapter Rank #484
- 一大x1 | Chapter Rank #485
- 景观x1 | Chapter Rank #486landscape
- 像x3 | Chapter Rank #167to resemble; to be like; to look as if; such as; appearance; image; portrait; image under a mapping (math.)
- 大多数x1 | Chapter Rank #487(great) majority
- 才子x2 | Chapter Rank #245gifted scholar
- 一般x4 | Chapter Rank #119same; ordinary; so-so; common; general; generally; in general
- 也x16 | Chapter Rank #23surname Yealso; too; as well; (not ...) either; (used after a verbal or nominal expression X to indicate that X is an extreme or unexpected case) even (X); (literary) particle having functions similar to 啊[a5]
- 出身x3 | Chapter Rank #168to be born of; to come from; family background; class origin
- 于x2 | Chapter Rank #246surname 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
- 书香门第x1 | Chapter Rank #488family with a literary reputation (idiom); literary family
- 世代x1 | Chapter Rank #489for many generations; generation; era; age
- 以x7 | Chapter Rank #63abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]to use; by means of; according to; in order to; because of; at (a certain date or place)
- 诗书x1 | Chapter Rank #490the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经[Shi1 jing1] and the Book of History 書經|书经[Shu1 jing1]
- 相传x1 | Chapter Rank #491to pass on; to hand down; tradition has it that ...; according to legend
- 曾祖x1 | Chapter Rank #492great-grandfather (father of one's paternal grandfather)
- 祖父x1 | Chapter Rank #493father's father; paternal grandfather
- 都x10 | Chapter Rank #36surname Duall; both; entirely; (used for emphasis) even; already; (not) at allcapital city; metropolis
- 一时x2 | Chapter Rank #247a period of time; a while; for a short while; temporary; momentary; at the same time
- 名x2 | Chapter Rank #248name; noun (part of speech); place (e.g. among winners); famous; classifier for people
- 重x4 | Chapter Rank #120to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layerheavy; serious; to attach importance to
- 进士x1 | Chapter Rank #494successful candidate in the highest imperial civil service examination; palace graduate
- 举人x1 | Chapter Rank #495graduate; successful candidate in the imperial provincial examination
- 父亲x2 | Chapter Rank #249father; also pr. [fu4 qin5]; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 做官x2 | Chapter Rank #250to take an official post; to become a government employee
- 曾当过x1 | Chapter Rank #496
- 九江x1 | Chapter Rank #497see 九江市[Jiu3 jiang1 Shi4]
- 知府x1 | Chapter Rank #498prefectural magistrate (during Tang to Qing times)
- 死x4 | Chapter Rank #121to die; impassable; uncrossable; inflexible; rigid; extremely; damned
- 得x4 | Chapter Rank #122to have to; must; ought to; to need toto obtain; to get; to gain; to catch (a disease); proper; suitable; proud; contented; to allow; to permit; ready; finishedused in 得瑟[de4 se5]structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc
- 早x1 | Chapter Rank #499early; morning; Good morning!; long ago; prematurely
- 很小x1 | Chapter Rank #500
- 由x2 | Chapter Rank #251to follow; from; because of; due to; by; via; through; (before a noun and a verb) it is for ... to ...
- 其x7 | Chapter Rank #64his; her; its; their; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)
- 叔父x2 | Chapter Rank #252father's younger brother; uncle