Vocabulary: 顾城：在诗意与残忍之间
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 成为x2 | Chapter Rank #265to become; to turn into
- 屠宰场x1 | Chapter Rank #565slaughterhouse; abattoir
- 时x5 | Chapter Rank #94surname Shio'clock; time; when; hour; season; period
- 知道x2 | Chapter Rank #266to know; to become aware of; also pr. [zhi1dao5]
- 心里x2 | Chapter Rank #267chest; heart; mind
- 何x1 | Chapter Rank #566what; how; why; which; carrysurname He
- 作x1 | Chapter Rank #567to do; to engage in; to write; to compose; to pretend; to feign; to regard as; to consider to be; to be; to act the part of; to feel (itchy, nauseous etc); writings; works(bound form) worker; (bound form) workshop; (slang) troublesome; high-maintenance (person)
- 想x2 | Chapter Rank #268to think (about); to think of; to devise; to think (that); to believe (that); to desire; to want (to); to miss (feel wistful about the absence of)
- 血淋淋x1 | Chapter Rank #568bloody; blood-soaked; gory; grisly; cruel; brutal; harsh; grim; bitter
- 报复x1 | Chapter Rank #569to make reprisals; to retaliate; revenge; retaliation
- 正是x1 | Chapter Rank #570is precisely
- 铁x1 | Chapter Rank #571surname Tieiron (metal); arms; weapons; hard; strong; violent; unshakeable; determined; close; tight (slang)
- 为了x4 | Chapter Rank #122for; for the purpose of; in order to
- 捍卫x2 | Chapter Rank #269to defend; to uphold; to safeguard
- 理想x12 | Chapter Rank #30an ideal; a dream; ideal; perfect
- 纯洁性x2 | Chapter Rank #270
- 坚定性x1 | Chapter Rank #572firmness; steadfastness
- 哪怕x1 | Chapter Rank #573even; even if; even though; no matter how
- 牺牲x1 | Chapter Rank #574to sacrifice one's life; to sacrifice (sth valued); beast slaughtered as a sacrifice
- 再x3 | Chapter Rank #168again; once more; re-; further; beyond this point of time; (before an adjective) more; then (after sth, and not until then); no matter how ... (followed by an adjective or verb, and then (usually) 也[ye3] or 都[dou1] for emphasis); (used to introduce additional information, as in 再則|再则[zai4 ze2], 再就是[zai4 jiu4 shi4] etc); (literary) to reappear; to reoccur
- 多x4 | Chapter Rank #123many; much; more; a lot of; too many; in excess; (after a numeral) ... odd; how (to what extent) (Taiwan pr. [duo2]); (bound form) multi-; poly-
- 生灵x1 | Chapter Rank #575(literary) the people; living thing; creature
- 在所不惜x1 | Chapter Rank #576
- 算得了x1 | Chapter Rank #577
- 什么x6 | Chapter Rank #79what?; something; anything
- 东西x1 | Chapter Rank #578east and westthing; stuff; person; CL:個|个[ge4],件[jian4]
- 比较x3 | Chapter Rank #169to compare; to contrast; comparatively; relatively; quite; comparison
- 终极x1 | Chapter Rank #579ultimate; final
- 性x1 | Chapter Rank #580nature; character; property; quality; attribute; sexuality; sex; gender; suffix forming adjective from verb; suffix forming noun from adjective, corresponding to -ness or -ity; essence; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 简直x1 | Chapter Rank #581simply; really
- 微不足道x1 | Chapter Rank #582negligible; insignificant
- 理念x1 | Chapter Rank #583idea; concept; philosophy; theory
- 等同于x1 | Chapter Rank #584
- 意志x3 | Chapter Rank #170will; willpower; determination
- 绝对x2 | Chapter Rank #271absolute; unconditional
- 必须x3 | Chapter Rank #171to have to; must; compulsory; necessarily
- 创造x1 | Chapter Rank #585to create; to bring about; to produce; to set (a record)
- 暴力x2 | Chapter Rank #272violence; force; violent
- 能x3 | Chapter Rank #172surname Nengcan; to be able to; might possibly; ability; (physics) energy
- 指望x1 | Chapter Rank #586to count on; to hope for; prospect; hope
- 更x4 | Chapter Rank #124to change or replace; to experience; one of the five two-hour periods into which the night was formerly divided; watch (e.g. of a sentry or guard)more; even more; further; still; still more
- 可靠x1 | Chapter Rank #587reliable
- 工具x1 | Chapter Rank #588tool; instrument; utensil; means (to achieve a goal etc)
- 呢x2 | Chapter Rank #273dense wool fabric (used for coats and jackets)(sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?"); (sentence-final particle) indicating that a state or situation still holds; (discourse particle) used to mark a slight pause or emphasis in speech
- 有人x1 | Chapter Rank #589someone; people; anyone; there is someone there; occupied (as in restroom)
- 认为x1 | Chapter Rank #590to believe; to think; to consider; to feel
- 斧子x1 | Chapter Rank #591axe; hatchet; CL:把[ba3]
- 情结x1 | Chapter Rank #592complex (psychology)
- 的确x2 | Chapter Rank #274really; indeed
- 木匠x1 | Chapter Rank #593carpenter