Vocabulary: 顾城：在诗意与残忍之间
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 铁幕x2 | Chapter Rank #295Iron Curtain (1945-1991) (In Taiwan, the word was used to refer to both the Iron Curtain and the Bamboo Curtain.)
- 凭借x1 | Chapter Rank #666to rely on; to depend on; by means of; thanks to; sth that one relies on
- 道x2 | Chapter Rank #296road; path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]); (bound form) way; reason; principle; (bound form) a skill; an art; a specialization; (Daoism) the Way; the Dao; to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel); (bound form) to express; to extend (polite words); classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks, shadows etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process; (old) circuit (administrative division)
- 给x3 | Chapter Rank #174to; for; for the benefit of; to give; to allow; to do sth (for sb); (grammatical equivalent of 被); (grammatical equivalent of 把); (sentence intensifier)to supply; to provide
- 外界x2 | Chapter Rank #297the outside world; external
- 不明真相x1 | Chapter Rank #667
- 般的x4 | Chapter Rank #128
- 与世隔绝x1 | Chapter Rank #668to be cut off from the rest of the world (idiom)
- 而且x2 | Chapter Rank #298(not only ...) but also; moreover; in addition; furthermore
- 臣民x1 | Chapter Rank #669subject (of a kingdom, ruler etc)
- 应x1 | Chapter Rank #670to agree (to do sth); should; ought to; must; (legal) shallto answer; to respond; to comply with; to deal or cope withsurname Ying; Taiwan pr. [Ying4]
- 如此这般x1 | Chapter Rank #671thus and so; such and such
- 行事x1 | Chapter Rank #672to execute; to handle; behavior; action; conduct
- 最初x2 | Chapter Rank #299first; primary; initial; original; at first; initially; originally
- 裂痕x1 | Chapter Rank #673crack; gap; split
- 由此x1 | Chapter Rank #674hereby; from this
- 发端x1 | Chapter Rank #675to originate; to initiate; beginning; origin
- 对此x1 | Chapter Rank #676
- 小说x1 | Chapter Rank #677novel; fiction; CL:本[ben3],部[bu4]
- 英x7 | Chapter Rank #66United Kingdom; British; England; English; abbr. for 英國|英国[Ying1 guo2]hero; outstanding; excellent; (literary) flower; blossom
- 儿x7 | Chapter Rank #67non-syllabic diminutive suffix; retroflex finalchild; son
- 清楚x2 | Chapter Rank #300clear; distinct; to understand thoroughly; to be clear about
- 交代x1 | Chapter Rank #678to transfer (duties to sb else); to give instructions; to tell (sb to do sth); to explain; to give an account; to brief; to confess; to account for oneself; (jocular) to come to a bad end
- 摒弃x1 | Chapter Rank #679to abandon; to discard; to spurn; to forsake
- 更进一步x1 | Chapter Rank #680
- 把x3 | Chapter Rank #175to hold; to grasp; to hold a baby in position to help it urinate or defecate; handlebar; classifier: handful, bundle, bunch; classifier for things with handles; (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb})handle
- 桃花源x1 | Chapter Rank #681the Peach Blossom Spring, a hidden land of peace and prosperity; utopia
- 化为x1 | Chapter Rank #682
- 太虚幻境x3 | Chapter Rank #176
- 则x1 | Chapter Rank #683(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then; (bound form) standard; norm; (bound form) principle; (literary) to imitate; to follow; classifier for written items
- 绝壁x1 | Chapter Rank #684precipice
- 面前x2 | Chapter Rank #301in front of; facing; (in the) presence (of)
- 过x4 | Chapter Rank #129to cross; to go over; to pass (time); to celebrate (a holiday); to live; to get along; excessively; too-surname Guo(experienced action marker)
- 正常x2 | Chapter Rank #302normal; regular
- 不顾x1 | Chapter Rank #685in spite of; regardless of
- 丈夫x1 | Chapter Rank #686husband
- 反对x1 | Chapter Rank #687to oppose; to be against; to object to
- 交往x2 | Chapter Rank #303to associate (with); to have contact (with); to hang out (with); to date; (interpersonal) relationship; association; contact
- 却x3 | Chapter Rank #177but; yet; however; while; to go back; to decline; to retreat; nevertheless; even though
- 正在x1 | Chapter Rank #688to be in the process of (doing sth); to be currently ...-ing
- 滑向x1 | Chapter Rank #689
- 寄托x1 | Chapter Rank #690to entrust (to sb); to place (one's hope, energy etc) in; a thing in which one invests (one's hope, energy etc)
- 通信x1 | Chapter Rank #691to correspond (by letter, email etc); to send or receive messages through telecommunications
- 身上x1 | Chapter Rank #692on the body; at hand; among
- 来x3 | Chapter Rank #178to come; (used as a substitute for a more specific verb); hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker, as in 回來|回来[hui2 lai5]); ever since (as in 自古以來|自古以来[zi4 gu3 yi3 lai2]); for the past (amount of time); (prefix) the coming ...; the next ... (as in 來世|来世[lai2 shi4]); (between two verbs) in order to; (after a round number) approximately; (used after 得[de2] to indicate possibility, as in 談得來|谈得来[tan2 de5 lai2], or after 不[bu4] to indicate impossibility, as in 吃不來|吃不来[chi1 bu5 lai2])
- 危机x2 | Chapter Rank #304crisis
- 浪漫x2 | Chapter Rank #305romantic
- 妻妾x1 | Chapter Rank #693wives and concubines (of a polygamous man); harem
- 和睦x1 | Chapter Rank #694peaceful relations; harmonious
- 局面x1 | Chapter Rank #695aspect; phase; situation