Vocabulary: 顾城：在诗意与残忍之间
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 抽筋剥皮x1 | Chapter Rank #407
- 非常x2 | Chapter Rank #211very; really; unusual; extraordinary
- 只有x10 | Chapter Rank #39only have ...; there is only ...; (used in combination with 才[cai2]) it is only if ... (that one can ...) (as in 只有通過治療才能痊愈|只有通过治疗才能痊愈[zhi3 you3 tong1 guo4 zhi4 liao2 cai2 neng2 quan2 yu4] "the only way to cure it is with therapy"); it is only (someone) who ... (as in 只有男性才有此需要[zhi3 you3 nan2 xing4 cai2 you3 ci3 xu1 yao4] "only men would have such a requirement"); (used to express lack of alternatives) can only; have no choice but to (as in 只有屈服[zhi3 you3 qu1 fu2] "the only thing you can do is give in")
- 思维x1 | Chapter Rank #408(line of) thought; thinking
- 生活x11 | Chapter Rank #33to live; life; livelihood
- 里x7 | Chapter Rank #58lining; interior; inside; internal; also written 裏|里[li3]Li (surname)li, ancient measure of length, approx. 500 m; neighborhood; ancient administrative unit of 25 families; (Tw) borough, administrative unit between the township 鎮|镇[zhen4] and neighborhood 鄰|邻[lin2] levels
- 绝望x2 | Chapter Rank #212to despair; to give up all hope; desperate; desperation
- 假如x2 | Chapter Rank #213if
- 很x4 | Chapter Rank #99very; quite; (also, often used before an adjective without intensifying its meaning, i.e. as a meaningless syntactic element)
- 抽象地x1 | Chapter Rank #409
- 看x4 | Chapter Rank #100to look after; to take care of; to watch; to guardto see; to look at; to read; to watch; to visit; to call on; to consider; to regard as; to look after; to treat (a patient or illness); to depend on; to feel (that); (after a verb) to give it a try; to watch out for
- 不会x1 | Chapter Rank #410improbable; unlikely; will not (act, happen etc); not able; not having learned to do sth; (coll.) (Tw) don't mention it; not at all
- 去x7 | Chapter Rank #59to go; to go to (a place); (of a time etc) last; just passed; to send; to remove; to get rid of; to reduce; to be apart from in space or time; to die (euphemism); to play (a part); (when used either before or after a verb) to go in order to do sth; (after a verb of motion indicates movement away from the speaker); (used after certain verbs to indicate detachment or separation)
- 因为x4 | Chapter Rank #101because; owing to; on account of
- 许多x1 | Chapter Rank #411many; a lot of; much
- 事情x1 | Chapter Rank #412affair; matter; thing; business; CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1]
- 感兴趣x1 | Chapter Rank #413to be interested
- 俗人x1 | Chapter Rank #414common people; laity (i.e. not priests)
- 大凡x1 | Chapter Rank #415generally; in general
- 自己的x9 | Chapter Rank #47
- 梦x3 | Chapter Rank #141dream (CL:場|场[chang2]); (bound form) to dream
- 伊甸园x3 | Chapter Rank #142Garden of Eden
- 超越x5 | Chapter Rank #88to surpass; to exceed; to transcend
- 世俗x8 | Chapter Rank #55profane; secular; worldly
- 语言x2 | Chapter Rank #214language; CL:門|门[men2],種|种[zhong3]
- 拼x1 | Chapter Rank #416to piece together; to put together; to pool (resources etc); to share; to risk all; to go all out; to spell (words)
- 砌成x1 | Chapter Rank #417
- 彼岸x3 | Chapter Rank #143the other shore; (Buddhism) paramita
- 圣地x1 | Chapter Rank #418holy land (of a religion); sacred place; shrine; holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc); center of historic interest
- 不免x1 | Chapter Rank #419inevitably
- 此岸x2 | Chapter Rank #215
- 之中x3 | Chapter Rank #144inside; among; in the midst of (doing sth); during
- 同时x1 | Chapter Rank #420at the same time; simultaneously
- 又x7 | Chapter Rank #60(once) again; also; both... and...; and yet; (used for emphasis) anyway
- 凡夫俗子x1 | Chapter Rank #421common people; ordinary folk
- 具有x4 | Chapter Rank #102to have; to possess
- 皆x1 | Chapter Rank #422all; each and every; in all cases
- 就x6 | Chapter Rank #72(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then; (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after; (same as 就是[jiu4 shi4]) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly; only; as little as; as much as; as many as; to approach; to move towards; to undertake; to engage in; (often followed by 著|着[zhe5]) taking advantage of; (of food) to go with; with regard to; concerning; (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就[yi1 cu4 er2 jiu4]); (pattern: 就[jiu4] ... 也[ye3] ...) even if ... still ...; (pattern: 不[bu4] ... 就[jiu4] ...) if not ... then must be ...
- 两x6 | Chapter Rank #73two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 保持x2 | Chapter Rank #216to keep; to maintain; to hold; to preserve
- 着x9 | Chapter Rank #48a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]); trick; tactic; (dialect) okay; all right; (dialect) to put in; to addto touch; to come in contact with; to feel; to be affected by; to catch fire; to burn; (coll.) to fall asleep; (after a verb) hitting the mark; succeeding inaspect particle indicating action in progress or ongoing stateto wear (clothes); to contact; to use; to apply
- 灵x1 | Chapter Rank #423quick; alert; efficacious; effective; to come true; spirit; departed soul; coffin
- 肉x1 | Chapter Rank #424meat; flesh; pulp (of a fruit); (coll.) (of a fruit) squashy; (of a person) flabby; irresolute; Kangxi radical 130
- 价值x5 | Chapter Rank #89value; worth; (ethical, cultural etc) values
- 功利x1 | Chapter Rank #425utility
- 审美x1 | Chapter Rank #426esthetics; appreciating the arts; taste
- 理性x2 | Chapter Rank #217reason; rationality; rational
- 微妙x1 | Chapter Rank #427subtle
- 平衡x1 | Chapter Rank #428balance; equilibrium
- 唯独x1 | Chapter Rank #429only; just (i.e. it is only that...); all except; unique