Vocabulary: 王小波：他思故他在
from 安身立命：大时代中的知识人
- 利x1 | Chapter Rank #883surname Lisharp; favorable; advantage; benefit; profit; interest; to do good to; to benefit
- 功利主义x2 | Chapter Rank #426utilitarianism
- 总x1 | Chapter Rank #884(bound form) general; overall; to sum up; in every case; always; invariably; anyway; after all; eventually; sooner or later; surely; (after a person's name) abbr. for 總經理|总经理[zong3 jing1 li3] or 總編|总编[zong3 bian1] etc
- 吓一跳x1 | Chapter Rank #885startled; to frighten; scared out of one's skin
- 以为x3 | Chapter Rank #259to think; to believe (often with the implication that the belief is mistaken – unless referring to one's own current belief)
- 自私x2 | Chapter Rank #427selfish; selfishness
- 一家x1 | Chapter Rank #886the whole family; the same family; the family ... (when preceded by a family name); group
- 兄弟x1 | Chapter Rank #887brothers; younger brother; CL:個|个[ge4]; I, me (humble term used by men in public speech); brotherly; fraternal
- 但是x1 | Chapter Rank #888but; however
- 按照x2 | Chapter Rank #428according to; in accordance with; on the basis of
- 家乡x1 | Chapter Rank #889hometown; native place; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 英国x4 | Chapter Rank #181United Kingdom (UK); Britain
- 留学x2 | Chapter Rank #429to study abroad
- 多年x3 | Chapter Rank #260many years; for many years; longstanding
- 储安平x1 | Chapter Rank #890
- 先生x2 | Chapter Rank #430teacher; gentleman; sir; mister (Mr.); husband; (dialect) doctor; CL:位[wei4]
- 分析x1 | Chapter Rank #891to analyze; analysis; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 实为x1 | Chapter Rank #892
- 两x1 | Chapter Rank #893two; both; some; a few; tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old)
- 概念x1 | Chapter Rank #894concept; idea; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 前者x3 | Chapter Rank #261the former (i.e. the one mentioned first)
- 重x1 | Chapter Rank #895to repeat; repetition; again; re-; classifier: layerheavy; serious; to attach importance to
- 结果x1 | Chapter Rank #896to bear fruitoutcome; result; consequence; in the end; as a result; to kill; to dispatch
- 后者x3 | Chapter Rank #262the latter
- 为的是x1 | Chapter Rank #897for the sake of; for the purpose of
- 盎格鲁x2 | Chapter Rank #431Anglo-
- 撒克逊x2 | Chapter Rank #432Saxon (people)
- 拉丁x1 | Chapter Rank #898Latin; (in former times) to press-gang; to kidnap and force people into service
- 接触x1 | Chapter Rank #899to touch; to contact; access; in touch with
- 较x1 | Chapter Rank #900(bound form) to compare; (literary) to dispute; compared to; (before an adjective) relatively; comparatively; rather; also pr. [jiao3]
- 短x1 | Chapter Rank #901short; brief; to lack; weak point; fault
- 能力x2 | Chapter Rank #433capability; ability; CL:個|个[ge4]
- 弱x1 | Chapter Rank #902weak; feeble; young; inferior; not as good as; (following a decimal or fraction) slightly less than
- 大为x2 | Chapter Rank #434very; greatly
- 发达x1 | Chapter Rank #903well-developed; flourishing; to develop; to promote; to expand; (literary) to achieve fame and fortune; to prosper
- 处理x1 | Chapter Rank #904to handle; to deal with; to punish; to treat sth by a special process; to process; to sell at reduced prices
- 环境x1 | Chapter Rank #905environment; circumstances; surroundings; CL:個|个[ge4]; ambient
- 转移x1 | Chapter Rank #906to shift; to relocate; to transfer; (fig.) to shift (attention); to change (the subject etc); (medicine) to metastasize
- 决不会x1 | Chapter Rank #907
- 法国人x1 | Chapter Rank #908Frenchman; French person
- 囿于x1 | Chapter Rank #909
- 价值观念x1 | Chapter Rank #910
- 理性主义x1 | Chapter Rank #911rationalism
- 底色x1 | Chapter Rank #912
- 耳濡目染x1 | Chapter Rank #913to be influenced
- 推崇x1 | Chapter Rank #914to esteem; to think highly of; to accord importance to; to revere
- 看来x2 | Chapter Rank #435apparently; it seems that
- 搞x2 | Chapter Rank #436to do; to make; to go in for; to set up; to get hold of; to take care of
- 稀里糊涂x1 | Chapter Rank #915muddleheaded; careless
- 只要x1 | Chapter Rank #916so long as; provided; if